Conversos, Marranos, and Crypto-Jews: Which Term is Correct?

By Rabbi Juan Bejarano-Gutierrez The term Marrano has often been used to designate Conversos who converted to Christianity for survival … More

Conversos, Music, and the Spanish Inquisition

By Rabbi Juan Bejarano-Gutierrez The Spanish Inquisition was focused on a wide array of markers which may have indicated Judaizing … More

By Rabbi Juan Bejarano-Gutierrez Many of the he popular Spanish poems of the 15th century known as Cancioneros were written … More

Rabbi Peter Tarlow has been involved with Crypto-Jewish studies and what I would refer to as practical rabbinics for descendants … More

The following article was forwarded to me by a friend at the Society of Crypto Judaic Studies. It highlights the … More

Meet with other Crypto Jews Dallas Crypto-Jews is a meet for anyone interested in the subject of Crypto-Jews and Crypto-Judaism. … More

The following article highlights the growing attraction of Judaism for Hispanics in many Latin American countries. Some of these individuals … More

By Rabbi Dr. Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierrez Regarding the motivations or reasons why so many Spanish Jews converted to Christianity, … More

By Rabbi Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierrez The reason for the edicts of Expulsion of the 15th century has given rise … More

By Rabbi J. Bejarano-Gutierrez Jews in the Iberian Peninsula were quite familiar with the phenomena of forced or coerced conversions. … More