The Beth Yaakov Synagogue is a

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, Spain. Jews began to return to Spain in the nineteenth century, long after the execution and movement of Catholicism throughout the entirety of Spain and established a synagogue in Madrid in 1917.Synagogues of Europe; Architecture, History, Meaning,

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, MIT Press, 1985; revised edition, MIT Press, 1986; Dover reprint, 1996, p. 338 After the Republican government was defeated by Franco’s forces in the

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(1936-39), Catholicism was proclaimed the official State religion and the synagogues were closed.Linda Jimenez Glassma
''Jewish Madrid: where to find a synagogue, a kosher restaurant....''
, European Jewish Press, 3 August 2008 A number of Jewish families arrived from

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, and soon established informal house synagogues. The present synagogue was built in 1968, after passage of the "Religious Freedom Law" of 1967.

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* Synagogues in Spain Religious buildings and structures in Madrid Moroccan diaspora in Europe Synagogues completed in 1968 1968 establishments in Spain Modernist architecture in Spain Buildings and structures in Trafalgar neighborhood, Madrid Moroccan-Jewish diaspora {{Spain-synagogue-stub