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Remembering the Seizure of the Synagogue of Plasencia, May 21, 1492
On this day, 529 years ago, that is, on May 21, 1492, the the new synagogue of Plasencia was shuttered and became royal property; on May 21, the Jewish community sold the Jewish cemetery, and in particular its headstones, to Diego de Jerez, then...
Lisbon’s Largest Auto de Fa, 339 years ago today, May 10th
Nineteen times between 1541 and 1739, Jews were burned in Lisbon as part of an auto-de-fe. An auto-da-fé (from Portuguese auto da fé [ˈaw.tu dɐ ˈfɛ], meaning 'act of faith') was the ritual of public penance carried out between the 15th and 19th...
May 7, 1355 Twelve hundred Jews of Toledo Spain were killed by Count Henry of Trastamara.
On this day, May 7,1355: Twelve hundred Jews of Toledo Spain were killed by Count Henry of Trastamara. The Jews were caught between the opposing forces in a fight between King Peter and Count Henry, his half-brother who sought the throne for...
First Jews head to New Amsterdam, 89 years AFTER Descendants of Jews arrive in St. Augustine!
On April 26,1654, Eighty-nine years after the first descendants of Jews came to St. Augustine, Florida, Jews were expelled from Brazil. The city of Recife had been taken from the Dutch by the Portuguese. As a Dutch city, Recife had been hospitable...
Marking the 372nd anniversary of New Spain’s (Mexico’s) Largest Auto de Fe
On April 11, 1649, 372 years ago and 84 years after the founding of St. Augustine, Florida, Tomas Trevino de Sobremonte was burned to death at the stake in Mexico City, a victim of the Inquisition. His crime: observing the "dead law of Moses" and...
No Definitive Proof of the Jewish Ancestry of Don Diego Espinosa, a 1703 Founder of Palm Valley, Florida
By 1703, Don Diego Espinoza had settled in what is today the Palm Valley area. His vast ranch and the surrounding territory was known as Diego Plains. In the 1730s, the ranch was fortified to protect its inhabitants from Indian attack
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