Originally posted by SeanMSilver
Let's see what the Stephen Roth Institute For the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism says about that issue:
"There is tremendous ignorance in Spanish society about Judaism and the Jews. This pertains not only to their historical presence for 15 centuries but also to the Jewish reality of today. The majority of Spaniards do not even know a Jew. Therefore, their knowledge of Jews is very limited and distorted by anti-Jewish stereotypes and prejudices that have persisted until today.
Surveys from the 1980s and 1990s showed that the Spanish image of the Jews was ambivalent: pejorative stereotypes such as avariciousness, treachery and deicide contrasted with positive evaluations such as their work ethic and their sense of responsibility (see, for example, Racism in Spain, DYM-Cambio 16, Dec. 1987; Center for Sociological Research, Immigration and Racism, Studies, Sep. 1990, AprilMay 1991; and Center for Sociological Research, Attitudes towards Immigration, Study 2051, May 1993). However, a survey conducted by the ADL in 2002 was less ambivalent: 34 percent of Spaniards revealed antisemitic attitudes, the highest score among ten European countries covered (see ASW 2002/3)."
The link to this report: http://www.tau.ac.il/Anti-Semitism/asw2003-4/spain.htm
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