The recently arrived Lubavitch emissary in Barcelona is targeting the city’s youth in an effort to revive Jewish life in the city, which was once a flourishing center during the Golden Age of Spanish Jewry. Rabbi David Libersohn is setting up Bar and Bat Mitzvah classes among the 5,000-member community as part of the revival drive.
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