The Israeli news site Haaretz printed a “response” to yesterday’s news that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claims a Sephardic heritage. The link … More
Tag: Sephardic Jews
History of Spanish and Portuguese Jews-Part 2
This is the second part of a 5 part series on the history of Spanish and Portuguese Jews delivered a … More
Pesach-Hag Hamazot
I hope everyone’s Passover Seder was moving and inspiring. Our family was joined by approximately 35 people on the first … More
The Other Secret Jews: Turkey’s Dönme Elite
Adam Hirsch of the New Republic recently published an article on the Donme. The Donme were Jews who accepted the … More
Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of Montreal
B”H Since I am traveling on business to Canada later this year, I decided to do some research on the … More
Spanish Judaism, the Inquisition, and Identity in the New World
B”H Roger Martinez, a professor at the University of Colorado and former president of the Society of Crypto-Judaica Studies, and … More
A Treasury of Sephardic Laws and Customs
Anyone interested in learning about the minhagim/customs of the four groups that historically lie within the framework of Sephardic Judaism … More
Expulsion and Conversion: Patterns Before 1492
The forced conversions perpetrated against the Jews of the Iberian Peninsula did not occur in a vacuum. The theological foundations in medieval Christianity had been laid centuries before.
Sephardic Passover Song: Mah Nishtana
The following version of the famous Passover song, Mah Nishtana was sung by Rabbi Abraham Lopes Cardoso. This version is … More
The Dutch Republic and Conversos
The Dutch Republic Conversos settled in various Dutch cities including Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Middleburg. The settlement to the Netherlands was … More
