After 522 years, Spain is inviting the Jews back — for real this time. Spain’s government announced in November 2012 a new law to give fast-track citizenship to Sephardic Jews. The Forward published ...
MADRID — Spain on Friday granted citizenship to 4,302 people whose Jewish ancestors fled after being told in 1492 to convert to Catholicism or go into exile ahead of the Spanish Inquisition that saw ...
Spanish Government’s Interest in Sephardic Jews in Roumania: Appoints Spanish University Professor T
The Spanish Ambassador in Bucharest, don Miguel Angel de Maguiro, was present at the opening of the new school of the Federation of Sep###rdic Jewish Communities in Roumania this week, when it was ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Due to the exodus of Jews during the Spanish Inquisition, one local federation is hoping to help people gain back their Spanish citizenship. The Jewish Federation of New ...
It’s been more than 500 years since Yosef Elyashar, a rabbi in the Spanish town of Híjar, was expelled from his home country. Now, centuries later, two of his American ancestors are poised to become ...
(JTA)– Over 130,000 Jews of Sephardic heritage applied for Spanish citizenship under a 2015 law giving the right to naturalization to descendants of Sephardic Jews. The application window for the ...
That’s what people are asking me today, as news circulates of the law the Spanish cabinet just approved to offer citizenship to Sephardic Jews. Two weeks ago, the Forward published a long essay I ...
(The Conversation) — In connection to Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day, media from the BBC and Fox to Reuters and Haaretz reported on new DNA evidence about the holiday’s original namesake.
In 2015, Spain said it would give citizenship to the descendants of Sephardic Jews expelled during the Spanish Inquisition. Then rejections started pouring in this summer. By Nicholas Casey MADRID — ...
The clock is ticking down on one of the world’s most unusual immigration proposals—Spain’s offer of citizenship to Jews whose families it expelled more than 500 years ago. In 1492, the year ...
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Devin Naar, University of Washington (THE CONVERSATION) In connection to ...
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