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The Concept of Taqiyya and its Impact on Iberian Jewry

The Islam conquest of Spain began in 711 CE and would extend over parts of the Iberian Peninsula through the … More

Anusim, Conversos, Crypto-Islam, Crypto-Judaism, Crypto-Muslim, Dissimulation, Islam, Judaism, Reconquista, Taqiyya

The Sabbatean Prophets

B”H Traveling on business can be difficult but one benefit is that it gives me the opportunity to read. I … More

Anusim, Christianity, Conversos, Judaism, Nathan of Gaza, Oliver Cromwell, The Sabbatean Prophets

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

Iberian Jewry, Iberian Peninsula, Judaism, Medieval Spanish Jews, Sephardic Judaism, Spanish Jews

Was Miguel de Cervantes a Crypto-Jew?

The debate regarding whether the great writer  Miguel de Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote, had a Converso background and … More

Conversos, Crypto-Judaism, Don Quixote, Judaism, Miguel de Cervantes

The Expulsion of Jews in Spain and Portugal

The expulsion of Jews from Castile and Aragon in 1492 and from Portugal in 1497 was the culmination of a … More

Aragon, Castile, Conversos, Edict of Expulsion, Expulsions, Jews, Judaism

Conversos in Bayonne: Circumcision, Mitzvot, and Dissimulation

Declining knowledge of Jewish practices increased the importance of circumcision among Conversos. Conversos attributed the same special role to circumcision … More

Anusim, Bayonne, Brit Milah, Circumcision, Conversos, Crypto-Judaism, Judaism, Livorno, Netherlands, Peyrehorade, Rouen, Venice

On Marranos and Sabbateans

Ezer Kahanoff wrote an interesting article on the relationship of the Sabbatean movement and former Conversos throughout Europe. Kahanoff discusses … More

Conversos, Crypto-Judaism, Ezer Kananoff, Judaism, Marranos, Sabbatean Movement

Crypto-Judaism: Rabbi Isaac bar Sheshet

The following video tells the story of a little known Converso from Valencia. The individual in question is the famous … More

Anusim, Conversos, Crypto Jews, Crypto-Judaism, Inquisition, Judaism, Rabbi Isaac bar Sheshet Perfe

A Halakhic Teshuvah on the Descendants of Anusim

The awareness of a Crypto-Jewish background or family line has brought many individuals  throughout Latin America to consider a return … More

Anusim, Converso, Conversos, Crypto Jews, Crypto-Judaism, Judaism

Crypto-Judaism: A Review of a Jewish Renaissance in Fifteenth Century Spain

Mark Meyerson, a well known Jewish historian, discusses the fascinating story of the town of Morvedre. This town near Valencia … More

Anusim, Conversos, Crypto Jews, Crypto-Judaism, Inquisition, Jew, Judaism, Marranos

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