Jewish community in Spain

'Feared for my life': French Jew recalls antisemitic attacks in Barcelona when leaving synagogue

"For 40 minutes, hundreds of people humiliated us and spat on us. There was a huge crowd around us. We feared we would be murdered," Jimmy Zaghroun, a 41-year-old French Jew from Paris, said.

People march during a pro-Palestinian protest in Barcelona, Spain, October 4, 2025
The Rambam

A Maimonides statue in Córdoba was defaced. His writings have an answer to hate - opinion

Members of the Guardia Civil USECIC guard migrants on Tarajal beach after crossing the border between Spain and Morocco on July 31, 2026 in Ceuta, Spain.

Spanish MEP appeals to Netanyahu to back Spain's sovereignty amid Ceuta border crisis

The vandalized statue of the Rambam.

Police investigate swastika graffiti painted over Rambam statue in Cordoba, Spain


King Felipe VI omits to apologize for expulsion of the Jews from Spain

At the Fifth International Holocaust Forum, King Felipe mentioned that “Spain has a rich and complex Jewish past” but did not explicitly mention the expulsion of the Jews of Spain.

Spain's King Felipe VI takes part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the World Holocaust Forum marking 75 years since the liberation of the Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz, at Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial centre in Jerusalem January 23, 2020.

More than 130,000 Sephardic Jews apply for Spanish citizenship by deadline

The bulk of applications came from Latin American countries, mainly Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela.

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Computer glitch approves Sephardic applications for Spanish citizenship

A "technical error" caused Sephardic Jewish applications for Spanish citizenship to be approved. "No new citizenship was granted," the Spsnish Foreign Ministry wrote in a statement.

Computer error (illustrative)

Grapevine: A steadfast agreement

President Reuven Rivlin is welcomed by Egyptian Ambassador Khaled Azmi, July 2019

On this Spanish island, Purim was the biggest holiday for persecuted Jews

A Hebron citizen protests as Spain's Foreign Minister Trinidad Jiminez comes to visit, 2011.

National Review columnist defends the Spanish Inquisition

Here’s something no one expected: A reputable conservative magazine has published a column defending… the Spanish Inquisition.

An illustration of a Spanish Jew before a Grand Inquisitor

Spanish Jewish history repeats itself

Daniella Levy’s debut novel tells the tale of two young Jewish women who lived 500 years apart

THE AUTHOR has created tales of religious and personal conflict in the 15th century and today.

Whither Catalonia?

The independence movement faces stiff opposition from Spain.

Unistas at a Barcelona pro-union street rally on October 29

Catalans and Jews

Numbering between 10,000 and 15,000, Barcelona’s Jews are not of the same opinion when it comes to Catalan independence.

Several Jews were among those attending a unity march in Barcelona on October 29, with a sea of Spanish and Catalan flags in the background

Medieval Christians who embraced Judaism

They risked their lives to become Jews.

A painting by Moshe Maimon of a Passover Seder held by Marranos, or secret Jews, in Spain during the time of the Inquisition