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The swimming pool at Anantara Villa Padierna Palace
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It’s Marbella. But not as you know it
By Louisa Walters
Louisa Walters enjoys carbs, Marbs and a wedding at a serene, elegant hotel
The cathedral in Segovia
June 30, 2022, 4:40 pm
Swap sandals and suncream for Sephardic history in Spain’s heartland
The medieval tows of Segovia and Avila have much to offer
By Andrew Kaye Kauffman
The swimming pool at Anantara Villa Padierna Palace
June 22, 2022, 10:57 am
It’s Marbella. But not as you know it
Louisa Walters enjoys carbs, Marbs and a wedding at a serene, elegant hotel
By Louisa Walters
Ben Lewis, who changed his name to Ben Rose in Spain
June 7, 2022, 11:27 am
Organised crime chiefs to list global paedophile hotspots after Ben Lewis case
The Home Office has asked the National Crime Agency to draw up a list of countries where underage victims are at risk from British offenders, following jailing of Bushey predator
By Toby Porter
Ben Lewis, who changed his name to Ben Rose in Spain
May 27, 2022, 9:03 am
Paedophile who ran day camps in Bushey sentenced to 138 years jail in Spain for abusing 36 more children
Ben Lewis, who changed his surname to Rose to work in Madrid, found guilty of eight counts of making child pornography.
By Toby Porter
Spanish and Portugese passports
January 4, 2022, 4:19 pm
Spain and Portugal naturalised 90,000 descendants of Sephardic Jews since 2015
Two countries processed thousands of applicants who proved they had roots in the region dating back to the 15th century
By JTA
Spanish and Portugese passports
August 26, 2021, 9:46 am
Spain is suddenly turning down many Jews who apply for citizenship
'It hurts me a lot because we have complied with all the requirements and followed the law. Many lawyers have told me that how the law is being applied to us now is illegal'
By JTA
Moishe House Madrid
June 7, 2021, 11:26 am
Jewish philanthropic charity officially says ‘Hola’ to Spanish Jews
Genesis Philanthropy Group said the social and economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic in Spain had expedited its focus on the country.
By Jewish News Reporter
A surveillance camera can be seen next to a Star of David (Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa)
May 12, 2021, 3:27 pm
Israeli flags burned outside German shuls, Free Palestine daubed on one in Spain
Anti-Zionist protestors target Jews in the diaspora, with almost 20 people arrested in Germany, amid rising tensions in Israel and Palestine
By JTA
Ben Lewis at St. Albans Crown Court in 2016
April 29, 2021, 11:42 am
LL Camps paedophile ‘abused 36 children in Madrid school after changing name’
Ben Lewis, who co-ran LL Camps in Bushey, was convicted in the UK in 2016 and is now accused of further offences in Spain.
By Jewish News Reporter
Spanish and Portugese passports
November 8, 2020, 12:34 pm
Portugal has naturalised 23,000 applicants under Jewish law of return
About 25,000 of applications were submitted in 2019 alone, many of which have not yet been processed.
By JTA
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez (Wikipedia/Ministry of the Presidency. Government of Spain)
August 7, 2020, 10:00 am
Spain adopts International definition of antisemitism
Madrid is now the 26th capital to recognise the IHRA definition, winning praise from the Federation of Jewish Communities in Spain.
By JTA
Stickers calling for a boycott of Israel
June 28, 2020, 12:49 pm
Spanish state calls attempts to boycott Israel a form of antisemitism
Parliament of the Balearic Islands Autonomous Community brands the  Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement a form of Jew-hatred, in landmark first
By JTA
Lord Carlile, Dame Margaret Hodge, Lord Howard and Baroness Neville-Jones were key British signatories to the letter
June 24, 2020, 12:27 pm
More than 1,000 European parliamentarians sign letter against annexation
Lawmakers from 25 countries, including former Tory leader Lord Howard and ex-independent reviewer of terror legislation, Lord Carlile, flag 'serious concerns' over Israel's plans
By Jewish News Reporter
Stickers calling for a boycott of Israel
May 17, 2020, 11:44 am
Spanish state hires BDS group accused of antisemitism to ‘teach against hate’
Pro-Israel group compared the appointment to having 'a Nazi lecturing against racism, or a member of the Ku Klux Klan speaking on racial persecution'
By JTA
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez (Wikipedia/Ministry of the Presidency. Government of Spain)
May 14, 2020, 4:58 pm
Spain extends deadline for Sephardic Jews to claim citizenship
The country will extend the time limit for descendants of Sephardic Jews expelled from the country more than 500 years ago to acquirie Spanish citizenship.
By Jewish News Reporter
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