The following pray for Conversos was penned by Rabbi Shelomo Alkabetz in 1536. Alkabetz was a rabbi and kabbalist best remembered for … More
Tag: Inquisition
Spain Grants Citizenship to Sephardic Jews
Dr. Juan Bejarano-Gutierrez The following article from the Washington Post notes the recent granting of Spanish Citizenship to more than … 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
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
Secret Files of the Spanish Inquisition
This post continues my posting of the series titled “Secret Files of the Inquisition” which begins with the Papal Inquisitions … More
The Edicts of Expulsion
By Rabbi Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierrez The reason for the edicts of Expulsion of the 15th century has given rise … More
Who is a Crypto Jew?
The history of the Jews of Spain spans more than a thousand years. It ended tragically in 1492 with the … More
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