Federation of Jewish Communities in Spain

Spanish mayor issues apology for ‘Jewish dog’ slur

To convince reporters that she had no foreign bank accounts, Mayor Mariola Vargas of a Madrid suburb told them, ‘I’m no Jewish dog.’

Spanish Jews welcome village’s decision to drop ‘kill Jews’ from name

The federation of Spanish Jewish communities welcomed the decision to remove the words “kill Jews” from the name of a small village in northern Spain.

Spanish Jews ask Catholics to return ancient synagogue

Representatives of Spain’s Jewish communities at an interfaith conference in Madrid asked Catholic Church officials to return a former synagogue in Toledo.

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