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The Search for Sepharad, 1st of 4 -- In Mobility There Is Blessing [45min]

Broadcaster and film-maker Dennis Marks travels across the Mediterranean in the footsteps of the Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain in 1492. Travelling from Israel via Greece to Andalucia, he discovers a unique collaboration between Jews and Muslims which lasted half a millennium, and a culture which still influences our lives today.
Read entire article at BBC Radio 3 "Sunday Feature"