This video shows my recent visit to the Touro synagogue in Newport Rhode, Island. I stopped by the historic Spanish-Portuguese … More
Category: Sephardic History
The Position of Spanish Jews as Royal Property
Religious issues aside, there was another issue which made Jews vulnerable in the late 14th and 15th centuries. As in … More
13th Century Portrait of a Spanish Jew
The Jewish Journal reported that archaeologists in Spain have identified a drawing of a Jewish man on a pottery fragment from … More
Vicente Ferrer and the Post 1391 Era
The Dominican friar Vicente Ferrer had participated in the onslaught of the Jewish communities in 1391 by eagerly accepting Jews at … More
The Jewish Population of the Kingdom of Castile
Despite changing conditions, from the 13th to the 15th centuries, the Hispanic kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula were home to … More
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
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
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.
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