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A Spanish Easter festival has drawn criticism after encouraging people to “Matar judíos,” which translates to “Kill Jews.”

Semana Santa, otherwise known as Holy Week, is observed all over the Spanish-speaking world, but the Spanish region of León has its own unique take on the festivities.

Each year locals and tourists are encouraged to drink a special glass of wine-lemonade, which is accompanied by a call to “Kill Jews.”

Sonia Da Costa, at Cafetería Chamberí, told JTA: “It’s strange to foreigners, but they take it with a laugh. Here it is normal.”

“People are used to it here, it’s an expression that is not racist at all,” said José Manuel, who works at Vychio Cafe Bar.

“It’s an expression from a time period of racism but now, no, it’s an expression out of custom.”

The city of León, which has a population of 124,000 has no visible Jewish community.

The Jewish quarter of León has not seen a Jewish population in hundreds of years.

But that does not stop the area teeming with revelers in search of the “killing Jews” cocktail during the festival.

According to Torres Sevilla: “The third Jewish synagogue of León was built here (1370-1481).”

The expression of “killing Jews” dates back to the 15th century, Torres Sevilla explained.

The Black Death had left many Christian noblemen in debt and one knight, Suero de Quiñones, owed payments to a Jewish merchant.

To avoid paying his debt, Quiñones whipped up religious hate against León’s Jews on Holy Week in 1449.

He and other knights launched an attack on the Jewish quarter, murdering the lender and several others on Good Friday.

Torres Sevilla explained: “Quiñones said on Holy Week, our Lord was accused by the Jews and the Jews killed him.

“So what do we do with the Jews? Kill them. But the real reason was not a Christian motive — the real reason was that he had an important debt to an important merchant of the Jewish community.”

Following the attack on the Jewish community Quiñones and his allies went to drink wine in Barrio Húmedo.

And this is where the tradition of downing limonadas to the call of “killing Jews,” comes from.

After the attack a lot of the Jewish community was expelled from León in 1481 and many of the Jews who stayed converted after 1492.

“Everybody knows about ‘kill Jews,’ but nobody knows about the Jewish history of León,” said Torres Sevilla.


(full article online)

Spaniards defend Easter tradition of ‘killing Jews’

Each year participants are encouraged to drink a special drink of wine and lemonade, which is accompanied by a call to ‘Kill Jews’

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