Tag: Spain

La Tomatina is an annual festival in Buol, Spain, where participants engage in the world's largest food fight using overripe tomatoes.
Norway, Spain, and Ireland have announced their official recognition of a Palestinian state, emphasizing the importance of reviving the prospects for a two-state solution and criticizing Israel's stance against Palestinian statehood.
Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli spoke at a convention hosted by Spain's far-right party, Vox, known for neo-Nazi ties.
In the town of Len in Spain during Holy Week, locals celebrate with a traditional cocktail called limonada, jokingly referred to as "Kill Jews," a phrase rooted in a historical incident of violence against Jews in the 15th century.
Toledo, Spain, known for its historic Convivencia, where Jewish, Muslim, and Catholic communities coexisted, is renowned for its marzipan production.
Over 20 Jewish groups from the United States and Spanish-speaking countries are urging Spain's linguistic authority, the Royal Academy of Spanish (RAE), to remove two antisemitic definitions from its official dictionary.
Over 20 Jewish groups from the United States and Spanish-speaking countries are urging Spain's linguistic authority, the Real Academia Española (RAE), to remove two antisemitic definitions from its official dictionary.
Luis de Torres, the first Jew in the Americas, accompanied Christopher Columbus on his voyage as a translator in the hopes of encountering descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel.
The foreign affairs committee of Catalonia, Spain's second-most populous region, has accused Israel of committing apartheid in a draft resolution that was recently passed.
Israel's national soccer team lost 1-0 to Spain, ending its 48-year dream of playing in the 2018 World Cup.
In the book "The Secrets of the Efod," Maud Kozodoy delves into the life and writings of Isaac ben Moses, also known as Profayt Duran Halevi, a scholar and moneylender from Perpignan, Catalonia.
Spain and Portugal have recently passed laws inviting Sephardi Jews to seek citizenship if they can prove their ancestral ties to those expelled at the end of the 15th century or those who fled the Inquisition.
Prof. Sander Gilman from Emory University discusses his latest study "Aliens vs Predators: Cosmopolitan Jews vs Jewish Nomads," highlighting the concept of the cosmopolitan Jew.
The song "Naci en Alamo" is a lament for the displacement and homelessness experienced by Gypsies in Europe.