Sephardic Jews

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  12/21/2022
  

  Enjoying the Christmas Lights? Thank Jewish Refugees from the Ottoman Empire

  by Devin E. Naar

  The story of Christmas lighting in America follows the paths of Sephardic Jewish immigrants from Turkey, who coped with nativist prejudice, linguistic difference, and labor exploitation to find community and work—including in light bulb factories. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  7/24/2021
  

  Spain Pledged Citizenship to Sephardic Jews. Now They Feel Betrayed

  The Spanish government has recently begun rejecting most applications for citizenship from the descendants of Jews expelled from Spain during the Inquisition; most applicants under the initiative launched in 2015 had been accepted. 

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• SOURCE: NYT
  11-6-18
  

  Some Hispanics With Jewish Roots Pursue an Exit Strategy: Emigrate to Spain

  A growing number of Hispanics from the United States are choosing to benefit from a 2015 Spanish law seeking to atone for one of the grimmest chapters in Spain’s history: the expulsion of thousands of Sephardic Jews in 1492. The law offers citizenship to descendants of those Jews.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  6-11-15
  

  Spain Approves Citizenship Path for Sephardic Jews

  Seeking to redress one of the darkest chapters of Spain’s history, the Spanish Parliament on Thursday approved a long-awaited law devised to open the way for citizenship for thousands of Sephardic Jews whose ancestors were expelled in 1492.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  5-26-15
  

  Sephardic Jews Feel Bigotry’s Sting in Turkey and a Pull Back to Spain

  Thousands of Sephardic Jews in Turkey who trace their ancestry to Spain are applying for Spanish citizenship in anticipation of a bill granting nationality to Jews expelled during the Inquisition.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  3-19-14
  

  Many Seek Spanish Citizenship Offered to Sephardic Jews

  The Spanish government has been flooded with thousands of inquiries about legislation it approved last month that will grant dual citizenship to descendants of Sephardic Jews.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  2-14-14
  

  Interest in Israel as Spain Weighs Citizenship for Sephardic Jews

  Under the draft bill, Spain is offering citizenship to any person — whether Jewish or not — whose Sephardic origins can be certified.

• SOURCE: NYT
  5-20-13
  

  Spanish Jews still waiting for citizenship

  MADRID — Six months after announcing a significant easing of the naturalization process for Sephardic Jews, the Spanish government has yet to put the rules into practice, leaving many applicants for citizenship frustrated.The change, announced in November by the foreign and justice ministers, was presented at the time as a conciliatory gesture toward Sephardic Jews, whose ancestors were expelled more than five centuries ago during the Spanish Inquisition, one of the darkest chapters in Spanish history.Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Margallo said the time had come “to recover Spain’s silenced memory.”...