The history of Conversos and Crypto-Jews is fascinating. The historiography of the Converso experience can be just as interesting. The…
The Many Lives of Two Portuguese Conversos
Dear Readers, I have been traveling for my engineering job a lot this year and have not been able to…
The Other Secret Jews: Turkey’s Dönme Elite
Adam Hirsch of the New Republic recently published an article on the Donme. The Donme were Jews who accepted the…
A List of Recommended Books on the Sephardic Experience
I found an excellent list of books on the Sephardic experience. It was put together by David Shasha. E.H. Lindo,…
A Celebration of Judeo-Spanish Culture: January 20-27, 2017
Once again, I apologize for the late posting. A series of lectures on Judeo-Spanish culture will be hosted in the…
The Crypto-Jewish Experience: Where It Began, Where It Is Now
I sincerely apologize for this last minute posting. Its been a busy week. The Southwest Jewish Congress will be hosting…
Against the Greeks:Understanding the Classical Jewish Worldview
I recently published a small work on Jewish Thinking on Kindle. It is not directly related to the Converso experience,…
Converso Settlement Outside the Peninsula
The situation of Jews who fled to Portugal and were faced with what amounted to forced conversion was starkly different…
Samuel Usque y Los Conversos
*Por favor perdonen mis errores de ortografía y gramática.* Una vez que Conversos huyeron de España y Portugal, regresando al…
The Memoirs of Luis Carvajal
For the first time in more than seventy-five years, the memoirs of perhaps the most famous Crypto-Jew , Luis Carvajal…
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