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2nd February 2016, 04:19 PM
The first person to qualify for a new law granting Spanish citizenship to Jews who were forced out of the country during the Inquisition has completed the process and is now awaiting his new passport.
But before Spanish authorities gave Yossi Ben Naim, 40, of Haifa, Israel, the final OK, they had to make certain that he was fully cognizant of what it means to be a Spanish man.
“Who is Penélope Cruz?” they asked him.
That is just one of the questions and hurdles Ben Naim had to clear to become the first person to receive Spanish citizenship under a law that went into effect at the beginning of 2016,according to Haaretz newspaper,
The process involved him being able to trace his ancestry back to the expulsion of Jews in 1492, show that he has a personal connection to Spanish culture and pass exams on Spanish-language grammar as well as the history and culture of the country.
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2016/01/26/first-israeli-set-to-get-spanish-citizenship-under-new-law-and-penelope-cruz/?intcmp=obnetwork
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2016/01/26/first-israeli-set-to-get-spanish-citizenship-under-new-law-and-penelope-cruz/?intcmp=obnetwork
But before Spanish authorities gave Yossi Ben Naim, 40, of Haifa, Israel, the final OK, they had to make certain that he was fully cognizant of what it means to be a Spanish man.
“Who is Penélope Cruz?” they asked him.
That is just one of the questions and hurdles Ben Naim had to clear to become the first person to receive Spanish citizenship under a law that went into effect at the beginning of 2016,according to Haaretz newspaper,
The process involved him being able to trace his ancestry back to the expulsion of Jews in 1492, show that he has a personal connection to Spanish culture and pass exams on Spanish-language grammar as well as the history and culture of the country.
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2016/01/26/first-israeli-set-to-get-spanish-citizenship-under-new-law-and-penelope-cruz/?intcmp=obnetwork
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2016/01/26/first-israeli-set-to-get-spanish-citizenship-under-new-law-and-penelope-cruz/?intcmp=obnetwork