Recent research has demonstrated that as many as 200 million people in the Americas and Europe have Jewish ancestry who were forcibly converted.
Crypto-Jews are Jews who practice Judaism in secret while professing another religion publically. They are an ancient phenomenon but are largely associated with Sephardi Jews from Spain and Portugal.
The film “1618” is a project produced by the Jewish community of Porto in an effort to combat antisemitism.
Spanish Jewry that left due to the decree went on to form some of the largest Sephardic Jewish communities in the diaspora.
An inquiry into the granting of citizenship to Abramovich was opened in January by the Portuguese prosecutor's office and his citizenship could be stripped depending on its outcome.
Yaffah Batya daCosta: Fear instilled by the Inquisition has left a painful legacy of isolation and fear.
Portugal has a rich and tragic Jewish history. What are the benefits of obtaining Portuguese citizenship?
Jews played a significant role in producing wine in Spanish-speaking lands for centuries — until they were expelled under the Inquisition of 1492.
Sukkot were abundant every year on the island of Mallorca, Spain, until the Inquision. This year, the island’s Jewish community is determined to reintroduce its tradition.
The Spanish Inquisition's Alhambra Decree of March 31, 1492 ordered "Jews and Jewesses of our kingdoms to depart and never to return or come back."