Sephardic Shabbat Shacharit Services

My family has been hosting Shabbat Shacharit services on an intermittment basis for a few months now. We will now … More

Pesach-Hag Hamazot

I hope everyone’s Passover Seder was moving and inspiring. Our family was joined by approximately 35 people on the first … More

The Jewish News of Greater Phoenix reports that Rabbi Yosef Garcia will be giving a lecture titled “Crypto Jews/Hispanic Sefardi: … More

I recently published a small work on Jewish Thinking on Kindle. It is not directly related to the Converso experience, … More

I am working on creating a master list of books on the Inquisition, Conversos, etc. and will eventually organize these … More

A sample of the growing number of works on Conversos/Anusim/Marranos include the following titles: The Perils of Living the Good … More

During the medieval period, Jews were increasly pressured to convert. If they gave in and were baptized, these new Christians … More

The question, Who is a Jew?, is directly related to the over arching theme of this website. The plight of … More

I am very happy to announce the release of my second book titled What is Jewish Prayer? An Introduction to … More

Several years ago, I had a conversation with a college professor. We were discussing the Muslim conquest of Spain, when … More