For the people gathered around the Sabbath table it’s a welcome development, one the Spanish capital needed for some time. The existence and evolution of a progressive congregation, as Reform congregations are typically known outside the U.S., is a departure from the city’s traditionally Orthodox-dominated Jewish life. While such a scene may be typical at Jewish communities across the U.S., in Spain it is something of a rarity. A monthly communal Shabbat dinner begins. When the table is set, everyone gathers around for the Kiddush prayer. Men and women lay out plates of knishes and bourekas, shakshuka and kugel, a Spanish tortilla and an almodrote, a Sephardi eggplant dish. They adorn it with a white tablecloth, place chairs on both sides and set two challahs topped by a cover in the center. MADRID ( JTA) - At the conclusion of a recent Friday night service at the Reform Jewish Community of Madrid, the space quickly transforms from a meeting hall into a dining room.
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