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Bringing Together and Educating Descendants of Sephardic Conversos

Author: rambam442013

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.

Missing 400-year-old Jewish manuscript to return to Mexico

The history of Conversos and Crypto-Jews is fascinating. The historiography of the Converso experience can be just as interesting. The … More

Crypto-Jews in Mexico, Luis Caravajal, Luis de Carvajal El Mozo, Nuevo Reino de Leon

The Many Lives of Two Portuguese Conversos

Dear Readers, I have been traveling for my engineering job a lot this year and have not been able to … More

Conversos, Miguel Fernandes, Papal Inquisition, Roman Inquisition, Rui Teixeira

The Other Secret Jews: Turkey’s Dönme Elite

Adam Hirsch of the New Republic recently published an article on the Donme. The Donme were Jews who accepted the … More

Conversos, Crypto Jews, Donmeh, Sabbatai Zevi, Sabbatean Movement, Sephardic Jews

A List of Recommended Books on the Sephardic Experience

I found an excellent list of books on the Sephardic experience. It was put together by David Shasha. E.H. Lindo, … More

Cecil Roth, David de Sola Pool, Isaac Orobio de Castro, Jews of Spain, Miriam Bodian, Portuguese Jews, Sephardic History, Spanish Jews, Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi

A Celebration of Judeo-Spanish Culture: January 20-27, 2017

Once again, I apologize for the late posting. A series of lectures on Judeo-Spanish culture will be hosted in the … More

Doña Gracia Nasi, Judeo-Espanol, Judeo-Spanish, Judy Frankel, Ladino

The Crypto-Jewish Experience: Where It Began, Where It Is Now

I sincerely apologize for this last minute posting. Its been a busy week. The Southwest Jewish Congress will be hosting … More

Christianity, Crypto Jews, Crypto-Judaism, Southwest Jewish Congress

Against the Greeks:Understanding the Classical Jewish Worldview

I recently published a small work on Jewish Thinking on Kindle. It is not directly related to the Converso experience, … More

Christianity, Hellenism, Jewish Theology, Jewish Thinking, Jewish Thought

Converso Settlement Outside the Peninsula

The situation of Jews who fled to Portugal and were faced with what amounted to forced conversion was starkly different … More

Amsterdam, Converso Emigration, Conversos, Crypto Jews

Samuel Usque y Los Conversos

*Por favor perdonen mis errores de ortografía y gramática.* Una vez que Conversos huyeron de España y Portugal, regresando al … More

Consolations for the Tribulations of Israel, Consuelo para las tribulaciones de Israel, Conversos, Judaism, Judaismo, Samuel Usque

The Memoirs of Luis Carvajal

For the first time in more than seventy-five years, the memoirs of perhaps the most famous Crypto-Jew , Luis Carvajal … More

Inquisition, Luis Carvajal, Mexican Inquisition, New York Historical Society, Nuevo Reino de Leon

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