Leaders of the Jewish communities in Spain have been requested by the Spanish authorities to sign a pledge not to continue any Jewish communal and religious activities in the country, according to information reaching here today from Madrid.
The “request” was issued following a law promulgated by the Spanish Government providing for the dissolution of all Jewish religious institutions, and ordering the closing of all synagogues and Jewish communal offices and the confiscation of all Jewish communal property.
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