Conversos and Circumcision

The problem of Conversos and circumcision arose even after Conversos had left the Iberian Peninsula. The following translation of a…

On Marranos and Sabbateans

Ezer Kahanoff wrote an interesting article on the relationship of the Sabbatean movement and former Conversos throughout Europe. Kahanoff discusses…

The Dutch Republic Conversos settled in various Dutch cities including Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Middleburg. The settlement to the Netherlands was…

The following video tells the story of a little known Converso from Valencia. The individual in question is the famous…

The awareness of a Crypto-Jewish background or family line has brought many individuals throughout Latin America to consider a return…

Mark Meyerson, a well known Jewish historian, discusses the fascinating story of the town of Morvedre. This town near Valencia…

This video reviews the Marranos of Spain written by Benzion Netanyahu, the father of the current prime minister of Israel,…

This video continues the series on Crypto-Judaism and Crypto-Jews by briefly reviewing Jewish life during the Roman era, the Visigothic…

The phenomena of Crypto Judaism and Crypto-Jews has spurred a tremendous of interest in recent decades. Prominent scholars such as…

For this lecture, I will discuss the lives of several Conversos including Solomon Ha-Levi, Pedro de la Caballeria, Guillem Ramon…