I-Malta, iqoqo leziqhingi elitholakala eMedithera enelanga elinelanga, ibe ngenye yezimfihlo ezigcinwe kahle ze-Jewish Heritage Experience. Ukuhlola ubukhona bamaJuda obusuka eNkathini YamaRoma, izihambeli ezingaphezu kuka-200 zihambele i-American Sephardi Federation kanye nohlelo olukhethekile lwe-Jewish Heritage Malta lwe-Jewish Heritage Malta lwe-New York Jewish oludalwe ngokubambisana ne-Malta Tourism Authority (MTA), I-Exclusively Malta, kanye ne-Corinthia Palace. Ihhotela, elisanda kwenziwa eSikhungweni Somlando WamaJuda eNew York City.
I-Jewish Heritage Malta kusihlwa yavulwa nguJason Guberman, uMqondisi Omkhulu, i-American Sephardi Federation, owancoma ukuhlukahluka kwamasiko aseMalta, kuhlanganise nokuxhumana kwamaJuda amakhulu eminyaka kusabonakala ezindaweni eziningana zamagugu, futhi waphawula ukuthi abanye baseMalta bathola kanjani okhokho bamaJuda.
Lolu hlelo lwaluhlanganisa amazwi okwamukela avela ku-HE Carmelo Inguanez, Omele Unomphela waseMalta ku-UN, kanye noJoel Levy, uMongameli Odlule kanye no-CEO weSikhungo Somlando WamaJuda, owabelana ngolwazi lwakhe lwaseMalta kusukela ehlala lapho njengesikhulu sangaphambili Senkonzo Yangaphandle Inxusa laseMelika eMalta, ngaleso sikhathi lasiza umphakathi ukuthi uthuthele isinagoge esakhiweni esinomlando.
Isikhulumi esifakiwe, uDkt. John Baldacchino, uMqondisi, iNyuvesi yaseWisconsin-Madison's Arts Institute kanye noProfesa Wezemfundo Yezobuciko, isazi se-aesthetics yaseMedithera, baxoxe ngomlando wamaJuda eMalta. Izimpande zamaJuda eMalta zisukela ngekhulu lesi-4 nelesihlanu ngesikhathi samaRoma njengoba kufakazelwa amaCatacombs amaningana angamaJuda anemidwebo ebonisa iMenorah yamaJuda (candelabra) engatholakala endaweni yaseSt. Paul's Catacomb eduze kwaseRabat. Umlando omude wamaJuda uhlanganisa izinkathi zokuceba kanye nobugqila, kuye ngokuthi ubani owayebusa iMelitha ngaleso sikhathi.
U-Michelle Buttigieg, omele i-MTA eNyakatho Melika, wabe esetshela izethameli ukuthi uhlelo lwe-Jewish Heritage Malta lwaqalwa ngoMeyi, 2016, ngokuqaphela ukubaluleka kwemakethe yokuhamba ye-Jewish Heritage niche eNyakatho Melika. "I-MTA imeme, ngokusekelwa yi-Exclusively Malta ne-Corinthia Palace Hotel, intatheli yamaJuda yaseMelika, u-Harry Wall, kanye nomthwebuli wezithombe owaziwa umhlaba wonke u-Richard Nowitz, ukuthi bavakashele i-Malta futhi benze ividiyo kanye nendaba mayelana ne-Maltese Jewish Experience", kusho uNksz. Buttigieg, owabe esebelana ngevidiyo nabalaleli.
U-Jason Allan, Umqondisi Ophethe, I-Exclusively Malta, wabe esethula i-Jewish Heritage Experience in Malta uhlelo oluklanywe yinkampani yakhe. Wakhuluma ngoMphakathi wamaJuda wanamuhla eMalta, okuthi nakuba umncane ngamanani (ungaphansi kuka-200), usadlangile. Iningi lomphakathi wangaleso sikhathi wamaJuda aseMalta lidabuka eGibraltar, eNgilandi, eNyakatho Afrika, ePortugal, naseTurkey ngesikhathi sokubusa kwamaFulentshi namaNgisi kusukela ngo-1798. Ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, njengoba lezi ziqhingi zazingenaye urabi owabo, ngokuvamile zithunyelwa ngendiza zisuka eSicily ukuze zenze imikhosi yenkolo. Phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, iMalta kwaba ukuphela kwezwe laseYurophu elalingadingi visa kumaJuda abalekela ubuNazi kanye namaJuda amaningi aseMalta alwa neJalimane eButhweni LaseBrithani phakathi nempi.
I-Malta kuphela ingenza amalungiselelo okuba izivakashi zihlangane nomphakathi wamaJuda wendawo futhi zize emithandazweni yeSabatha neyeholide eSinagogi. U-Allan waphawula ukuthi eminyakeni emibili edlule u-Chabad wamisa indawo yokudlela yokuqala ye-Kosher eMalta, esendaweni emaphakathi e-St. Julian's.
Amaphuzu okuthakaselayo okukhethekile kwe-Jewish Heritage eMalta ahlanganisa izimpawu zendawo nezimpawu zomgwaqo. Edolobheni elibiyelwe ngezindonga laseMdina, lapho amaJuda akha khona cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yabantu, kukhona “Imakethe Kasilika YamaJuda”; naseValletta, Inhloko-dolobha yaseMalta kanye Nenhloko-dolobha YaseYurophu Yamasiko 2018, umuntu angabona "amaJuda Sally Port" endala.
Ngisho neSiqhingi SaseComino, esicishe singahlali muntu namuhla kodwa esidume ngeBlue Lagoon, sinezimpande zamaJuda. I-Comino kulapho umesiya owaziwayo waseSephardi-Jewish nozibize ngomesiya, u-Avraham Abulafia, ahlala khona kusukela ngo-1285 kwaze kwaba sekufeni kwakhe ngawo-1290s. Phakathi nalesi sikhathi, wahlanganisa i-Sefer ha Ot yakhe (“Incwadi Yesibonakaliso”) kanye neyokugcina, futhi mhlawumbe nomsebenzi wakhe oqondakala kakhulu, incwadi yokuzindla ethi Imrei Shefer (“Amazwi Obuhle”).
Kunamathuna amathathu angamaJuda eMalta okuthi nakuba evalelwe, angavakashelwa ngamalungiselelo angaphambili nge-Exclusively Malta. Izindaba ezitholwe emibhalweni yamatshe ethuneni, ziyizindaba ezicebile ezihlanganisa amasosha angamaJuda alwa ngeWWI futhi angcwatshwa eMalta.
UNksz Buttigieg, ephawula ngokusabela ngentshiseko emcimbini waseNew York, uthe, “I-Malta Tourism Authority, kanye nabalingani bayo be-Jewish Heritage Malta Programme, i-Exclusively Malta ne-Corinthia Palace Hotel, babheke ngabomvu ukwandisa isibalo sabavakashi abangamaJuda. ngokusingatha imicimbi efanayo ukwethula isipiliyoni seJewish Heritage Malta, hhayi e-US naseCanada kuphela, kodwa kwa-Israel nakwamanye amazwe.”
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Carmelo Inguanez, Malta's Permanent Representative to the UN, and Joel Levy, Past President and CEO of the Center for Jewish History, who shared his Malta experience from when he lived there as a former Foreign Service Officer at the US Embassy in Malta, at which time he helped the community relocate the synagogue to an historic building.
- Exploring a Jewish presence that dates back to the Roman Period, over 200 guests attended the American Sephardi Federation and New York Jewish Travel Guide's special Jewish Heritage Malta program created in partnership with the Malta Tourism Authority (MTA), Exclusively Malta, and the Corinthia Palace Hotel, held recently at the Center for Jewish History in New York City.
- Jewish roots in Malta date back to the 4th and 5th Century during the Roman period as evidenced by several Jewish Catacombs with drawings depicting the Jewish Menorah (candelabra) that can be found at the St.
