of their being "Jews". Perhaps this duality explains the existence of a syncretic Judæo-Christian cult called Xueta Christianity, although very much a minority, preached by Cayetano Martí Valls. An important event, with the advent of democracy, was the election in 1979 of Ramon Aguiló (of direct Xueta ancestry), re-elected socialist mayor of Palma until 1991, whose election by popular vote could be considered the principal evidence of the decline of discrimination, ratified by other cases, such as that of Francesc Aguiló, mayor of Campanet. All of this, however, does not imply a complete elimination of rejection of the Xuetes, as is indicated by a poll conducted by the University of the Balearic Islands in 2001, in which 30% of Majorcans affirmed that they would not marry a Xueta, and 5% declared that they would not even want to have Xuetes as friends, numbers that, despite being high, are nuanced in that those in favor of discrimination tend to be seniors. Several Xueta institutions have been created in recent years: the association RCA-Llegat Jueu ("Jewish Legacy"), the investigative group , the religious group Institut Rafel Valls, the magazine Segell and the city of Palma has joined the , ("Network of Spanish Jewries" Spanish cities with a historic Jewish presence). Immigration in the early 21st century is stimulating renewed activity in the community, including at the Palma synagogue, involving newcomers and Chuetas. A son of the community, Rabbi Nissan Ben-Avraham returned to Spain in 2010 after being ordained as a rabbi in Israel. Recognition In 2011 Rabbi Nissim Karelitz, a leading rabbi and halachic authority and chairman of the Beit Din Tzedek rabbinical court in Bnei Brak, Israel, recognized the Chuetas of Palma de Majorca as Jewish. Notes References This article is largely based on the corresponding article in the Catalan-language Wikipedia, accessed 9 February 2007. That article gives the following references: The Jews of Majorca. Isaacs, A. Lionel. London: Methuen 1936. Catalan translation: The chuetas of Mallorca. Conversos and the Inquisition of Mallorca. Braustein, Bàruch. New York: Ktav Publishing House, Inc. . Catalan translation: A Dead Branch on the Tree of Israel (in 5 pens in hand). Graves, Robert. New York: Doubleday 1958. Catalan translation: The Conversos of Majorca: Life and Death in a Crypto-Jewish Community in XVII Century. Selke, Angela. Jerusalem: Hispania Judaica Series. . Spanish translation. ed. Taurus. Those of the street: the Catholic-Jews of Mallorca. Moore, Kenneth. Indiana: