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Tag Archives: Sephardic
On April 29, 1492, the same day Columbus received authorization to equip his fleet, the Edict of Expulsion was publicly announced in several major Spanish cities. This edict forced Jews to either convert to Christianity or leave Spain, leading to a mass exodus of the Jewish population.
REUTERS Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, study finds October 13, 2024 The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery. … Continue reading
Portugal to grant citizenship to descendants of expelled Jews
ISRAEL HAYOM by Erez Linn and AP January 30, 2015 Five centuries after it burned thousands of Jews at the stake, forced thousands of others to convert to Christianity and expelled the rest, Portugal is granting citizenship rights to their … Continue reading
Sephardic community commemorates the forgotten Jewish refugees
JUF NEWS by Lisa Pevtzow January 2015 ….In 1948, nearly a million Jews lived in Arab countries and Iran, which is ethnically Persian, not Arab. After the State of Israel was declared in 1948, a wave of anti-Zionism crested through … Continue reading
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Tagged Anshe Emet Synagogue, Iran, Jewish Refugees, Mizrachi Jews, Sephardic
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