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

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

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

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

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

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

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

One of the clearest differences in how Christian and Muslim society impacted Jewish communities is in the area of marriage … More

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

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