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500 Years Later, Spain Invites Jews Back
 500 Years Later, 
 Spain Invites 
 Jews Back 
What Inquisition?
Mar 7, 2013 10:47 AM CST

500 Years Later, Spain Invites Jews Back

Spain looking to 'rediscover itself,' says justice minister

(Newser) - More than 500 years after Spain expelled or forcibly converted its once thriving Jewish population, the country has announced plans to allow descendents of those Sephardic Jews a fast-track to Spanish passports and citizenship, reports the BBC . In the 15th century, there were around 300,000 Jews in Spain, but...

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