Conversos in New Mexico

The earliest exploration of New Mexico occurred in 1540 under Francisco Vazquez de Coronado. The first Converso adventurer was Gaspar … More

Conversos Trades in New Spain

Conversos in New Spain were active in all types of trades. Of those arrested for Judaizing in the mid-seventeenth century, … More

Portuguese Crypto-Jews in New Spain

Crypto-Jewish activity in New Spain is often characterized as a Portuguese Crypto-Jewish phenomenon. I Mexican Inquisitional documents note the following: … More

Simon Vaez de Sevilla

This is the third of what I refer to as mini-posts that will focus on facts related to Crypto-Jews/Conversos in … More

Conversos Who Supported Columbus

This is the second of what I refer to as mini-posts that will focus on facts related to Crypto-Jews/Conversos in … More

Conversos with Columbus

This is the first of what I refer to as mini-posts that will focus on facts related to Crypto-Jews/Conversos in … More

Creating Conversos: The Carvajal–Santa María Family in Early Modern Spain

I had the pleasure of listening to Dr. Roger Louis Martínez-Dávila ‘s lectures in person. I also had the honor … More

Conversos and the Sabbatean Movement: The Unlikely Supporters of Sabbatai Zevi

In 1665-1666 the messianic movement of Sabbatai Zevi (also written as Shabbetai Zevi, Shabbetai Tzvi, Shabtai Sevi, etc.) spread like … More

The Jewish Diaspora and the Perez Family Case in China, Japan, the Philippines, and the Americas

The Converso diaspora extended far beyond Europe and the New World. The journey of Conversos extended to the Far East. … More

Reimagining the Sagrada Familia: Family and Faith in the life of Luis de Carvajal

Ronnie Perlis from Yeshiva University just uploaded a paper which should prove interesting to anyone fascinated by the legendary Carvajal … More