Malta, o se atumotu o loʻo tu i le la Metitirani, o se tasi o lilo sili ona puipuia mo le tupuaga o measina a tagata Iutaia. O le suʻesuʻeina o le auai o tagata Iutaia na amata mai i vaitaimi o Roma, e ova atu ma le 200 malo na auai i le American Sephardi Federation ma le New York Jewish Travel Guide, o se polokalame faapitoa a le Jewish Heritage Malta Malta, na faia i le faiga paaga ma le Malta Tourism Authority (MTA), Exclusively Malta, ma le maota o Korinito. Faletalimalo, faia talu ai nei i le Nofoaga Autu mo Jewish History i le Aai o Niu Ioka.

O le Jewish Heritage Malta afiafi na tatalaina e Jason Guberman, Pule Faʻatonu, American Sephardi Federation, o le na viia le aganuu eseese a Malta, e aofia ai seneturi tuai le vaʻaia o tagata Iutaia o loʻo vaaia pea i le tele o nofoaga o measina, ma maitauina pe faʻafefea e nisi Maltese ona mauaina tupuaga o tagata Iutaia.

O le polokalame na aofia ai saunoaga faʻafeiloaʻi mai HE Carmelo Inguanez, Malta's Permanent Representative i le UN, ma Joel Levy, Past President ma CEO o le Center for Jewish History, o le na faʻasoaina lona Malta aafiaga mai le taimi na nofo ai iina o se sa avea ma Foreign Foreign Officer i le US Amepasa i Malta, o le taimi lea na ia fesoasoani ai i le alalafaga siitia le sunako i se lauiloa fale.

O le failauga faʻaaliga, Dr. John Baldacchino, Faʻatonu, Iunivesite o Wisconsin-Madison's Arts Institute ma le polofesa o le Arts Education, o se sikola o le Metitirani esthetics, talanoaina le talaʻaga o tagata Iutaia i Malta. O aʻa Iutaia i Malta na amata mai lava i le senituri lona 4 ma le 5 i le vaitaimi o Roma e pei ona molimauina e le tele o Catacombs a tagata Iutaia ma ata tusi o loʻo faʻaalia ai le Menorah Iutaia (candelabra) e mafai ona maua i le nofoaga o St. Paul Catacomb latalata i Rabat. O le umi talaʻaga a Iutaia e aofia ai vaitaimi o le faʻatamaoaigaina faʻapea foʻi ma le faʻapologaina, faʻalagolago i le na pule Malta i lena taimi.

O le tala lea a le susuga a Michelle Buttigieg, o le MTA Representative North America, i le aofia, o le Jew Heritage Malta na faalauiloa ia Me, 2016, i le amanaiaina o le taua o le Jewish Heritage niche travel market i Amerika i Matu. "Na valaaulia e le MTA, faatasi ai ma le lagolagosua a le Exclusively Malta ma Korinitoia Hotel faletalimalo, o se tusitala Iutaia Amerika, Harry Wall, ma le pueata lauiloa o Richard Nowitz, e asiasi i Malta ma faia se vitio ma tala e uiga i le Maltese Jewish Experience", fai mai Ms. Buttigieg, o le na tufatufaina atu le vitio i le aofia.

Jason Allan, Pule Sili, Exclusively Malta, ona tauaaoina lea o le Jewish Heritage Experience i Malta polokalama na fausia e lana kamupani. Na ia talanoa e uiga i aso nei Iutaia Community i Malta, e tusa lava pe toʻaitiiti numera (laititi atu i le 200), o loʻo olaola pea. O le tele o le taimi nei Maltese Iutaia Community amata mai Gibraltar, Egelani, North Africa, Potukale, ma Turkey i le taimi o Farani ma Peretania pulega mai 1798. I le amataga o le seneturi 20, talu ai o motu e leai se latou rapi a latou lava, rabbi e masani ona lele mai i Sisila e faatino sauniga lotu. I le taimi o le Taua Lona Lua a le Lalolagi, o Malta na o le pau lea o le atunuu Europa e le manaʻomia visa mo tagata Iutaia sosola ese Nazism ma le tele o Maltese tagata Iutaia tau ma Siamani i le British Army i le taimi o le taua.

Faʻapitoa lava Malta e mafai ona faia fuafuaga mo tagata asiasi e feiloaʻi i le lotoifale tagata Iutaia nofoaga ma ia auai i le Sapati ma aso malolo tatalo i le Sunako. Na taʻua e Allan, e lua tausaga talu ai, na faatu ai e Chabad le faleʻaiga muamua o Kosher i Malta, lea e tu ogatotonu i St.Julian's.

Manatu faʻapitoa o measina a tagata Iutaia i Malta e aofia ai faʻailoga tuai ma faʻailoga o le auala. I totonu o le pa puipui o Mdina, lea na faia ai e tagata Iutaia le toeititi tasi vae tolu o le faitau aofai o tagata, o loʻo iai le "Maketi Silk a Tagata Iutaia"; ma i Valletta, Malta's Capital ma European Capital of Culture 2018, e mafai e se tasi ona vaʻai i le tuai "Jew Sally Port".

E oʻo lava i le Island of Comino, toetoe lava a le toe nofoia aso nei ae taʻutaʻua ile Blue Lagoon, e iai ona aʻa faa-Iutaia. O Comino o le nofoaga lauiloa o le Sephardi-Jewish mystic ma taʻutaʻu e ia lava mesia, Avraham Abulafia, na nofo mai le 1285 seia oo i lona maliu i le 1290s. I lenei vaitau, na ia faʻatulagaina lana Sefer ha Ot ("Tusi o le Faʻailoga") faʻapea foi ma lana mulimuli, ma atonu o lana galuega sili ona malamalama, o le tusi mafaufau loloto Imrei Shefer ("Upu o le Matagofie").

E tolu fanuatanu a Iutaia i Malta e ui lava ona lokaina, e mafai ona asia e ala i faʻatonuga muamua ma Exclusively Malta. O tala na maua mai i tusitusiga o maʻa tuʻugamau, o se tala mauoa e aofia ai fitafita Iutaia na tau i le WWI ma na tanu i Malta.

Ae o le tala a Ms. Buttigieg e uiga i le tali atu ma le naunautai i le sauniga i Niu Ioka, na ia faapea mai ai, "O le Pulega o Turisi a Malta, faatasi ai ma ana paaga mo le Polokalama o Measina a Iudaio Malta, o Malta ma Coria Palace Hotel, o loʻo tulimatai lava i le faʻateleina o le aofaʻi o turisi Iutaia. e ala i le talimalo i mea faʻapena e faʻalauiloa ai le poto masani a le Jewish Heritage Malta, e le gata i Amerika ma Kanata, ae ia Isaraelu ma isi atunuʻu. "

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

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.