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Foreign News
August 28, 1953
The Southern Jewish Weekly
Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida
What is this article about?
A Sephardic rabbi from the United States traveled to Madrid to conduct High Holy Day services, the first such services by a rabbi in Madrid since the 1492 expulsion of Jews from Spain. Rabbi D.A. Jessurun Cardoza will lead Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services; about 3,000 Jews now live in Spain.
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United States Rabbi to Conduct High Holiday Services in Madrid
NEW YORK, (JTA) - After an interval of more than 450 years, a Sephardic rabbi, a descendent of the Jews who fled from Spain during the Inquisition, left the United States last week for Madrid, capital of Spain, to conduct High Holy Day services in the synagogue there. Not since 1492, when the Jews were exiled from Spain, has any rabbi conducted services in Madrid, which now has a Jewish congregation and a synagogue, it was declared here. The American rabbi who will conduct the services there this Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kippur is Rabbi D. A. Jessurun Cardoza, until recently spiritual head of the Sephardic Jewish Center of the Bronx. It is estimated that 3,000 Jews now live in Spain, 2,000 of them in Barcelona.
NEW YORK, (JTA) - After an interval of more than 450 years, a Sephardic rabbi, a descendent of the Jews who fled from Spain during the Inquisition, left the United States last week for Madrid, capital of Spain, to conduct High Holy Day services in the synagogue there. Not since 1492, when the Jews were exiled from Spain, has any rabbi conducted services in Madrid, which now has a Jewish congregation and a synagogue, it was declared here. The American rabbi who will conduct the services there this Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kippur is Rabbi D. A. Jessurun Cardoza, until recently spiritual head of the Sephardic Jewish Center of the Bronx. It is estimated that 3,000 Jews now live in Spain, 2,000 of them in Barcelona.
What sub-type of article is it?
Religious Affairs
What keywords are associated?
Sephardic Rabbi
Madrid Synagogue
High Holy Day Services
Jewish Community Spain
Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
What entities or persons were involved?
Rabbi D. A. Jessurun Cardoza
Where did it happen?
Madrid, Spain
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Madrid, Spain
Event Date
Last Week
Key Persons
Rabbi D. A. Jessurun Cardoza
Outcome
first rabbi to conduct high holy day services in madrid since 1492; no casualties.