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Bringing Together and Educating Descendants of Sephardic Conversos

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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.

Torah Reading: The Akedah-The Binding of Isaac

This Torah reading in Hebrew is from Genesis 19:1-22 and is called the Akedah-The Binding of Isaac. It is part … More

Akedah, Congregation Shearith Israel, Spanish Jews in London, Spanish-Portuguese Jewish Liturgy, Torah Reading

Creating Conversos: Genealogy and Identity as Historiographical Problems

Mercedes Garcia-Arenal has written a number of articles related to Conversos (both Jewish and Muslim). The following article is a … More

Angel Alcalá, Anusim, Benzion Netanyahu, Converso, Conversos, Crypto Jew, Los judeoconversos en la cultura y en la sociedadespañola, Mercedes Garcia-Arenal

The Priestly Blessing According to the Spanish-Portuguese Tradition

The following is the priestly blessing (Birkat Kohanim-Aaronic benediction) recited in the preliminary prayers of Shacharit. This is recorded in … More

Anusim, Bevis Marks Synagogue, Birkat Kohanim, Congregation Shearith Israel, Converso

Jewish Prayer: Birchot Hatorah in the Spanish-Portuguese Tradition

This Jewish prayer is called the Birchot Hatorah- the Blessings of the Torah and is part of the Shacharit (morning … More

Birchot Hatorah, Blessings of the Torah, Conversos, Jewish Prayer, Sephardic Prayers, Shacharit

Isaac Abarbanel and the Return of the Bnei Anusim

Don Isaac Abarbanel believed that most Jews who had converted had done so for the sake of survival. He states, “Because of … More

Abarbanel, Anusim, Bnei Anusim, Conversos, Marrano

Spain Grants Citizenship to Sephardic Jews

Dr. Juan Bejarano-Gutierrez The following article from the Washington Post notes the recent granting of Spanish Citizenship to more than … More

Conversos, Inquisition, Marranos, Sephardi Jews, Sephardic Jews, Spain, Spanish

Tzur Mishelo-Sephardic Tradition

Tzur Mishelo is a zemer/piyut sung on Shabbat after a meal and closely follows the Birchat Hamazon, Grace after Meals. … More

Piyut, Sephardic Liturgy, Sephardic Melodies, Tsur Mishelo, Tzur Mishelo

Psalm 146-Judeo-Spanish Tradition-הַלְלוּיָהּ הַלְלִי נַפְשִׁי -תְּהִלִּים

The following video is a recording of Psalm 146 in the Judeo-Spanish tradition (Sephardic). The Judeo-Spanish tradition is the custom … More

Kabbalat Shabbat in the Judeo Spanish Tradition, Psalm 146, Sephardic Liturgy, Sephardic Melodies

Judaism and the Boundaries of Heresy

Catherine Navarro argues that for Christianity from the 7th century CE onwards, Judaism was increasingly situated or at least perceived … More

Archbishop Julian of Toledo, Arianism, Catherine Navarro, Crypto-Jewish, Decretum, Erwig, Heresy, Pope Hadrian I, Recared, Second Nicean Council, Visigoths

Ein Kelohainu according to the Spanish-Portuguese Custom

The following recording of Ein Kelohainu is sung according to the Spanish-Portuguese Custom. This particular tune was once sung at the … More

Bevis Marks Synagogue, Conversos, Ein Kelohainu, En Kelohanu, Sephardic Liturgy, Sephardic Melodies, Spanish Jews in London, Spanish-Portuguese Jewish Liturgy, Spanish-Portuguese Jews

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