This video discusses Jewish life in the Peninsula during the Roman era, the Visigothic era, the Islamic era, and the … More
Tag: Iberian Jewry
A Key Social Difference between Sephardim and Ashkenazim
One of the clearest differences in how Christian and Muslim society impacted Jewish communities is in the area of marriage … More
13th Century Portrait of a Spanish Jew
The Jewish Journal reported that archaeologists in Spain have identified a drawing of a Jewish man on a pottery fragment from … More
Vicente Ferrer and the Post 1391 Era
The Dominican friar Vicente Ferrer had participated in the onslaught of the Jewish communities in 1391 by eagerly accepting Jews at … More
Expulsion and Conversion: Patterns Before 1492
The forced conversions perpetrated against the Jews of the Iberian Peninsula did not occur in a vacuum. The theological foundations in medieval Christianity had been laid centuries before.
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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