https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spain's King Felipe VI has honoured Sephardic Jews who were banished more than five centuries ago during the Inquisition, after a law allowing dual citizenship for their descendants came into force. https://www.thelocal.es/20151130/king-felipe-honours-sephardic-jews-exiled-from-spain-five-centuries-ago Mon, 30 Nov 2015 17:02:41 +0100 king-felipe-honours-sephardic-jews-exiled-from-spain-five-centuries-ago A tiny northern Spanish town that for centuries had been named after a Jewish massacre carried out during the Spanish Inquisition has now officially got its new name. https://www.thelocal.es/20151023/adios-jew-killer-town-named-after-massacre-gets-new-roadsign Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:43:42 +0200 adios-jew-killer-town-named-after-massacre-gets-new-roadsign Spain has said it would be speeding up applications for 4,300 Sephardic Jews seeking Spanish nationality under a new law to atone for their expulsion five centuries ago in the Inquisition. https://www.thelocal.es/20151002/spain-speeds-up-nationality-for-descendents-of-expelled-sephardic-jews Fri, 02 Oct 2015 17:34:03 +0200 spain-speeds-up-nationality-for-descendents-of-expelled-sephardic-jews Spain public radio RNE said it had removed an episode of a programme that linked Jews to Satanism from its website after receiving complaints from Jewish groups. https://www.thelocal.es/20150828/spanish-public-radio-pulls-programme-on-jews-and-satanism-after-outcry Fri, 28 Aug 2015 10:46:26 +0200 spanish-public-radio-pulls-programme-on-jews-and-satanism-after-outcry More than five centuries after Jews were banished from the kingdom of Spain during the Spanish Inquisition, lawmakers on Thursday righted an "historical mistake" and approved a law to allow their descendants win dual citizenship. https://www.thelocal.es/20150611/spain-welcomes-back-sephardic-jews-after-500-years Thu, 11 Jun 2015 14:40:34 +0200 spain-welcomes-back-sephardic-jews-after-500-years A controversial writer is facing legal action from Madrid's Jewish community after writing an opinion piece in a leading Spanish daily in which he justified the expulsion of Jews throughout history on the basis that they aren't made to "coexist". https://www.thelocal.es/20140729/madrid-jews-sue-antisemitic-writer Tue, 29 Jul 2014 12:59:00 +0200 madrid-jews-sue-antisemitic-writer Spain is set to make it even easier for descendants of Spain's Sephardic Jews to obtain Spanish citizenship by doing away with a requirement that they renounce other citizenships they hold. https://www.thelocal.es/20140606/spanish-to-okay-dual-citizenship-for-sephardi-jews Fri, 06 Jun 2014 15:32:00 +0200 spanish-to-okay-dual-citizenship-for-sephardi-jews Spain's Justice Minister told American Jewish groups on Wednesday why the European country is offering citizenship to descendants of Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain in 1492, an event he has labelled "the biggest mistake in Spanish history". https://www.thelocal.es/20140320/citizenship-for-jews-my-biggest-feat-anti-abortion-minister Thu, 20 Mar 2014 14:30:00 +0100 citizenship-for-jews-my-biggest-feat-anti-abortion-minister Spain's offer of citizenship to the descendants of Jews who were expelled from the country over 500 years ago during the Inquisition has sparked a flurry of global interest. https://www.thelocal.es/20140304/sephardic-jews-seduced-by-spanish-citizenship-offer Tue, 04 Mar 2014 10:20:01 +0100 sephardic-jews-seduced-by-spanish-citizenship-offer Descendants of the Muslims who were kicked out of Spain in the 17th century have criticized the Spanish government for only granting citizenship to the country's former Jewish population, saying the move could be "racist". https://www.thelocal.es/20140218/we-were-kicked-out-too-spains-muslims-call-for-citizenship Tue, 18 Feb 2014 15:11:00 +0100 we-were-kicked-out-too-spains-muslims-call-for-citizenship One of Europe's most influential rabbis has said the offer of Spanish citizenship made to Sephardi Jews comes a "little late" and that those who apply for a passport will only do so to enter other EU member states. https://www.thelocal.es/20140217/jews-want-apology-not-spanish-citizenship Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:00:00 +0100 jews-want-apology-not-spanish-citizenship Jewish associations expect 3.5 million Sephardic Jews to apply for Spanish citizenship after Spain's Justice Ministry approved a draft law which will allow them to return to the country their ancestors were kicked out of more than 500 years ago. https://www.thelocal.es/20140210/35-million-spanish-jews-to-apply-for-citizenship Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:26:00 +0100 35-million-spanish-jews-to-apply-for-citizenship