The Responsa of Rabbi Benjamin Ze’ev and the Question of Circumcision

The matter of uncircumcised Conversos and their eligibility for marriage was also discussed in the responsum of Rabbi Benjamin Ben … More

Secret Jews-The Rise of the Inquisition Box Set Promotion

Be sure to checkout the special promotion on the Kindle box set of Secret Jews and the Rise of the … More

The Uncircumcised Converso

The following rabbinic responsum further reveals how complicated the matter of circumcision could be among Conversos who had fled the … More

Doña Gracia de Mendes

Doña Gracia was probably introduced to many interested in the history of Spanish Jewry and Conversos by the work of  Cecil … More

Elohai Neshama-Bircat Shelomo Siddur

The Elohai Neshama, My G-d, the Soul… is chanted in the following video from the Bircat Shelomo Siddur. It is … More

Reimagining the Sagrada Familia: Family and Faith in the life of Luis de Carvajal

Ronnie Perlis from Yeshiva University just uploaded a paper which should prove interesting to anyone fascinated by the legendary Carvajal … More

History of Spanish and Portuguese Jews Part 4

This is the fourth part of a 5 part series on the history of Spanish and Portuguese Jews delivered a … More

Jewish and Christian Attitudes Towards Forced Jewish Converts-Part 5

This is a lecture on Jewish and Christian attitudes on Forced Converts (Anusim). This based on my book titled Secret … More

History of Spanish and Portuguese Jews-Part 1

This is the first part of a 5 part series on the history of Spanish and Portuguese Jews delivered a … More

Free Copy of Persecution and Conversion

Why did so many Iberian Jews convert to Christianity when faced with violence? Why did they not respond to persecution … More