Jewish Graves Desecrated In Barcelona Cemetery, Sparks Outrage

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The Jewish Community of Barcelona and Cementiris of Barcelona have decided this Sunday to close the Hebrew enclosures of three cemeteries of the city — the cemeteries of Les Corts, Sant Andreu and Collserola — after registering several vandalistic acts in the Hebrew enclosure of Les Corts. The City Council has lamented these attacks, detected against various tombs, and has described them as “untolerable acts that infringe on the dignity of the d…

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Vandals desecrated the Jewish cemetery in Barcelona's Les Cortes neighborhood and caused heavy damage to the site, according to a report in Spain. According to local Jewish community reports from yesterday afternoon, a number of tombstones were smashed, some displaced and documentation from the scene shows much destruction caused to the burial site. The Jewish community in Barcelona pointed the finger at the state authorities for not acting aga…

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The Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain strongly condemned the act. The mayor, who has a long-standing feud with Israel, condemned the attack and promised to work to identify suspects. The mayor's statement made no mention of the word "anti-Semitism" but noted that "if necessary, a complaint about vandalism will be filed with the Hate Crimes and Discrimination Unit."