History of Spanish and Portuguese Jews-Part 1

This is the first part of a 5 part series on the history of Spanish and Portuguese Jews delivered a…

The Struggle of Dual Identities

The following letter was written as a response to an inquiry from a Crypto-Jew asking about the challenge of identity.…

Back in the 1970s, there was a TV show called Sanford and Son. The sitcom told the story of an…

The Adir Venaor – mighty and illuminating one sung on Yom Kippur after the Vidui, the Confession. This version song…

Torah Reading Rosh Hashanah 1st Day-2nd Aliyah sung in the Spanish-Portuguese Tradition. Posted by Rabbi Juan Bejarano Gutierrez the director of…

Torah reading for the first day of Rosh Hashanah-first Aliyah sung in the Spanish-Portuguese Tradition. Posted by Rabbi Juan…

The following article Controversy regarding Julia Salazar was brought to my attention by a reader of this website. I read the article…

The following is a reading of the introduction to Secret Jews- The Complex Identity of Crypto-Jews and Crypto-Judaism by Juan…

Ahot Ketanah sung in the Spanish-Portuguese tradition. The Ahot Ketanah (the Little Sister) describes the sufferings endured by Israel and…

The Institute for Sefardi and Anousim Studies is pleased to announce two new academic projects. The summary is below or…