‘Lost tribe’ of Mallorca Jews welcomed back to the faith 600 years later
Chuetas recognized by rabbi after centuries of persecution dating back to before the Spanish Inquisition Almost six centuries after most of them converted to...
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Six centuries after their forcible conversion, a leading Israeli rabbi rules that the Chuetas of Mallorca are Jews
[caption id="attachment_6739" align="alignright" width="150"] Rabi Nissan Ben Abraham[/caption] PALMA DE MAJORCA (EJP)---A leading Israeli rabbinical authority has officially recognized as Jewish the small Chueta...
Press conference in Palma de MallorcaConferencia de prensa en Palma de Mallorca
On July 12, Michael Freund, Chairman of Shavei Israel and Rabbi Eliyahu Birnbaum, Head Rabbi of the organization, held a press conference in...
“Els xuetes formen part del poble d’Israel”“Els xuetes formen part del poble d’Israel”“Els xuetes formen part del poble d’Israel”
Els xuetes són jueus conversos al cristianisme que mantenien vives les seves creences en privat. Ara, un prominent rabí reconeix aquest col·lecitu social...
Chuetas of Majorca recognized as Jewish
Descendants of secret Jews are "from our brethren the children of Israel," Rabbi Nissim Karlewitz rules. A leading rabbi and halachic...
Majorcan Descendants of Spanish Jews Who Converted Are Recognized as Jews
PARIS — Centuries after the Spanish Inquisition led to the forced conversion of Jews to Catholicism, an ultra-orthodox rabbinical court in Israel has...