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13 MARCH 2015
In Honor of Enrico Macias, namesake of ASF’s new Sephardic Music Library at the Center for Jewish History
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“Spanish-speaking Jews urge Spain to follow Portugal’s Jewish law of return” JTA While both Portugal and Spain have proposed legislation to atone “for the religious persecution and expulsion of countless Jews approximately 500 years ago” only “Lisbon has followed through and adopted a law of return… Spain’s congress has yet to vote…” |
 The Alhambra Decree issued on 31 March 1492 by King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile ordered all “Jews and Jewesses of our kingdoms to depart and never to return….” |
JTA
While both Portugal and Spain have proposed legislation to atone “for the religious persecution and expulsion of countless Jews approximately 500 years ago” only “Lisbon has followed through and adopted a law of return… Spain’s congress has yet to vote…”
The Alhambra Decree issued on 31 March 1492 by King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile ordered all “Jews and Jewesses of our kingdoms to depart and never to return….”
Presented in conjunction with AJC Access NY and the Jewish Latin Center.
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 The group, composed of members of the Sephardic Legacy Institute and B’nai Brith Canada, at Centre Block in Canada’s Parliament. |
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“Sephardi delegation heads to Ottawa, meets PM” By Sheri Shefa, The Canadian Jewish News “For the first time in Canadian history, an official delegation of Sephardi community leaders, activists, philanthropists and spiritual leaders from across the country visited Parliament Hill and met with the Prime Minister, ambassadors and other dignitaries.”
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The group, composed of members of the Sephardic Legacy Institute and B’nai Brith Canada, at Centre Block in Canada’s Parliament.
By Sheri Shefa, The Canadian Jewish News
“For the first time in Canadian history, an official delegation of Sephardi community leaders, activists, philanthropists and spiritual leaders from across the country visited Parliament Hill and met with the Prime Minister, ambassadors and other dignitaries.”
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