Belmonte Jews - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Belmonte Jews: Encyclopedia - Belmonte Jews
The Belmonte Jews are a community that survived in secrecy for hundreds of years by maintaining a tradition of avoiding intermarriage and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sephardi Jews: Encyclopedia - Sephardi Jews
Israel: nn Europe: nn South Africa: nn Oceania: nn   • Ashkenazi Jews   • Mizrahi Jews   •&...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crypto-judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Crypto-judaism - Europe
The many Marranos (in the Balearic Islands, Chuetas), who publicly professed Catholicism but privately adhered to Judaism during the Span...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sephardi Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Sephardi Jews - Sephardim Under Islam
With the victory of Tariq ibn Ziyad in 711, the lives of the Sephardim changed dramatically. In spite of the stigma attached to being dhi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sephardi Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Sephardi Jews - Early History
The precise origins of the Sephardim are unclear. There is fragmentary and inconclusive evidence of a Jewish presence on the Iberian Peni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sephardi Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Sephardi Jews - Language
The traditional language of the Sephardim is Judæo-Spanish, also called Ladino (a term considered pejorative in some circles). It is a R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sephardi Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Sephardi Jews - Names
In contrast to Ashkenazic Jews, who do not name newborn children after living relatives, Sephardic Jews often name their children after t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crypto-judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Crypto-judaism - Central South America And Caribbean
As in the American Southwest, in the department of Antioquia, Colombia, many families also hold traditions, handed down memories and oral...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sephardi Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Sephardi Jews - Medicine
Although less than in Ashkenazi Jews, there is a higher incidence of certain hereditary diseases in Sephardi Jews. The most important one...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sephardi Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Sephardi Jews - Relationship To Other Jews
Although the Sephardim lived on peaceful terms with other Jews, they rarely intermarried with them; neither did they unite with them in f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sephardi Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Sephardi Jews - Distribution
Prior to 1492 substantial Sephardi populations existed in most Spanish provinces. Among the more prominent were in Toledo, Córdoba, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sephardi Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Sephardi Jews - Later History And Culture
Among the Sephardim were many who were the descendants, or heads, of wealthy families and who, as Marranos, had occupied prominent positi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crypto-judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Crypto-judaism - North America
In the once Spanish-held Southwestern United States, many Hispanic Catholics have stated a belief that they are descended from crypto-Jew...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sephardi Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Sephardi Jews - Definition
A Sephardi is a Jew originating in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal: ספרד, Standard Hebrew Səfárad, Tiberian Hebrew Səp̄...   » Read the article