The history of Conversos and Crypto-Jews is fascinating. The historiography of the Converso experience can be just as interesting. The … More
Author: rambam442013
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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