The Jewish Journal reported that archaeologists in Spain have identified a drawing of a Jewish man on a pottery fragment from … More
Tag: Judaism
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Book Review: The Marranos of Spain by Benzion Netanyahu
This video reviews the Marranos of Spain written by Benzion Netanyahu, the father of the current prime minister of Israel, … More
Ya Vendra- Spanish-Portuguese Pizmon
Ya Vendra is a pizmon (Song) sung by Spanish and Portuguese Jews. It was originally written in Tangiers but … More
