Doña Gracia de Mendes

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Doña Gracia was probably introduced to many interested in the history of Spanish Jewry and Conversos by the work of  Cecil Roth titled Doña Gracia of the House of Nasi.

The following links were sent to me by Michael Korn and are a great resource for those interested in learning more about this incredible person.

ttp://la-senora.com/about-noami-keren/

http://la-senora.com/about-la-senora/

Click to access La-Se%C3%B1ora-a-translation-16pp-Nov-2014.pdf

https://teol.ku.dk/english/dept/ast/staff/?pure=en/persons/562103

https://www.haaretz.com/life/books/1.5100358

https://www.haaretz.com/1.5125994

Posted by Rabbi Dr. Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierrez the director of the B’nei Anusim Center for Education. For a more complete review of Iberian Jewish history and the Crypto- Jewish Experience see The Rise of the Inquisition and Secret Jews: The Complex Identity of Crypto-Jews and Crypto-Judaism

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Rabbi Juan Marcos Bejarano-Gutierrez is a graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas where he earned a bachelor of science in electrical engineering. He studied at the Siegal College of Judaic Studies in Cleveland and received a Master of Arts Degree with Distinction in Judaic Studies. He completed his doctoral studies at the Spertus Institute of Jewish Learning and Leadership in Chicago in 2015. His doctoral dissertation is titled “Complex Identities: Christian and Jewish Attitudes Towards Conversos” and was accepted in September 2015. He also studied at the American Seminary for Contemporary Judaism and received rabbinic ordination in 2011 from Yeshivat Mesilat Yesharim.

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