Inquisition
ANU to screen documentary on plight of crypto-Jews
Israel must rise to challenge of welcoming millions of potential Jews and Israel supporters.
1,000 Portuguese students visit Porto's Jewish Museum for Inquisition Memorial Day
Kol Nidre: A light of Jewish survival for 600 years - opinion
Porto’s Jewish community unveils memorial to 842 local victims of Portuguese Inquisition
Portugal declares official commemoration day for inquisition of Jews
“Hopefully, this day will create greater awareness of this dark chapter of Jewish and Portuguese history, which still casts a giant shadow across the world."
Reviving Jewish life on the paradise island of Majorca
There was a Jewish presence on Majorca from 418 CE, but prior to and during the Spanish Inquisition the community were forced to convert to Christianity.
Citizenship for Sephardic Jews ‘connects past, present and future'
While only about 1,000 Jews live in Portugal today, some 26,000 people claiming Portuguese heritage have applied for citizenship.
Portuguese Parliament approves memorial for victims of Inquisition
Eighty percent of the cases were those of Jews, the most prosecuted minority in the Inquisition.
A Spanish odyssey: Digging up Sephardi roots
Almost two years on, it’s time to examine a much-talked-about law meant to right a historical wrong for exiled Sephardim and offer them Spanish citizenship.
Spain grants citizenship to 220 Sephardi Jews
Jerusalem Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar was granted honorary citizenship in recognition of his work with descendants of the Jews expelled from Spain during Spanish Inquisition
MKs launch Knesset lobby for Sephardic Jews forcibly converted to Christianity
According to lobby founders, increasing numbers of descendants of Jews around the world have become interested in exploring their heritage, reconnecting with the Jewish people.
A Knesset conference on reconnecting with the descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jews
"The forced conversions of Jews which took place on the Iberian Peninsula from the 14th century onwards left an indelible mark on Jewish history."
Kol Nidre and the Bnei Anusim
The Inquisition and Expulsion from the Iberian Peninsula left an indelible mark on Jewish history, perhaps like no other event.
Take that, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella!
The return of Spain’s Bnei Anusim.