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Andorra's Jewish Community Faces Unique Challenges in Preserving Faith

Despite living peacefully, Andorra's Jews navigate legal and cultural obstacles in practicing their religion.

  • Andorra's Jewish community of 73 worships in a community center that cannot be legally designated as a synagogue.
  • The principality's regulations prohibit the consecration of non-Catholic houses of worship.
  • Andorra has no history of antisemitism, partly due to the absence of Jews until World War II.
  • Local Jews are working to establish a Jewish cemetery, negotiating for land to accommodate 100 graves.
  • The community struggles with maintaining traditions, such as kosher practices and securing rabbis for religious events.
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