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In 1978, Jews were recognised as full citizens in Spain, and today the Jewish population numbers about 40,000, approximately 0.1% of Spain's population, 20,000 of whom are registered in the Jewish communities. Most live in the larger cities of Spain on the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa or the islands. [16]
A letter announcing the repeal was presented to Samuel Toledano, leader of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain, and read from the pulpit of Beth Yaacov synagogue, which would serve the city's 2,500 Jews. Notably, the repeal ended the requirement that Jews obtain official permission from the Spanish government to hold religious services.
The Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain (FCJE; Spanish: Federación de Comunidades Judías de España) is the umbrella organization representing the interests of most Jews in Spain. Domestically, the FCJE is the official voice of the Spanish Jewish community to the Spanish government . [ 1 ]
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Spanish and Portuguese Jews, also called Western Sephardim, Iberian Jews, or Peninsular Jews, are a distinctive sub-group of Sephardic Jews who are largely descended from Jews who lived as New Christians in the Iberian Peninsula during the few centuries following the forced expulsion of unconverted Jews from Spain in 1492 and from Portugal in 1497.
The number of Jews exiled from Spain is subject to controversy, with highly exaggerated figures provided by early observers and historians offering figures which numbered the hundreds of thousands. By the time of the expulsion, little more than 100,000 practicing Jews remained in Spain, since the majority had already converted to Catholicism.
YouTube recorded a total of 15,720 hateful comments against Jewish people in the week following the attack by Hamas, as revealed by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. [30] According to the report, the attacks include comments featured dehumanizing language, drawing inappropriate comparisons between Israelis and Nazis.
The Synagogue of Barcelona, officially, the Synagogue of the Jewish Community of Barcelona (Spanish: Sinagoga de la Comunidad Israelita de Barcelona), is a Jewish congregation, synagogue, and cultural center, located at 24 Carrer de l'Avenir, in the city of Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain.