“Not the first time Spain is apologizing for Inquisition, says prof”

“Not the first time Spain is apologizing for Inquisition, says prof”

What do Seattle’s Sephardim think about Spain offering citizenship to the descendants of Sephardi exiles?

Professor Devin Naar, a member of ASF’s Academic Advisory Board and Chair of Sephardic Studies at the University of Washington, notes that this isn’t the first time that Spain has attempted, in trying economic times, to entice Jews to return to the country.

Seattle-born Rabbi Marc Angel is unabashedly cynical: “This enterprise is more in the category of a public relations stunt than a genuine effort to ‘atone’ for 1492.”

Meanwhile, Doreen Alhadeff, co-founder of the Seattle Sephardic Network, plans on moving to the Iberian Peninsula: “I’m going to move forward with it and I think the cynicism is unwarranted… This is the land of our ancestors.

Source: ASF