Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon

Spanish cabinet approves draft bill for Sephardic return

The Spanish government has approved a draft bill that proposes to grant citizenship to descendants of Sephardic Jews forced into exile 500 years ago.

June 6, 2014 9:05 am

Move to repatriate Spanish Jews prompts frenzy, but excitement may be premature

Spain has advanced a proposal for granting citizenship to Sephardic Jews far more sweeping than a similar measure passed last year in neighboring Portugal.

March 10, 2014 11:49 am

Spanish minister: Citizenship for Sephardic Jews will be a right

The conferring of Spanish citizenship to Sephardic Jews will be automatic and independent of the government’s discretion, the country’s justice minister told a delegation of American Jews.

February 14, 2014 6:54 am