Jewish community in Spain

CAM weekly antisemitism report – "Destroy Israel" banner unfurled at Spanish festival

9.4% rise in far-right antisemitic incidents monitored this week

|ByCOMBAT ANTISEMITISM MOVEMENT
Masked attackers in Basque region of Spain vandalize light rail trains destined for Israel in June 2026.
Pilar Rahola attends an autograph session for her latest book during Sant Jordi on April 23, 2017.

Spanish Jewish groups defend journalist Pilar Rahola amid hate speech complaint

Jewish organizations in Spain have rallied behind journalist Pilar Rahola after prosecutors opened preliminary proceedings over a complaint tied to her pro-Israel views.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
A view of the skyline of Madrid, Spain January 5, 2026.

'Genocide, baby killers': Holocaust survivor, rather than harassers, kicked out of Madrid museum

The women, who were wearing Stars of David and carrying an Israeli flag, were expelled from the Reina Sofía National Museum of Art in Madrid on Sunday for "disturbing visitors."

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Spanish socialists have now adopted the radical Left’s position that Israel itself is illegitimate

Spain: The first case of state antisemitism in the EU

What began as street-level hostility toward Jews has metastasized into the normalization of antisemitic and anti-Zionist rhetoric at the highest levels of government.

|ByELDAD BECK

Antisemitism and Censorship in Catalonia - Opinion

The municipal election day in Spain took place this Sunday. What will happen in Barcelona, Spain's second-largest city and Catalonia's capital?

MAY 28, 2023ByANGEL MAS
A poster from ACOM's campaign. The posters were removed from the streets of Barcelona by the local authorities

Barcelona synagogue vandalized days before Holocaust Remembrance Day

The incident was reported to the police along with the security camera footage of the event. Additionally, the graffiti was promptly removed. 

APRIL 18, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators hold candles during a protest in front of Catalan Government in Sant Jaume quarter in central Barcelona January 16, 2009 against Israel's attacks on Gaza. The sign reads: "Boycott Israel, boycott apartheid".

Barcelona's famous soccer team sends Israel a message of support

FC Barcelona's president Joan Laporta invited representatives of the Israeli embassy in Spain to their soccer match against Manchester United.

FEBRUARY 17, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli diplomats presented FC Barcelona's president Laporta with an Israeli flag on February 16, 2023, recognizing FC Barcelona's years of support for and friendship with Israel. 

‘Barcelona made big mistake canceling ties with Israel’ - Ayuso

Isabel Díaz Ayuso, head of the Community of Madrid, decided to visit Israel in response to Barcelona ending its ties with Tel Aviv.

FEBRUARY 15, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
Senior Spanish politician Isabel Díaz Ayuso is seen meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem.

Remains of Medieval Synagogue found in Spain

This is one of very few Jewish structures still in existence after Spain's expulsion of the Jews.

FEBRUARY 10, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
SYNAGOGUE IN the Mellah, once home to the city’s Jewish population, Marrakech 2019. It was originally built in 1492 by Jews expelled from Spain

Barcelona mayor severs ties with twin city of Tel Aviv, citing Israeli ‘apartheid’

Barcelona and Tel Aviv entered the relationship in 1998 - when both cities jointly signed a "twin city" agreement with Gaza City.

FEBRUARY 9, 2023ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA, ZVIKA KLEIN
ADA COLAU poses during her swearing-in ceremony as the new mayor of Barcelona, in 2019.

Jewish woman to be knighted for helping Sephardic Jews gain Spanish citizenship

A Seattle Jewish woman will be knighted next month for her efforts in helping Jews return to their roots.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
Doreen Alhadeff was the first American Jew to receive Spanish citizenship under the country's right of return law

Spanish foundation teaches millions of Spaniards that they have Jewish roots

“The Museo HispanoJudío is our most important project,” Hatchwell Altaras said. “It will be a place to rediscover our origins, our values, and the desire for a future of fraternity and peace.”

MAY 11, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN

Madrid leads the fight against antisemitism - opinion

MAY 4, 2022ByANGEL MAS
2010 General strike in Spain

What was the unhappy fate of a Jewish tax collector in medieval Spain?

A sculpture in Toledo honors a medieval treasurer killed by the king.

MARCH 10, 2022ByJULIE MASIS
Rosa Hidalgo with the sculpture.