Superman and Other Guests: The Jewish Artists Who Used Comics to Paint the Modern-Day Ushpizin in Bright Colors
During Sukkot, ushpizin – Aramaic for guests – are invited to the sukkah. According to the Jewish faith, the spirits of exalted ushpizin come to the sukkah on each day of the seven days of the holiday. One of them heads the ‘delegation’ and the others accompany him. The order of the ushpizin visits varies […]
How the Inquisition Contributed to Documenting the Yom Kippur Rituals of Jewish Conversos
From 1502 to 1504, the Inquisition in Cordoba conducted an investigation against Juan de Cordoba Membreque, a judge and one of the city’s elders. Those titles were of no use to him when forced to contest a serious allegation that reflected the spirit of the time. He was accused of observing the “fast of the […]