By Sharon Katz
Crypto-Jews, who saw in their own circumstances a reflection of the events of Tisha B’Av.
By Sharon Katz
On November 1, 1478, Pope Sixtus IV issued the papal bull Exigit Sinceras Devotionis Affectus.
By Sharon Katz
Many believe that Kol Nidre was created in response to the conversos’ plight and their need to nullify their conversion vows.
Spanish speaking descendants of Meronos (Jews who hid their Jewish identity during the Spanish Inquisition) want to return to their authentic origins and roots. What do they do now? On today's Israel Inspired with Ari Abramowitz and Jeremy Gimpel.
If eligible, are their benefits to claiming Spanish citizenship?
By JTA
Several Muslim families currently residing in North Africa are candidates for receiving Spanish citizenship.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Spain’s ruling Popular Party (PP) has submitted a draft law that could grant citizenship to descendants of Jews expelled from Spain during the Spanish Inquisition. The possibility of the bill was first announced last year by Spanish Justice Minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon. If the law is ratified, eligible Jews won’t have to relinquish their current nationalities […]
By JTA
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu presented Pope Francis Monday with a copy of the book “The Origins of the Inquisition in Fifteenth Century Spain,” a Tel Aviv scholarly publication of some of the worst things the Catholic Church has done to Jews. The book was written by the Prime Minister’s late father Benzion, who wrote of […]