Spanish Inquisition
The Inquisition decimated Sephardic Jewry. We still haven’t internalized its lessons
On a recent warm night in Madrid, a young woman shared that she had travelled over 3,000 miles, leaving her husband and two young children in Montreal, to claim Spanish citizenship.
The Yiddish professor and female Orthodox rabbi sharing Yiddish children’s literature with the world
How Miriam Udel, a self-described Hebrew school nerd, became the greatest champion of Jewish children’s stories written by secular leftists.
Latin American Jews Whose Ancestors Fled Inquisition Will Get First Rabbi
A wave of Jews actually came to El Salvador centuries ago, to escape the Spanish Inquisition. They were forced to practice Judaism in secret.
Conservative Magazine Defends Spanish Inquisition, Calls It ‘Ahead Of Its Time’
Northern European kingdoms painted the Spanish Empire as “constitutionally evil; not just a political, religious and military rival,” the author said.
The Spanish Inquisition Was ‘Moderate’ Solution. So Says This Conservative Columnist.
Here’s something no one expected: A reputable conservative magazine has published a column defending … The Spanish Inquisition.
Spain And Portugal Naturalize Nearly 5,000 Sephardic Jews
The laws follow economic recessions and vigorous attempts by Lisbon and Madrid to attract wealthy investors, residents and tourists.
Drawing 'My Spanish Inquisition'
How do you sum up 500 years of Sephardic history in just a couple of illustrations? That’s the challenge Kurt Hoffman had to answer in the pages of the Forward.
The ‘Portuguese Schindler’ and Me
Aristides Sousa Mendes is in search of his past. His grandfather is lionized for saving Jews from the Nazis in Portugal-but it wasn’t always that way.
Reviving Dona Gracia
Before Golda, and even before Herzl, there was Dona Gracia Nasi, the 16th-century Zionist, feminist, and the Harriet Tubman of the Jewish people. She is one of the most remarkable women in Jewish history — and in history, period. It’s a tragedy that so few people know her name.
Jewish School Graduates Focus on Themes of Persecution
Jewish day school graduates mostly want to study the Holocaust. A college lecturer asks if they should focus more on cultural empowerment, like their classmates from other groups.