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Why Did Spanish Jews Convert to Christianity?: How Iberian Jews Responded to Persecution

Hundreds of thousands of Spanish Jews converted to Christianity at various points in history. The first conversions occurred under the … More

Conversos, German Jews, Judaism, King of Portugal, Spanish Jews in London

Treasures of Sephardic Song

On July 25th at 4:00 p.m. EST, Touro Synagogue Foundation, in association with Congregation Shearith Israel of New York City, … More

Gerard Edery, Judaism, Sephardic Jews, Sephardic Liturgy, Sephardic Music

The Challenge of Modern Day Conversos

The challenge of present day descendants of Conversos may not seem comparable to the those faced by Conversos in the 14th, … More

Christianity, Conversos, Crypto Jews, Crypto-Judaism, Inquisition, Judaism

Samuel Usque y Los Conversos

*Por favor perdonen mis errores de ortografía y gramática.* Una vez que Conversos huyeron de España y Portugal, regresando al … More

Consolations for the Tribulations of Israel, Consuelo para las tribulaciones de Israel, Conversos, Judaism, Judaismo, Samuel Usque

Who is a Jew?

The question, Who is a Jew?, is directly related to the over arching theme of this website. The plight of … More

Anusim, Conversos, Crypto Jews, Halakhah, Jewish Identity, Judaism, Who is a Jew?

Song From a Withered Limb: Las Posadas and the Converso Crisis of the 16th Century

The following article was originally presented  at the national conference of the Society for Crypto Jewish Studies in Dallas, Texas … More

Anusim, Christianity, Conversos, Iberian Peninsula, Judaism, Las Posadas, Marranos, Reid Heller, Spain, Spanish Jews, Spanish-Portuguese Jews

Struggles of Faith: The Conversos of Amsterdam and Modern Jewry

It would be logical to believe that the Conversos of the 17th century who were able to escape or journey … More

Amsterdam, Conversos, Crypto-Judaism, Jewish Theology, Judaism

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

Ashkenazim, Iberian Jewry, Iberian Peninsula, Judaism, Ketubah, Sephardim

Jewish Wedding in a Turkish Synagogue

When faced with the edicts of Expulsion in Castile and Aragon and eventually in Portugal, one of the principal regions … More

Conversos, Edirne Synagogue, Jewish Wedding, Judaism, Turkish Jews, Turkish Sephardim

Benjamin Netanyahu and his Sephardic Roots

B”H The current Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu is known for his right of center policies and tough stance … More

Benjamin Netanyahu, Benzion Netanyahu, Crypto-Judaism, DNA, Inquisition, Judaism, Sephardic Judaism, Times of Israel

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