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Antisemitic graffiti on Barcelona’s Maimonides Synagogue, April 17, 2023. (Courtesy European Jewish Congress)
July 7, 2026, 11:51 am
French Jews say they were chased by mob in Barcelona chanting ‘baby murderers’
Spanish Jewish community reports woman wearing keffiyeh shouted antisemitic, anti-Israel slogans, was then joined by dozens of others who followed tourists to their hotel
By Stuart Winer
A showcase with antique dictionaries inside the directors' lounge at the Royal Spanish Academy (the Real Academia Espanola, RAE) in Madrid, 21 January 2004 (JAVIER SORIANO / AFP)
September 8, 2023, 10:30 pm
Outcry over official Spanish definition of Jew as ‘greedy or usurious’ person
Over 20 Jewish groups from US and Spanish-speaking countries call on Spain’s linguistic authority to drop two antisemitic definitions from its dictionary
By Juan Melamed
Neo-Nazis giving the Hitler salute at an event near a cemetery in Madrid, Spain on Feb. 13, 2021 (Lamarea.com via JTA)
February 16, 2021, 7:58 am
Calls for probe into Spanish neo-Nazi event featuring ‘the Jew is guilty’ speech
Jewish leaders demand investigation after around 300 attend gathering near Madrid cemetery where veterans who fought alongside Hitler’s troops are buried
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Pastor Javier Baeza gives a Ted Talk on August 1, 2016. (Screen capture/YouTube)
February 4, 2019, 12:21 am
Spanish priest says ‘powerful Jews’ canceled his anti-Israel film event
Pro-Israel group slams as ‘fundamentally anti-Semitic’ comments from Pastor Javier Baeza, in response to shelving of movie titled ‘Gaza, a look into the eyes of barbarism’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
People gather in front of the 'Generalitat' palace (Catalan government headquarters) at the Sant Jaume square to celebrate the proclamation of a Catalan republic in Barcelona on October 27, 2017. (Lluis Gene/AFP)
October 27, 2017, 9:58 pm
Breaking neutrality, Spanish Jews come out against Catalan independence
Despite umbrella body statement, Jews living in the secessionist region appear divided over the crisis that is roiling the country
By JTA
The image disseminated by the Madrid branch of Spain’s United Left party.
July 8, 2016, 3:26 pm
Spanish party under fire for ‘anti-Semitic’ Obama cartoon
United Left tweets image of president embracing Orthodox Jew and grabbing money from his pocket with hashtag #ObamaGoHome
By JTA
Doreen Alhadeff (right) signing her Spanish citizenship papers in the presence of public notary Pedro Bosch (left) and Jesus Cantero Morenos, his legal assistant, on February 2, 2016 in Torremolinos, Spain. (Joseph S. Alhadeff)
February 23, 2016, 11:58 am
500 years after expulsion, Jewish American claims Spanish citizenship
In righting of historic wrong, Seattle-resident Doreen Alhadeff and other descendants of Sephardic Jews receive official entree to ancestral homelands under new Spanish and Portuguese ‘right of return’ laws
By Janis Siegel
Illustrative photo of a statue of Satan unveiled by a Satanic temple in Detroit. (YouTube screen capture)
August 20, 2015, 2:52 pm
Spanish public broadcaster says Jews promote Satanism
‘The Jews first propagated the cult of Lucifer,’ explains 30-minute radio program on state-owned RTVE
By JTA
Matisyahu on a visit to Israel. (photo credit: courtesy)
August 19, 2015, 4:26 pm
Spanish festival flipflops on ban, re-invites Matisyahu
Organizers say original misstep came after anti-Israel group threatened to ‘seriously disrupt’ the festival
By ToI Staff
Madrid City Councilman Guillermo Zapata (YouTube/proyecto15Mcc)
June 15, 2015, 8:48 pm
Madrid official quits over Holocaust joke
Guillermo Zapata resigns hours after Spanish Jews demand he step down for Twitter post
By JTA
Illustrative: In this photo taken on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, a Jewish woman reads a book at the main Jewish synagogue in Lisbon. Portugal enacted in March 2015 a law to grant citizenship to descendants of Sephardic Jews exiled during the Inquisition 500 years ago. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
May 12, 2015, 4:32 am
Unlike Portugal, Spain Sephardic citizenship plan hits snags
Significant hurdles placed by government, including learning Spanish, leave some eligible Jews put off by initiative
By Alan Clendenning and Tia Goldenberg
Adolf Hitler (German Federal Archive/Wikimedia Commons)
November 5, 2014, 10:31 pm
Spanish Jews demand councilman apologize for Hitler costume
Toni Rodriguez of the ruling Popular Party dressed up as Nazi leader for Halloween
By JTA
Spanish King Juan Carlos, waves after attending an Easter Mass in 2009. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Carlos plans to abdicate and pave the way for his son, Monday June 2, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Manu Mielniezuk)
June 3, 2014, 5:51 am
Spanish Jews praise King Juan Carlos following abdication
Jewish community commends king on 1992 visit to Madrid synagogue 500 years after Inquisition, and 1993 visit to Israel
By JTA
View of Castrillo Matajudíos (Photo credit: CC-BY-SA Wikipedia)
May 26, 2014, 7:32 pm
Spanish Jews welcome name change for ‘Camp Kill Jews’
Following village referendum, national Jewish federation lauds decision to revert back to original moniker
By Cnaan Liphshiz
The Spanish Inquisition Tribunal, a 19th-century work by Spanish artist Francisco Goya. (Wikimedia Commons/CC BY)
February 9, 2014, 11:00 am
Spain gives 1492 expellees a right of return
Bill to facilitate naturalization of Sephardic Jews of Spanish descent will permit applicants to retain their other citizenships
By JTA
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