http://blog.nli.org.il/en/bullfight_poster/
THANKS TO:https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/2018/07/republican-spains-bullfight-in-honor-of-maimonides/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=
In 1935, the city of Cordoba held a bullfight “in commemoration of the eighth centenary of the great Cordoban philosopher Maimonides.” The towering talmudist, philosopher, and theologian was born in that city in 1135, although thirteen years later his family fled to Morocco and from there relocated to Egypt, where he lived for the rest of his life.
Read the story behind a poster advertising a bullfight in honor of the great Jewish philosopher, Maimonides.
Take a look at the rather unique poster below from the National Library of Israel’s European Ephemera Collection. What makes it extraordinary is not the illustration of a black bull hurtling towards the matador’s red cape, nor is it the elegance of his stance opposing the power of the bull’s massive body. It is one word above the names of the two bullfighters that makes this poster so extraordinary. That word, written in small font close to the bottom of the poster is Maimonides- the name of one of the greatest Jewish writers of the last two thousand years.