Prof. Haim Beinart, Bernard Cherrick Professor of Jewish History at the Hebrew University, has been named the first winner of the international “Three-Culture Prize (el Premio de “Las Tres Culturas”) awarded by the City of Cordoba, Spain. The prize was created by Cordoba to call attention to its past role as a center for Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Beinart is a world-renowed figure in the history of the Jews of Spain and the Marranos. He also founded and heads a research project at the Hebrew University on the Jews of Spain entitled “Hispania Judaica.”
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