(JTA) — The Great Synagogue of Barcelona was hit with anti-Israel graffiti ahead of Yom Hashoah, or Israel’s Holocaust remembrance day. The graffiti found on Monday read: “Free Palestine ...

MADRID (JTA) — Vandals defaced the area in front of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement’s Barcelona synagogue with graffiti that read “Why do you kill in Palestine” early on Wednesday.

At the same time, Barcelona’s Jewish community held a commemorative event at the Montnegre Synagogue, marking the first anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel. The event ...