Creating Conversos: The Carvajal–Santa María Family in Early Modern Spain

I had the pleasure of speaking at Texas A&M Crypto-Jewish Symposium in 2010. I met Dr. with Martínez-Dávila there and…

Anusim and Brit Milah(Circumcision

In this video, we will be looking at a section from Simcha Asaf’s work on the Anusim. This section deals…

This is a practice run of the first aliyah of Parashat Vaera sung in the Spanish and Portuguese melody. This…

Secret Jews is on sale today! Checkout it out! For Jews, life in the Iberian Peninsula was never quite as…

Este video discute una pregunta que se le hizo al rabino Simeon ben Zemach Duran acerca de Anusim (Judios forzados…

I just received a library copy of the incredible new work on forced conversions, titled, Forced Conversion in Christianity, Judaism…

The following video is a continuation of our series on rabbinic responsa and the topic of anusim. This video focuses…

The differences between the Sephardim and Ashkenazim are traced to the different social, religious, economic, political, geographic, and even ethnic…

This video is part of Dr. Henry Abramson’s Sephardic Diaspora series. Posted by Rabbi Dr. Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierrez the director…

From Amazon: In 1665, Sabbetai Zevi, a self-proclaimed Messiah with a mass following throughout the Ottoman Empire and Europe, announced…