Conversos and the Rise of Secularism

The rise of a secular alternative to Jewish life was the product of a series of complicated events and trends … More

Song From a Withered Limb: Las Posadas and the Converso Crisis of the 16th Century

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

Dr. Juan Bejarano-Gutierrez The following article from the Washington Post notes the recent granting of Spanish Citizenship to more than … More

By Rabbi Juan Bejarano-Gutierrez As Norman Roth notes, perhaps one of the greatest oddities regarding the history of the Jews … More

By Rabbi Juan Bejarano-Gutierrez The Spanish Inquisition was focused on a wide array of markers which may have indicated Judaizing … More

This post continues my posting of the series titled “Secret Files of the Inquisition” which begins with the Papal Inquisitions … More

By Rabbi Dr. Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierrez Regarding the motivations or reasons why so many Spanish Jews converted to Christianity, … More

By Rabbi Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierrez The reason for the edicts of Expulsion of the 15th century has given rise … More

The history of the Jews of Spain spans more than a thousand years. It ended tragically in 1492 with the … More