Tag Archives: Spain

New research reveals that Alfonso de Zamora remained true to his faith. «Alfonso was certain that whoever read his compositions would never be able to reveal his secrets…» (photo credit: POLYGLOT BIBLE/NATIONAL LIBRARY ISRAEL/ALFONSO DE ) For centuries Catholic historians opposed admitting that a prized converso (a Jew who had converted to …

The Jewish community in Spain: a special case The Jewish community in Spain is an unusual case. In fact, there are many people who are surprised to know that it even exists, assuming that the Edict of Expulsion signed in 1492 by the Catholic monarchs Isabel de Castilla and Fernando …

‘The idea is for Spanish Jewry to preserve its heritage, but at the same time to become again a dynamic, creative force in the Jewish world’ First Cordoba-born rabbi since 1492 expulsion set on reversing history After his ordination next year in London, Haim Casas to return to Maimonides’ home …

More Sephardic Jews are applying for citizenship of Portugal under law making amends for expulsion centuries ago Lisbon. Thousands of Jews were forced from Spain and Portugal at the end of the 15th century. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo The UK’s decision to leave the European Union has fuelled an 80-fold …

Historic neighborhoods, abandoned after the Spanish Inquisition, now starve for tourists — but local entrepreneurs say national support for BDS isn’t helping RIBADAVIA, Spain (JTA) — Overlooking the confluence of two rivers near the Spanish-Portuguese border, this small and picturesque town has more Jewish institutions than some European capitals. In …

Applications from descendants of Jews expelled centuries ago approved under ‘law of return’ Nearly 5,000 people have become citizens of Spain or Portugal following the passing of laws in both countries on the naturalization of descendants of Sephardic Jews. In Portugal, where a procedure for naturalization under the law went …

Last week, history was made in a manner of speaking, as a Ministry of Education Committee, tasked with empowering Sephardi and Mizrahi cultural studies and history within the general education curriculum, led by Israel Prize laureate Erez Biton, handed its recommendations to Education Minister Naftali Bennett. While for many, this will …

The return of the Bnei Anusim should become one of the most pressing issues on the next government’s agenda and given the importance that it deserves. The forced conversion ofthe thousands of Jews in the Iberian Peninsula during and after the Reconquista, the Spanish Inquisition and the subsequent expulsion of …

By Larry Tye Most American Jews who travel make at least a token attempt to visit a synagogue or otherwise to taste the Jewish flavor of whatever land they are in. But few have the time, instinct or know how to faithfully follow in the footsteps of their forbears, especially …

Dolores Sloan will speak on The Sephardic Jews of Spain and Portugal: Resourceful, Resilient, Resurgent, at a salon of Congregation Avahat Torah in West Los Angeles, CA, Sunday, March 21, 1-3 p.m. RSVP and Info: Rena, 310–450-5225 The event is open to the public and there is no charge. Ms. …

Por Pablo Martín Asuero,  Instituto Cervantes, Damasco.   El presente artículo procede de una adaptación de las páginas 87-94 de la tesis doctoral del autor,  Viajeros Hispánicos en Estambul. De la cuestión de Oriente al reencuentro con los sefardíes (1784-1918). Estambul, Isis, 2005.   ABSTRACT At the end of the 18th century …

ANKARA – Spain amends its civil code to grant citizenship to members of Turkey’s Sephardi Jewish community, whose ancestors were expelled from that country more than 500 years ago. Some have utilized the opportunity, not to settle in Spain, but to enjoy benefits of the EU.  A historic amendment to …