In Jerusalem

Valero family land outside Damascus Gate

By some accounts, the Valero family arrived in Jerusalem in the 18th or 19th centuries from Turkey.

Valeros' shops
Photo by: Lenny ben-david / Library of Congress
By some accounts, the Valero family arrived in Jerusalem in the 18th or 19th centuries from Turkey. Researchers have even suggested that the family were once conversos – secret Jews who were forced to convert to Christianity in Spain.

They later traveled to Turkey and returned to their Jewish faith.

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