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Behind the Aegis

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Tue Sep 21, 2021, 11:26 PM Sep 2021

(Jewish Group) For Mallorca's Jews, their first 'public' sukkah is a triumph over the Inquisition

For Mallorca’s Jews, their first ‘public’ sukkah is a triumph over the Spanish Inquisition

Before the Spanish Inquisition, the island of Mallorca had a sizeable Jewish community. Every fall, the island became dotted with the leaf-roofed huts that Jews are commanded to erect during the holiday of Sukkot.

But that all changed under the Inquisition’s campaign of persecution that began in 1488 (four years before it started on Spain’s mainland) and was only officially abolished centuries later in 1834.

This year, however, the island’s tiny Jewish community in the capital Palma is determined to reintroduce its Sukkot tradition with a public statement.

Ahead of the holiday this week, the Jewish community along with the municipality of Palma have erected what organizers are calling the island’s first “public” sukkah since the Inquisition, situated in the city’s former Jewish Quarter.

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(Jewish Group) For Mallorca's Jews, their first 'public' sukkah is a triumph over the Inquisition (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Sep 2021 OP
This is lovely JustAnotherGen Sep 2021 #1
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