Barcelona Jewish Community Demands Probe After 2 Women Were Barred Over Star of David
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Updated · Ynetnews · May 31
Barcelona Jewish Community Demands Probe After 2 Women Were Barred Over Star of David
1 articles · Updated · Ynetnews · May 31
Summary
Catalonia police received a complaint after a video showed two women denied entry to a Barcelona sauna because one wore a Star of David necklace.
Barcelona’s Jewish community asked the city and Catalan governments’ discrimination and hate-crime units to investigate, saying no one should be forced to hide their identity.
Spain’s Federation of Jewish Communities called the expulsion a blatant antisemitic act that violated fundamental rights and said Jews in Spain should not fear harassment or exclusion.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry also condemned the incident, saying excluding people for Jewish symbols and demanding they renounce Zionism amounts to antisemitism, widening the case beyond a local dispute.