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Rabbi Shlomo Pereira and the Jews of Portugal Lecture on Youtube

The history of the Jews of the Iberian Peninsula often focuses on the history of the Jewish communities of Castile … More

Crypto Jews, Portuguese Inquisition, Portuguese Jews, Spanish Jews

Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Pereira Discusses Iberian Rabbis who called Portugal Home .

Topic: Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Pereira Discusses Iberian rabbis who called Portugal home in the 1490s. Time: Jun 1, 2021 07:00 … More

Iberian Jews, Portuguese Jews, Rabbi Shlomo Pereira, Sephardic Jews

Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation: Conversos and Community in Early Modern Amsterdam

I used this extensively during my dissertation to help draw a picture of life in the Amsterdam Jewish community that … More

Amsterdam, Anusim, Miriam Bodian, Portuguese Conversos, Portuguese Jews, Spanish Jews

The Portuguese Conspiracy

In 1640, the Duque de Braganca (King Joao IV) succeeded in throwing off Spanish rule in Portugal. Portuguese settlers were … More

Inquisition in Lima, Mexican Inquisition, Peruvian Conversos, Portuguese Conversos, Portuguese Inquisition, Portuguese Jews

A List of Recommended Books on the Sephardic Experience

I found an excellent list of books on the Sephardic experience. It was put together by David Shasha. E.H. Lindo, … More

Cecil Roth, David de Sola Pool, Isaac Orobio de Castro, Jews of Spain, Miriam Bodian, Portuguese Jews, Sephardic History, Spanish Jews, Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi

Articles on Conversos, Portuguese New Christians, and Moriscos

Academia.edu is an excellent resource for finding scholarly research on a wide variety of topics. The following three articles are … More

Conversos, Judeo-Conversos, Moriscos, New Christians, Portuguese Jews

A Portuguese Town Tries to Amend the Past

The Portuguese town of Monsaraz is looking to make  amends for one aspect of its history by opening a Jewish cultural … More

Monsaraz, Portuguese Conversos, Portuguese Inquisition, Portuguese Jews, Spanish Inquisition

A Fading Shavuot Tradition from Salonika

The Spanish and Portuguese exiles from the Iberian Peninsula  in the 15th and 16th centuries found rest in what might … More

Bread of Seven Heavens, Greek Jews, Portuguese Jews, Shavuot, Spanish Jews, Times of Israel, Turkish Jews

Forced Converts and Contemporary Coercion

The problem of conversion under physical duress may seem relevant to history of Spanish and Portuguese Jews forced to convert … More

Anusim, Forced Converts, Portuguese Jews, Rav Kook, Rav Yehuda Amital, Sanhedrin 5b, Spanish Jews, Tosafot

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