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Ancient Spanish village scraps 'Kill Jews' name
Associated Press
Published: 22.06.15, 18:08
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1. @ Moshe & Lou in the Face TB section....
the Family Sefardi ,   Israel   (06.25.15)
1. The official name of the Patron Saint of Spain is Santiago Matamoros (Saint James the Moor-Slayer - N.B. Moors = Muslims) 2. The official name of his cathedral found at the end of "El Camino de Santiago Matamoros" ("The Way of Saint James the Moor-Slayer" - Europe's primer pilgrim route) is La Catedral de Santiago Matamoros de Campostela (The Cathedral of Saint James the Moor-Slayer at the Field of Stars). No one has suggested that the Church be nuked. 3. Inside the Cathedral of Toledo, there is a huge gold gilded baroque sign extolling the "virtuous effectiveness" of the Catholic Church and its Inquisition in converting and ultimately expelling both the Jews and the Moors from Spain. No one has suggested that the church remove the sign. Your uneducated, vulgar and violent reactions are consistent with insecure people who have no knowledge or understanding of Spanish history. For example do either one of you know that the Fascist Franco saved hundreds of thousands of European Jews by directing that any Sefardi Jew be given safe passage documents into all Spanish territories? For example do either one of you know that the Fascist Franco allowed the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee to maintain an office in Barcelona and provide aid to Jews? Before you open your mouths any wider to accommodate your other foot...at the very least go and educate yourselves ... learn the full history before you make your ridiculous suggestions.
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