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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.

Shema v’Ahavta Spanish-Portuguese Tradition- שְׁמַע וְאָהַבְתָּ

This is the Shema V’Ahavta sung according to the Spanish-Portuguese tradition. The tune is sung at Congregation Shearith Israel in … More

Congregation Shearith Israel, Jewish Prayer, Sephardic Liturgy, Sephardic Melodies, Shema, Spanish-Portuguese Jewish Liturgy, V'ahavta

Psalm 92 from the Spanish Portuguese Kabbalat Shabbat Service

This is Psalm 92 from the Kabbalat Shabbat service. This Psalm is sung in the Spanish-Portuguese custom of the Bevis … More

Kabbalat Shabbat in the Judeo Spanish Tradition, Psalm 92 Sephardic Melody, Sephardi Jews, Sephardic Liturgy, Sephardic Melodies, Spanish-Portuguese Jewish Liturgy

Psalm 95 -Kabbalat Shabbat in the Judeo Spanish Tradition

I have started a You Tube Channel where I will be posting Sephardic liturgy in the Spanish-Portuguese and Judeo-Spanish tradition. … More

Kabbalat Shabbat in the Judeo Spanish Tradition, Sephardic Liturgy, Sephardic Melodies, Spanish-Portuguese Jewish Liturgy, Spanish-Portuguese Jews

Converso Involvement in the Sabbatai Zevi Movement

By Rabbi Juan Bejarano-Gutierrez The rise of Sabbatai Zevi and his messianic movement greatly impacted communities comprised of former Conversos. … More

Catholicism, Conversos, Crypto Jews, Crypto-Judaism, False Messiah, Sabbatai Zevi, Sabbatean Movement

Upcoming Lecture: The Crypto-Jews in New Spain

On April 26th, 2015 I will be giving another free lecture on the history of the Jews of the Iberian … More

Anusim, Converso, Crypto-Judaism, Iberian Peninsula, Luis Carvajal, New Spain

Upcoming Lecture: An Introduction to the History of the Jews of the Iberian Peninsula

On March 1st, 2015 I will be giving a free lecture on the history of the Jews of the Iberian … More

Forced Conversions under the Visigoths Part 1

By Rabbi Juan Bejarano-Gutierrez As Norman Roth notes, perhaps one of the greatest oddities regarding the history of the Jews … More

Christianity, Crypto Jews, Crypto-Judaism, Forced Conversion, Spain, Visigoths

The Jewish Communities of the Iberian Peninsula

By Rabbi Juan Bejarano-Gutierrez The Edict of Expulsion issued by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella on March 31st, 1492 gave … More

Anusim, Conversos, Crypto Jews, Edict of Expulsion, Jews, Judaizers, King Ferdinand, Marranos, meshudamim, Queen Isabella

Religious Belief and Practice among Crypto-Jews

By Rabbi Juan Bejarano-Gutierrez In the context of Crypto Jewish individuals and communities, both in the Iberian Peninsula and in … More

Antonio Home, Anusim, Christianity, Converso, Crypto Jews, Iberian Peninsula, Inquisition, Judaism, New Christian, Rabbi Saul Levi Morteira

The Rise of Kabbalah on the Demise of Iberian Jewry

By Rabbi Juan Bejarano-Gutierrez The following is an excerpt of several passages from a large paper I am working on. … More

Anti-Maimonidean, Converso, Crypto-Judaism, Iberian Jewry, Kabbalah, Rabbi Moses Ben Nachman, Sefer Ha-Emunot

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