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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.

The Last Openly Practicing Jews in Spanish Territories

In 1497 and in 1498, the Kingdom of Portugal and the Kingdom of Navarre followed the Castilian and Aragonese examples … More

Ceuta, King Ferdinand, Kingdom of Navarre, Kingdom of Portugal, Larache, Mazagan, Oran, Queen Isabella, Tangiers

The Primary Reason for the Expulsion of Jews from Spain

According to the Spanish Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, the Conversos were the primary reason for their fateful decision to eventually … More

"Converso Problem", Cecil Roth, Conversos, Edict of Expulsion, History of the Marranos, Jews, Jews in England, King Ferdinand, Queen Isabella

Expulsion and Conversion: Patterns Before 1492

The forced conversions perpetrated against the Jews of the Iberian Peninsula did not occur in a vacuum. The theological foundations in medieval Christianity had been laid centuries before.

Expulsions, Iberian Jewry, Iberian Peninsula, Pope Leo VII, Sephardic Jews

Was Miguel de Cervantes a Crypto-Jew?

The debate regarding whether the great writer  Miguel de Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote, had a Converso background and … More

Conversos, Crypto-Judaism, Don Quixote, Judaism, Miguel de Cervantes

The Expulsion of Jews in Spain and Portugal

The expulsion of Jews from Castile and Aragon in 1492 and from Portugal in 1497 was the culmination of a … More

Aragon, Castile, Conversos, Edict of Expulsion, Expulsions, Jews, Judaism

Did Crypto-Jews Reach Ireland?

The migration of Crypto-Jews from Spain and Portugal to France, England, Germany, and the overseas Spanish and Portuguese empires has … More

Anusim, Carl Hoffman, Conversos, Crypto Jews, Esra Magazine, Ireland

Sephardic Passover: Hodu L’Adonai Ki Tov

In the following recording,  Rabbi Abraham Lopes Cardozo records Hodu L’Adonai Ki Tov (Give Thanks to the L-RD for He … More

Rabbi Abraham Lopes Cardozo, Sephardic Liturgy, Sephardic Passover, Spanish-Portuguese Jews, Western Separdim

What is Kosher? An Introduction to the Laws of Kashrut

By Rabbi Juan Bejarano-Gutierrez I am very excited to announce the release of What is Kosher? An Introduction to the … More

Crypto-Jewish Education, Jewish Education, Kashrut, Kosher, Torah

Conversos in Bayonne: Circumcision, Mitzvot, and Dissimulation

Declining knowledge of Jewish practices increased the importance of circumcision among Conversos. Conversos attributed the same special role to circumcision … More

Anusim, Bayonne, Brit Milah, Circumcision, Conversos, Crypto-Judaism, Judaism, Livorno, Netherlands, Peyrehorade, Rouen, Venice

Sephardic Passover Song: Mah Nishtana

The following version of the famous Passover song, Mah Nishtana was sung by Rabbi Abraham Lopes Cardoso. This version is … More

Converso, Iberian Peninsula, Mah Nistanah, Passover, Sephardic Jews, Sephardic Liturgy, Shearith Israel, Spanish and Portuguese Jews

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