Spanish Jews

Jewish woman to be knighted for helping Sephardic Jews get Spanish citizenship

Seattle resident Doreen Alhadeff, the 1st Jew to be granted Spanish citizenship under 2015 law, to be inducted into order of Queen Isabella.

Spanish Jewish community mourns passing of lawyer who was instrumental in making Holocaust denial illegal.

Leading Spanish Jewish org calls on the Spanish government to teach about the Holocaust and to use education to prevent antisemitic attacks.

Spanish Jewish community condemns anti-Semitic graffiti in Castrillo Mota de los Judíos, a town known until 2015 as “Camp Kill-the-Jews.”

Hispanic Jewish Foundation signs agreement with the Spanish Autonomous Region of Murcia to explore and showpiece its Sephardi legacy.

Two-day gathering begins on Friday, uniting foreigners believed to be descendants of its residents.

Over 100 million people descended from forcibly converted Spanish Jews, says Reconectar organization, 1 in 4 US Latinos has Jewish ancestry.

Institution which reinforces use of Spanish language worldwide announces the creation of academy for 'Judeo-Spanish' in Israel.

President Reuven Rivlin meets leaders of Spain’s Jewish community, takes part in special event at Madrid’s Ibn Gabirol School.

Under the new law allowing Jews from Spanish descent to receive citizenship, Yossi Ben Naim to become first Israeli to receive passport.

Finding lost Jews has been one of the most tantalizing mysteries of Jewish history. Now the 'crypto-Jews' are beginning to reemerge.