crypto-jews

Colombia’s Day of the Little Candles looks an awful lot like Hanukkah

Many locals believe Dia de las Velitas was inspired by the religious practices of Jews who fled the Spanish Inquisition for Latin America. Many scholars are skeptical.

By Alan Grabinsky December 17, 2019 5:27 pm

Jewish innovators convene in Jerusalem

This year’s ROI conference participants include a Polish manager of a burlesque human rights bar and a French banker running a secular yeshiva.

June 25, 2019 6:03 am

Dani Rotstein, pointing, explaining to German tourists about a church that used to be a synagogue in Palma de Mallorca, Spain on Feb. 11, 2019. Cnaan Liphshiz

Spanish island of Mallorca prepares for largest Jewish event in centuries

Approximately 150 people have signed up for the second edition of the island’s Limmud conference.

May 10, 2019 12:09 pm

Toni Pinya entering the synagogue of Palma de Mallorca, Spain on Feb. 11, 2019. Cnaan Liphshiz

In Mallorca, descendants of Jews forced to hide their faith now run the community

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 1, 2019 2:54 pm

Conservative radio host Michael Savage says death threat forced him from favorite restaurant

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 4, 2019 6:45 am

A 16th-Century Spanish Jew Wrote This Memoir. Then He Was Burned at the Stake.

By Erika Dreifus

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Turkey’s Secret Jews

By Leah Falk

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Georgia’s First Jew

By Leah Falk

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Santa Fe’s Crypto-Jews, Illustrated

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Jews in Iran

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