Doreen Alhadeff

Doreen Alhadeff (born c. 1950) is an American real estate agent. In 2016, she became the first American Jew to be granted Spanish citizenship under the 2015 Spanish law that created a time window for Sephardic Jews, to reclaim Spanish citizenship. In 2022, Spain granted her the Order of Isabella the Catholic, "in honor of her demonstrated loyalty in furthering Spain's relations with the Americas,"

Early life and education Alhadeff was born Seattle, Washington She was a Spanish major at the University of Washington; By Alhadeff's own description, although she grew up in, and attends, this Orthodox Jewish congregation, she and her family "were never Orthodox." They observed the Jewish holidays, but their connection to Judaism was "much more cultural."

Alhadeff and her husband Joseph Alhadeff are married in 1973 and have two sons.