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‘Kill Jews’ cocktail rocks Spanish town’s Holy Week: ‘An expression, it’s not racist’
In centuries-old tradition, revelers seeking limonadas say they are going out to 'kill Jews' in Castilian Holy Week capital, epicenter of pre-Expulsion Spanish Jewry
www.timesofisrael.com
It’s the week before Easter in León, an ancient city in northwest Spain, and locals have poured into the streets to knock back glasses of wine-lemonade, an annual festivity that’s sometimes punctuated with a cheerful cry: “Matar judíos,” or “Kill Jews.”
Sounds deliciousa Leonese cocktail made from red wine, lemons, cinnamon and sugar, sometimes with oranges and figs. Here it is called “limonada,” and virtually every bar in Barrio Húmedo, the city’s nightlife-packed medieval quarter, is plastered with signs advertising their version.
It’s also a centuries-old tradition for revelers seeking limonadas to say they are going out to “kill Jews.”