Jewish community in Spain

Antisemitic incidents in Spain rose 14.5% in 2025, Spanish Jewish group tells Senate in report

The report emphasized that Israel has been made the center of hostilities that have spilled over into Jewish communities, institutions, and sympathetic citizens.

|ByALEX CARSON
Núcleo Nacional demonstrators raise their arms during a rally in Barcelona, Spain, September 2, 2026.
A far-right Spanish nationalist demonstration brought together supporters and members linked to Vox, the People's Party (PP), and the neo-Nazi group Nucleo Nacional in Barcelona, on September 2, 2025.

Antisemitic incidents in Spain rise 14.5% as watchdog warns hatred is being normalized

Antisemitic incidents in Spain increased in 2025, according to a report by Jewish groups that cited vandalism, harassment and other attacks while warning against the normalization of hate.

|BySHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
People march during a pro-Palestinian protest in Barcelona, Spain, October 4, 2025

'Feared for my life': French Jew recalls antisemitic attacks in Barcelona when leaving synagogue

"For 40 minutes, hundreds of people humiliated us and spat on us. There was a huge crowd around us. We feared we would be murdered," Jimmy Zaghroun, a 41-year-old French Jew from Paris, said.

|ByALEX CARSON
The Rambam

A Maimonides statue in Córdoba was defaced. His writings have an answer to hate - opinion

When you deface a statue of Maimonides, it is about only one thing: Judaism.

|ByJEFFREY K. SALKIN/JTA

Catalans and Jews

Numbering between 10,000 and 15,000, Barcelona’s Jews are not of the same opinion when it comes to Catalan independence.

NOVEMBER 21, 2017ByRABBI STEPHEN BERKOWITZ
Several Jews were among those attending a unity march in Barcelona on October 29, with a sea of Spanish and Catalan flags in the background

Medieval Christians who embraced Judaism

They risked their lives to become Jews.

NOVEMBER 21, 2017ByELI KAVON
A painting by Moshe Maimon of a Passover Seder held by Marranos, or secret Jews, in Spain during the time of the Inquisition

President Rivlin in Madrid: 'Spain for us is one country'

President Rivlin and First Lady Nechama were guests of honor at a state dinner at the Royal Palace in Madrid hosted by Spanish King Felipe and Queen Letizia.

NOVEMBER 7, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
President Reuven Rivlin delivers remarks at a state dinner in Madrid, Spain, November 6, 2017.