Word: francoed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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State Chairman. John R. Franco, a party wheelhorse, was not consulted. When he arrived to protest, he found that it was too late to do anything-the convention was dominated by August Scholle...
Cautiously, the three men went to work on the authorities. Last week, Francisco Franco made a historic gesture. His government formally offered full Spanish citizenship (after careful screening) to descendants of those Jews who went to Greece and Egypt after their expulsion in 1492. A week earlier, Franco had granted permission for the opening of Moise Lawenda's temple...
...Franco's action was obviously a calculated contribution to his new "liberal" buildup. But as silver-haired old Joseph Cuby, the acting rabbi, intoned a psalm in benediction of Spain and of "Spain's head of state," his voice shook with sincere emotion. At the end of the service, he said proudly: "Brothers, do not forget, we will meet here again Friday next, for evening prayer-openly...
...Madrid's first synagogue since the expulsion. During the Spanish civil war, it was closed down once more and looted by the Communists. But Bauer managed to save the Torah (sacred book), and the Franciscan nuns of Murcia hid it in the crypt of their convent. Under the Franco regime, which requires police permits for gatherings of more than ten, Spain's 8,000 Jews had no place for public worship...
...academic subject-Arnold J. Toynbee's Study of History (TIME, March 17, 1947). But all over Madrid last week, it was the talk of the coffeehouses. It had been twelve years since Spain's most celebrated living philosopher had gone into voluntary exile when Franco came to power. Now, with Franco's permission, he was back lecturing again. He had been told to stick to cultural subjects, but Ortega seemed to have other plans. He had chosen to lecture on Toynbee merely "to loosen up my fingers like a pianist." Toynbee was "a good minor subject, vast...