Muchas de los poemas populares españoles del siglo XV, conocidos como Cancioneros, fueron escritos por la primera generación de judíos…
¿Por qué fueron expulsados los judíos de Castilla y Aragón?
La verdadera razón por el edicto de Expulsión del siglo 15 ha dado lugar a un debate considerable de finales,…
¿Qué es un Marrano?
Tengo la intención de traducir cada “post” en español para llegar a el número significativo de individuos de América Latina…
Books on the Inquisition
The following is a list of books on the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions. I hope to add to the list…
Books on Conversos-Part 2
I am working on creating a master list of books on the Inquisition, Conversos, etc. and will eventually organize these…
Conversos and the Rise of Secularism
The rise of a secular alternative to Jewish life was the product of a series of complicated events and trends…
Early Jews in the New World
The New York Historical Society is showcasing an exhibit of Jews in the New World before and after the American…
Books on Conversos
A sample of the growing number of works on Conversos/Anusim/Marranos include the following titles: The Perils of Living the Good…
Conversos, Anusim, and Sephardic Identity
Mr. David Ramirez is an independent researcher who has written extensively on the topic of Conversos. Several of his papers…
Descendants of the Anusim (Crypto-Jews) in Contemporary Mexico
In 2009, Schulamith Chava Halevy completed her doctoral dissertation titled “Descendants of the Anusim (Crypto-Jews) in Contemporary Mexico.” While the…