Secret Jews: The Complex Identity of Crypto-Jews and Crypto-Judaism

I am extremely happy to announce the release of my book titled Secret Jews: The Complex Identity of Crypto-Jews and…

Unorthodox Kin: Portuguese Marranos and the Global Search for Belonging

A soon to be released book titled Unorthodox Kin: Portuguese Marranos and the Global Search for Belonging reviews the relationship between descendants…

Articles on Conversos, Portuguese New Christians, and Moriscos

Academia.edu is an excellent resource for finding scholarly research on a wide variety of topics. The following three articles are…

Crypto-Jewish Outreach

The various individuals who have returned to Judaism have not been without the support of an eclectic group of rabbis. While…

Confused Conversos: Juan del Hoyo

Many Conversos combined Christian and Jewish observances and beliefs. Since Christianity possessed elements which were derived from the Hebrew Scriptures,…

Coming Sephardic Lectures in the Dallas Area

For those in the Dallas area, the Jewish Federation of Dallas will be hosting a series of lectures on Saturday…

Are We All Conversos?

Years ago, Rabbi Byron Sherwin z”l taught a class titled “What is Judaism?” He referenced his newly published book, Finding Faith…

Rabbi Maimon’s Response to Persecution

The rise of the Almohades (Al-Muwahhidun: those who assert the unity of G-d) in Northwest Africa and in Spain in…

How Many Jews were Lost?

Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, the famous author of Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory and From Spanish Court to Italian Ghetto: Isaac…

Jewish Attempts at Rejudaizing Converts

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