Six people in Málaga were accused of exploiting a law intended for genuine descendants of Jews expelled from Spain.

The individuals are said to have issued fake genealogical papers that allowed descendants of Spanish Jews to apply for naturalization.The post Spanish cops nab 6 suspects for Sephardic citizenship fra ...

Sephardic Jews fled to New Spain fearing persecution under the crown. In the spring of 1492, the king and queen of Spain, Isabelle of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon, ...

Doreen Alhadeff, a prominent member of Seattle's Sephardic Jewish community, is being knighted by Spain, in large part for her work helping those with Sephardic roots take advantage of a law ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- May is Jewish American Heritage Month, a yearly celebration that recognizes the contributions and achievements of Jews in the United States. With the Jewish community facing ...

Portugal will eliminate direct access to nationality for Sephardic Jews and extend the right to Portuguese nationality to ...

Other Sephardic Jews fled to South America. In 1654 a few reached Manhattan from Brazil and at once established the Spanish & Portuguese Synagog—North America’s first.

Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef issued a religious decree allowing both Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews to wed during the mourning period in light of the war, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi ...