Abstract: La Ley 12/2015 en materia de concesión de la nacionalidad Española a los sefardies originarios de España enacted on June 11, 2015, received Royal Assent on June 24 and came into force and effect on October 1, 2015 (the “law “, “ legislation” “legislative scheme”).
The objects of this paper are twofold; first, to set out the key provisions of the legislation read in tandem with the Instructions issued on September 29, 2015(“Instructions”) by the General Directorate of the Registries and Notaries (“DGRN”) and, second, to identify and analyze the significant issues raised by a fair number of these provisions and by the legislation as a whole.
Clearly, the legislation does not stand on its own provisions as these are not exhaustive of all the matters affecting the acquisition of nationality. In some instances, in order to obtain a better understanding of the legislative scheme, some of its provisions need to be read and interpreted in conjunction with those of other legislation. Due to the constraints of space, this paper focuses primarily on the provisions of the legislation that stand on their own, save where the rationale for one particular provision are meant to be read together with some of the Spanish Constitution
Abstract: The present qualitative and quantitative research highlights the contemporary ethno-local aspects of the Greek Jewish identity(-ies), that is Sephardic and Romaniote traditions, within the ever-changing world and more specifically, within the context of the secularized local Greek society. The religious identity of Greek Jewry, although referring to the acceptance of the Jewish religion (Orthodox Judaism) is presented theoretically as their basic coherent element; however, it has acquired another more cultural meaning in practice.
Through this empirical research, this article seeks to examine how the self-characterization of a person as a Jew currently living in Greece, is expressed, which ethno-local characteristics emerge, and how those are differentiated from generation to generation both within and outside the Jewish context and environment. For this research purpose, one hundred and fifty Jews (150) aged 18-75 years old from four different Greek towns (Athens, Thessaloniki, Larissa, Volos) were interviewed. The interviews were conducted during 2016-2017 in the largest Jewish communities in Greece (J.C.A., J.C.T., J.C.L., J.C.V.),2 located in the above cities
