Would you pass the Spanish test Jews are taking to get citizenship?

IDENTIFYING Don Quixote and Penelope Cruz is an integral part of proving your ‘Spanishness’, an Israeli seeking Spanish citizenship has discovered.

Yossi Ben Naim, 40, underwent a long process which included identifying these two culture icons, to become the first Israeli granted citizenship under a new law.

The law means that if descendents of Jews expelled 500 years ago can prove their lineage and pass a language, history and culture test, they can be granted citizenship.

Ben Naim, from northern Morocco and Israel, grew up speaking Spanish at home.

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