{"id":53472,"date":"2016-03-17T11:11:05","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T16:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=53472"},"modified":"2016-03-17T11:11:05","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T16:11:05","slug":"seattle-jew-in-line-to-be-first-sephardic-jew-granted-spanish-citizenship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/community\/seattle-jew-in-line-to-be-first-sephardic-jew-granted-spanish-citizenship\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Jew in Line to Be First Sephardic Jew Granted Spanish Citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the Seattle Times:<\/p>\n<p>Seattleite Doreen Alhadeff got back from Spain on Feb. 15 with a historic accomplishment in hand: She had become the first American \u2014 and now one of only seven people in the world \u2014 to reach the final stage of a <a class=\"content-link external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/06\/12\/world\/europe\/spain-approves-citizenship-path-for-sephardic-jews.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">process <\/a>that allows Sephardic Jews to become Spanish citizens.<\/p>\n<p>A week earlier, the 65-year-old real-estate broker had presented a notary in the seaside town of Torremolinos in southern Spain with documentation showing she had met all the requirements of a Sephardic citizenship law that went into effect in October.<\/p>\n<p>A Seattle rabbi had testified to her Sephardic heritage. She had passed Spanish language and culture tests. And she had demonstrated a special interest in Spain by living there for two months last year to prepare for a conference she helped organize.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/sephardic-jew-from-seattle-soon-to-get-spanish-citizenship\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Seattle Times: Seattleite Doreen Alhadeff got back from Spain on Feb. 15 with a historic accomplishment in hand: She had become the first American \u2014 and now one of only seven people in the world \u2014 to reach the final stage of a process that allows Sephardic Jews to become Spanish citizens. 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