Part III explores how Sephardic exile, forced conversion, and migration shaped early American ideas of religious liberty. Marking the Revolution’s 250th anniversary, this session connects Sephardic resilience and memory to enduring constitutional principles of freedom and faith.
Part II: Join us as we continue exploring how the Sephardic “Portuguese Nation” in Amsterdam and the Ottoman Empire built thriving commercial and legal cultures. Discover how trade, self-governance, and halakha shaped Jewish communal life and legal thought in the early modern era.
Join us for a three-part series tracing how the Sephardic Jewish journey—from exile and forced conversion to global trade and constitutional ideals—shaped Jewish law and modern legal thought. From the Iberian Peninsula to early America, we explore themes of identity, resilience, and justice with leading scholars and historians.
This article examines how 18th-century Jewish legal writings from Amsterdam, particularly the Peri Etz Ḥaim journal, addressed slavery through the lens of Jewish and Roman legal traditions, illustrating how enslaved individuals were treated as property and how ownership, manumission, and legal status were debated among rabbinic authorities.
Yehonatan Elazar-DeMota visits Portugal to give a talk about the Jewish customs of the Portuguese Jews throughout the diaspora. While in Portugal Yehonatan visits and recounts visits to his ancestors’ towns and villages.
Brenda Lee Bohen, a contributor to Meers’ online publication and collaborator with the Jewish Museum of Rome, interviews Dr. Isaac Amon, a practicing attorney and Director of Academic Research at the Jewish Heritage Alliance. Dr. Amon traces his paternal ancestry to 15th-century Spain—a legacy that shapes his deep engagement with Sephardic history.
Explore the intertwined histories of African enslavement and the American Jewish experience. Through the lives of key figures, community stories, and enduring legacies, this program invites reflection on race, identity, and faith in shaping America—past and present.
Explore the remarkable story of the Portuguese converso diaspora in the New World. Discover how descendants of forcibly converted Jews built global networks, preserved their heritage, and navigated the transatlantic slave trade amid complex legal, social, and historical forces.
Journey through medieval Iberia and witness the resilience of Jewish communities. From ancient teachings to slavery, persecution, and forced conversion, uncover stories of survival and strength that shaped Jewish history and identity.
Discover 500 years of Brazil’s Jewish history and how Brazil’s early discovery was closely associated with the Jews who were forced to convert during Medieval times in the Iberian Peninsula (Conversos). Their descendants living in Brazil now number over 50 million people.
In the wake of the massacre of over 1,200 Israelis and others on October 7th, the Jewish Community of Porto has released a film showing the massacre of three thousand Jews in Lisbon in 1506.
Jewish Heritage Alliance invites you to join us on this all-inclusive specially designed travel experience to Portugal where we bring the Sefarad legacy to life. Space is limited and is offered on a first come, first served basis.
Jewish Heritage Alliance invites you to join us on this all-inclusive specially designed travel experience to Portugal where we bring the Sefarad legacy to life. Space is limited and is offered on a first come, first served basis.
Jewish Heritage Alliance invites you to join us on this all-inclusive specially designed travel experience to Portugal where we bring the Sefarad legacy to life. Space is limited and is offered on a first come, first served basis.
Jewish Heritage Alliance invites you to join us on this all-inclusive specially designed travel experience to Portugal where we bring the Sefarad legacy to life. Space is limited and is offered on a first come, first served basis.
This event will explore the challenges faced by Jewish communities throughout history – including persecution and massacres in antiquity to the dramatic surge in global antisemitism following the October 7 attacks on Israel.
Jewish Heritage Alliance invites you to join us on this all-inclusive specially designed travel experience to Morocco where we bring the Sefarad legacy to life. Space is limited and is offered on a first come, first served basis.
We introduce you to regions of Jewish interest and the fascinating people who continue to contribute to Portuguese society.
Holocaust awareness is usually associated with Ashkenazi Jews. This event will discuss the little-known fact that the Shoah also devastated Sefardic Jewry, descendants of Iberian Jews who survived massacres, forced conversions, expulsion, and Inquisition.
In 1791, the Bill of Rights – the first 10 Amendments – officially became part of the United States Constitution. The First Amendment enshrined liberty of conscience in America’s nascent governing framework.
We introduce you to regions of Jewish interest and the fascinating people who continue to contribute to Portuguese society.
Holocaust awareness is usually associated with Ashkenazi Jews. This event will discuss the little-known fact that the Shoah also devastated Sefardic Jewry, descendants of Iberian Jews who survived massacres, forced conversions, expulsion, and Inquisition.
Holocaust awareness is usually associated with Ashkenazi Jews. This event will discuss the little-known fact that the Shoah also devastated Sefardic Jewry, descendants of Iberian Jews who survived massacres, forced conversions, expulsion, and Inquisition.
Jewish Heritage Alliance invites you to join us on this all-inclusive specially designed travel experience to Portugal where we bring the Sefarad legacy to life. Space is limited and is offered on a first come, first served basis.
Jewish Heritage Alliance invites you to join us on this all-inclusive specially designed travel experience to Portugal where we bring the Sefarad legacy to life. Space is limited and is offered on a first come, first served basis.
Jewish Heritage Alliance invites you to join us on this all-inclusive specially designed travel experience to Portugal where we bring the Sefarad legacy to life. Space is limited and is offered on a first come, first served basis.
Jewish Heritage Alliance invites you to join us on this all-inclusive specially designed travel experience to Spain where we bring the Sefarad legacy to life. Space is limited and is offered on a first come, first served basis.
Jewish Heritage Alliance invites you to join us on this all-inclusive specially designed travel experience to Portugal where we bring the Sefarad legacy to life. Space is limited and is offered on a first come, first served basis.
We introduce you to regions of Jewish interest and the fascinating people who continue to contribute to Portuguese society.
Jewish Heritage Alliance invites you to join us on this all-inclusive specially designed travel experience to Portugal where we bring the Sefarad legacy to life. Space is limited and is offered on a first come, first served basis.
