Tag: Spanish Inquisition
Evangelical Leader: Stop GOD TV Missionary Broadcasts Aimed At Jews in Israel
"Our only mandate to the Jewish people is to love and support them because they are God's chosen people."
Spain Terminates Applications for Jewish Spaniard Wannabes, 130,000 Get In
A whopping 132,226 Jews have taken advantage of the four-year repatriation program to apply for a Spanish citizenship at the ridiculous price of 100 euro.
The Shabbat Project and Echoes of Shabbat Candles Under the Inquisition
This week, as we light our candles or oil for the Shabbat-felt-around-the-world, may we remember how fortunate we are to be able to do so in freedom and pure joy.
Tisha B’Av and Converso Jews
Crypto-Jews, who saw in their own circumstances a reflection of the events of Tisha B’Av.
This Day in History: November 1, 1478 – Launching the Spanish Inquisition
On November 1, 1478, Pope Sixtus IV issued the papal bull Exigit Sinceras Devotionis Affectus.
Yom Kippur and the Hidden Jews
Many believe that Kol Nidre was created in response to the conversos’ plight and their need to nullify their conversion vows.
Israel Inspired: Spanish Jews Spiraling Through Time [audio]
Spanish speaking descendants of Meronos (Jews who hid their Jewish identity during the Spanish Inquisition) want to return to their authentic origins and roots. What do they do now? On today's Israel Inspired with Ari Abramowitz and Jeremy Gimpel.
Why Spanish Citizenship May be Good For You
If eligible, are their benefits to claiming Spanish citizenship?
Muslims Demand Equal Terms after Spanish Law for Jewish Return
Several Muslim families currently residing in North Africa are candidates for receiving Spanish citizenship.
Spain Draft Law Grants Sephardic Jews Citizenship
Spain’s ruling Popular Party (PP) has submitted a draft law that could grant citizenship to descendants of Jews expelled from Spain during the Spanish...
Pope Will Enjoy Netanyahu’s Gift If He Has Guilty Conscience
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu presented Pope Francis Monday with a copy of the book “The Origins of the Inquisition in Fifteenth Century Spain,” a...
Escape From The Inquisition
"In 1478 at the request of the Spanish sovereigns Ferdinand and Isabella, Pope Sixtus IV (1471-84) issued a papal bull allowing for the creation of the Spanish Inquisition.
Title: The Heretic
The Heretic is a history of the early beginnings of the Spanish Inquisition in novelized form - a breathtaking tour de force that is both historically accurate and unusually entertaining, so that one can almost finish the nearly 400 pages in just two or three sittings.