Jacob Hassan facts for kids
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Jacob Hassan
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| Born | 11 June 1936 Ceuta, Spain |
| Died | 13 August 2006 (aged 70) Madrid, Spain |
| Occupation | Educator |
| Language | Spanish |
| Nationality | Spanish |
Jacob Hassan (born June 11, 1936 – died August 13, 2006) was a Spanish expert in languages and literature. He was a philologist, which means he studied language in a scientific way, including its history and how it relates to culture. He was from Ceuta, a Spanish city in North Africa, and had Sephardic Jewish family roots.
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Jacob Hassan's Life and Work
Jacob Hassan was born into a Sephardic Jewish family in Ceuta. Sephardic Jews are a group of Jewish people who originally lived in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal).
He was an important member of the Jewish Community in Madrid. Jacob Hassan was also a scientist and researcher at the Higher Council for Scientific Research (ILC). This is a very important research organization in Spain.
Founding the Spanish School of Sephardic Studies
One of his biggest achievements was helping to start and promote the Spanish School of Sephardic Studies. This school is very well-known in Spain and other countries. It focuses on studying the history, language, and culture of Sephardic Jews.
Remembering Jacob Hassan
Jacob Hassan's work was so important that a passageway in Estella, Spain, was officially named after him on September 13, 2012. This shows how much he was respected for his contributions to Spanish culture and Jewish studies.
See also
In Spanish: Jacob Hassán para niños
