Tag: Spain
Anti-Israel activists splash red paint on Spanish writer
Protesters hurled paint at a well-known pro-Israel writer in Spain on Tuesday while she was giving a lecture at a center of higher learning.
Pilar Rahola, a former lawmaker, resumed her talk shortly after the...
Western nations calls for restraint in wake of Shukr, Haniyeh killings
The U.S. and other Western nations have urged restraint amid Israel’s targeted killing of Hezbollah’s No. 2 and the subsequent assassination, allegedly by the Jewish state, of Hamas “political” leader Ismail Haniyeh.
Speaking to the...
‘Hard-pressed’ to imagine world without ‘Shulchan Aruch’ 450 years after Joseph Caro’s death, experts...
Marianna Stell was reshelving a book at the Library of Congress in 2017 when a “beautiful, even manuscript hand” on the shelf caught the reference librarian’s attention. After consulting with colleagues in the Hebraic...
Spain, Ireland, Slovenia to recognize Palestinian state
Spain, Ireland and other European Union countries plan to recognize a Palestinian state on May 21, Brussels’ foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell confirmed on Thursday.
He was speaking ahead of a U.N. General Assembly vote on Friday on a resolution...
Israeli Tourism Ministry looking to Spanish-speaking countries for post-war plans
Israeli Tourism Minister Israel Katz, together with the country's ambassador to Spain, on Wednesday inaugurated the Israeli pavilion at FITUR in Madrid. The event is the world's largest tourism fair catering to the Spanish-speaking...
Jerusalem summons Spanish envoy over PM’s ‘shameful comments’
Jerusalem summoned on Thursday the Spanish ambassador following "shameful comments" by the prime minister questioning the legality of Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza.
“The footage we are seeing and the growing numbers of children...
Groups urge removal of anti-Jewish definitions in Spanish dictionary
The Spanish Royal Academy (RAE) received a letter signed by more than 20 Jewish organizations from primarily Spanish-speaking countries calling for an update to the official Spanish dictionary to remove bigoted entries.
Examples of definitions the groups...
Antisemitism still haunts the European left
France’s Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin last week ordered the dissolution of a Catholic traditionalist association named “Civitas” following claims of antisemitism against one of its leaders. The individual in question was the essayist Pierre...
United Nations to hold meeting in Spain to examine internal antisemitism
Miguel Moratinos, charged with monitoring antisemitism and enhancing a system-wide response with the United Nations, told JNS that an intergovernmental group would hold a meeting in Cordoba, Spain, in June to discuss an action and response...
National Library of Israel expands Sephardic heritage, Spanish-language offerings
The National Library of Israel (NLI) announced the online availability of its Sephardic Heritage and Spanish-language resources. In time for Passover, these resources include a large selection of Haggadot in the Sephardic tradition, available...