A man named ‘Kills Jews’
Jewish Journal
March 26, 2014
There is a town in Spain called Castrillo Matajudios, and in Colombia “Matajudios” is a common surname.
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Spain OK’s bill for Jewish return
Jewish Journal
February 7, 2014
Spain’s Jewish community congratulated the government for approving a bill proposing to facilitate the naturalization of Sephardic Jews of Spanish descent.
Spanish town prepares first seder in 500 years
Jewish Journal
March 11, 2013
A town in northern Spain is preparing to hold its first Passover seder since 1492.
Israel faces European backlash over settlement plan
Jewish Journal
December 3, 2012
Israel faced concerted criticism from Europe on Monday over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\’s decision to expand settlement building after the United Nations\’ de facto recognition of Palestinian statehood.
Online anti-Semitism in Spain doubled in 2011, report says
Jewish Journal
July 5, 2012
Online anti-Semitism in Spain doubled in volume last year, according to a Spanish Jewish community monitor.
Spain reaches out to American Jewish tourists
Jewish Journal
June 27, 2012
Unless you can read artistically distorted Hebrew, you might not realize that the logo of a program by Spain’s tourism board spells out the four letters of “Sepharad,” the Hebrew word for Spain. And unless you know European geography, you might not realize that the distorted Hebrew letters represent the outline — the national borders — of Spain.
Spain, Israel mark 25 years of diplomatic relations
Jewish Journal
January 23, 2012
Spain and Israel at a ceremony in Madrid marked 25 years of diplomatic relations.
German court rejects Demjanjuk extradition request
Jewish Journal
June 15, 2011
A German court denied a request to extradite John Demjanjuk to Spain to stand trial on charges of being an accessory to genocide and crimes against humanity. In denying the extradition request on June 9, the Munich court questioned Spain’s jurisdiction in the case and also noted that the evidence presented against Demjanjuk was incomplete.
Spain’s high court overturns Nazi bookstore conviction
Jewish Journal
June 6, 2011
Spain\’s Jewish community has slammed a ruling by the country\’s Supreme Court that overturns the conviction of four people connected to a Barcelona bookstore that sold Nazi literature. The four connected to the now defunct bookshop, Kalki, had been found guilty by a lower court of fostering xenophobia and anti-Semitism through the selling of Nazi literature. The acquittals include a publisher in the nearby town of Molins de Rei.
Spanish official gives first formal apology for Inquisition
Jewish Journal
May 6, 2011
A Spanish official has given what is being heralded as the country’s first formal apology for the Inquisition’s killing of Jews. On the island of Mallorca, where 37 Jews were killed in 1691 for secretly practicing Judaism, the regional president offered the apology at a May 5 memorial service in the city of Palma.
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