The differences between the Sephardim and Ashkenazim are traced to the different social, religious, economic, political, geographic, and even ethnic…
Who are the Crypto-Jews?
This video is part of Dr. Henry Abramson’s Sephardic Diaspora series. Posted by Rabbi Dr. Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierrez the director…
Dissident Rabbi: The Life of Jacob Sasportas
From Amazon: In 1665, Sabbetai Zevi, a self-proclaimed Messiah with a mass following throughout the Ottoman Empire and Europe, announced…
Parashah Vaera First Aliyah- Spanish and Portuguese Melody
This is a practice run of the first aliyah of Parashat Vaera sung in the Spanish and Portuguese melody. …
Rabbi Isaac bar Sheshet Perfet y Los Anusim
Este video discute una pregurant que se le hizo al Rabbi Isaac bar Sheshet Pereft acerca de Anusim (Judios forzados…
Anusim: Responding to Erroneous Views
I just released my latest Kindle book titled the Jewish Conquistadors in the New World. I posted it in various…
Rabbi Isaac bar Sheshet Perfet- Divorced Anusim and Abandoning Children for the sake of heaven.
This is an overview of the entire responsum we started to discuss sometime ago where the Ribash (Rabbi Isaac bar…
Jewish Conquistadors in the New World: The Early Years
Three events transpired in 1492 in the Iberian Peninsula, which had tremendous ramifications for years to come. The first was…
To the End of the Earth
From Amazon… In 1981, while working as New Mexico State Historian, Stanley M. Hordes began to hear stories of Hispanos…
A Review of Dying in the in Law of Moses: Crypto-Jewish Martyrdom in the Iberian World
In the aftermath of the explosive violence that began in 1391 and continued at various levels throughout the 15th century,…
