Inquisition

The four pillars of the Synagogue of Tomar, Portugal (Wikimedia Commons)

Museum inside Portugal’s oldest Jewish synagogue reopened

The 500-year-old Synagogue of Tomar had been closed for two years for renovations.

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 25, 2019 8:49 am

On this Spanish island, Purim used to be the biggest holiday for persecuted Jews

More obscure than major holidays and conveniently synchronized with a Catholic fast, the joyous holiday was a chance for Mallorca’s forcibly converted Jews to mourn their persecution.

March 12, 2019 3:28 pm

Outside Amsterdam’s Portuguese Synagogue, Spanish olive trees endure northern winters

Growing in planters designed to help them survive, the Iberian imports need to be tucked in each winter to see another spring.

December 27, 2018 4:08 pm

In northern Brazil, Sephardic converts are giving dwindling Jewish communities a new lease on life

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 26, 2018 12:15 pm

How this pristine 15th-century Hebrew Bible survived the Inquisition

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 18, 2017 1:15 pm

A Yom Kippur tradition in Amsterdam dates back to the invention of electricity

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 14, 2017 1:28 pm

This 400-year-old Jewish library survived Hitler and the Inquisition

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 27, 2017 3:56 pm

Why Spain is standing up to BDS — for now

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 9, 2016 5:04 pm

Brazil honors Jewish historian for her Inquisition research

March 7, 2016 6:59 am

Refuting report, Spanish Embassy says no Turkish Jews applied for citizenship

June 8, 2015 6:55 am

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