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Beth Yaacov Synagogue (Madrid): what Wikipedia removed

The Beth Yaacov Synagogue is a Madrid congregation, the first new synagogue built in Spain since the 1492 expulsion. Through 2020 the opening reported that a number of Jewish families arrived after the 1956 Anti-Semitic violence in Morocco. Today the opening gives the synagogue’s address and opening date with no mention of the 1956 violence, and the word is nowhere in the article. A reader today does not learn that the congregation’s founders fled antisemitic violence in Morocco.

The word “antisemitism” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today it appears nowhere in the article at all, references included. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

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What was taken out

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  • The original brief description was reworded without a substantive change to the basic facts given.
  • The sentence explaining that Jewish families arrived in Spain after 1956 antisemitic violence in Morocco is gone from the opening.

How it opened then, and now

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2010 (revision 363698420):

2006 photograph of the synagogue The Beth Yaakov Synagogue is a synagogue in Madrid , Spain. Jews began to return to Spain in the nineteenth century, and established a synagogue in Madrid in 1917. After the Republican government was defeated by Franco ’s forces in the Spanish Civil War , Civil War (1936-39), Catholicism was proclaimed the official State religion and the synagogues were closed. A number of Jewish families arrived after the 1956 Anti-Semitic violence in Morocco , and soon established informal house synagogues. The present synagogue was built in 1968, after passage of the “Religious Freedom Law” of 1967. ^ Synagogues of Europe; Architecture, History, Meaning, Carole Herselle Kr…

2025 (revision 1254677162):

Synagogue in Madrid, Spain For similarly named synagogues, see Congregation Beth Jacob . The Beth Yaacov Synagogue ( Spanish : Sinagoga Beth Yaacov ), also known as the Beth Jacob Synagogue or the Synagogue of Madrid , is a Jewish congregation and synagogue , located at 3 Calle Balmes, in the Chamberí district of Madrid , Spain . When it opened in 1968, it was the first new synagogue building built in Spain since the Catholic Monarchs of Spain expelled the country’s Jews in 1492. ^ “Beth Yaacov Synagogue in Madrid” . Historic Synagogues of Europe . Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . n.d . Retrieved September 6, 2024 .

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