Nahmanides Institute for Jewish Studies

The Institute, which bears the name of the illustrious Girona-born Rabbi Mossé ben Nahman, or Nahmanides (b. Girona 1194 - d. Acre 1270), was created in 1997 with the aim of rehabilitating, studying and promoting the history of Girona's Jewish community. The aims of the Institute are pursued specifically through research and education and are complemented by the library, which allows free rights of access and consultation to its range of specialized material.

Research

We undertake research and study projects relating to Jewish Girona, the reconstruction of family trees and lineages, and the history of Jewish women. We process information into databases available to all researchers and all those who are interested in these subjects. Finally, so as to make the results of our research and studies available to the public, we publish them in specialized books and journals both in Spain and overseas.

An example of this work is the documentation project that the researcher Irene Llop carried out in 2017 on the Hebraic lapidary collection of the Museum, in order to contrast the epigraphic and documentary information, and thus deepen the historical knowledge of the Jewish women and men mentioned in these stones.

You can contact the Institute at consultes.callgirona@ajgirona.cat for assistance in your research.