Everything that I have read from Kevin Ingram has proved fascinating so this immediately caught my attention. This book examines … More
Tag: Converso
The Converso Dilemma
My latest work titled, The Converso Dilemma: Halakhic Responsa and the Status of Forced Converts. This is a more technical … More
Sephardic Passover Song: Mah Nishtana
The following version of the famous Passover song, Mah Nishtana was sung by Rabbi Abraham Lopes Cardoso. This version is … More
A Halakhic Teshuvah on the Descendants of Anusim
The awareness of a Crypto-Jewish background or family line has brought many individuals throughout Latin America to consider a return … More
An Introduction to Crypto-Judaism
The phenomena of Crypto Judaism and Crypto-Jews has spurred a tremendous of interest in recent decades. Prominent scholars such as … More
Creating Conversos: Genealogy and Identity as Historiographical Problems
Mercedes Garcia-Arenal has written a number of articles related to Conversos (both Jewish and Muslim). The following article is a … More
The Priestly Blessing According to the Spanish-Portuguese Tradition
The following is the priestly blessing (Birkat Kohanim-Aaronic benediction) recited in the preliminary prayers of Shacharit. This is recorded in … More
Upcoming Lecture: The Crypto-Jews in New Spain
On April 26th, 2015 I will be giving another free lecture on the history of the Jews of the Iberian … More
Religious Belief and Practice among Crypto-Jews
By Rabbi Juan Bejarano-Gutierrez In the context of Crypto Jewish individuals and communities, both in the Iberian Peninsula and in … More
The Rise of Kabbalah on the Demise of Iberian Jewry
By Rabbi Juan Bejarano-Gutierrez The following is an excerpt of several passages from a large paper I am working on. … More
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