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A page out of the Kennicott Bible, pictured at a press conference in Santiago de Compostela, Spain on Oct. 14, 2019. (Xunta de Galicia)

Copy of Hebrew Bible created in Spain by Jews returns there after centuries

The whereabouts of the Kennicott Bible had been a mystery for about 300 years until it turned up in Oxford in 1771.

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 25, 2019 8:42 am

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Toni Pinya entering the synagogue of Palma de Mallorca, Spain on Feb. 11, 2019. Cnaan Liphshiz

In Mallorca, descendants of Jews forced to hide their faith now run the community

Amid growing interest in the bloody Jewish past of the island near Barcelona, forced converts to Catholicism are returning to Judaism.

April 1, 2019 2:54 pm

Spanish Jews pray at former synagogue they want back from the Catholic Church

The community has called on the government and church officials to offer a restitution plan for the 13th-century building.

December 11, 2018 12:35 pm

Spanish festival celebrates the culture and history of the Inquisition’s victims

June 27, 2018 8:29 am

Why food makers in Portugal are going kosher

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 19, 2017 3:25 pm

How Portugal’s Jews Saved Themselves With a Sausage

By Zachary Solomon

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How this pristine 15th-century Hebrew Bible survived the Inquisition

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 18, 2017 1:15 pm

A Yom Kippur tradition in Amsterdam dates back to the invention of electricity

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 14, 2017 1:28 pm

First Spain-born Liberal rabbi ordained

July 10, 2017 6:36 pm

When The Philippines’ First Synagogue Burned to the Ground

By Leah Falk

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