Of Conversos and the Loss of Sephardic Identity
By David Ramírez In talking to a friend of mine about how the new generation of Sephardim are becoming less and less aware about Sephardic identity, and the systemic problems […]
Category Archives: Historiae
Don’t Blame Abraham for the Israeli Conquest of Palestine
A Response to Gary Leupp’s “The Myth of Abraham and America’s Allegiance to Israel”[1] By David Ramírez People who have been critical of the modern state of Israel often have […]
The Status of Women in the Sephardic Jewish Tradition
By: Renee Levine Melammed Written histories of the Jews in Spain have rarely included women. The two major historical works in the field, The Jews of Moslem Spain (2 vols.) by Eliyahu […]
The Role of Spanish & Portuguese Conversas as a Model for the Future of Sephardic Jewry
By Yehonatán Ele‘azar de Mota Many a time within the contemporary Sephardic Jewish community, much is said about women’s issues. The reality is that there is a conflict between traditional […]
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