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The opinions expressed on this webpage represent those of the individual authors and, unless clearly labeled as such, do not represent the opinions or policies of TBS. Today, some 200 million people may be descendant of the Spanish and Portuguese communities forced to convert to Christianity. By Ilanit Chernick - July 31, 2019 - The Jerusalem Post.       The exterior of what was once the El Transito Synagogue in Toledo, Spain founded in the 1300s. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)   On July 31, 1492, practicing Jews living in Spain had to make a decision: Convert to Christianity or leave. If conversos – converted Jews – stayed and continued to keep their faith in secret, but were found out by members of the Inquisition or exposed by neighbors, they would be tortured brutally into admitting their “sin” and later be burned, all of which was ordered by the Church.…

The opinions expressed on this webpage represent those of the individual authors and, unless clearly labeled as such, do not represent the opinions or policies of TBS. Yemenite, Mizrahi and Balkan families protest 1950s alleged kidnappings ‘State must admit a crime was committed’ By EMMA MCAVOY - The Jerusalem Post - July 30, 2019     Yeminite family . (photo credit: American Colony-Jerusalem-Photo Dept)   Amram Association activists and families will gather in Paris Square opposite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s house on Wednesday in a rally for the Awareness Day of the kidnapping of Yemenite, Mizrahi and Balkan children more than 70 years ago.In the early years of the State of Israel, particularly in the 1950s and 1960s, thousands of babies and toddlers were taken from their immigrant families. While the families came from different regions, their testimonies were the same: parents were asked to give their children to hospitals…

The opinions expressed on this webpage represent those of the individual authors and, unless clearly labeled as such, do not represent the opinions or policies of TBS. Why I'm Angry With Israel's Mizrahi Elite I've always hoped that the second or third generation of Jews from Muslim countries, remembering their forebears contribution to Islams Golden Age, would be a bridge from Israel to the Muslim world   Arye Dery speaks at a service marking the one-year anniversary of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's death, September 28, 2014. Emil Salman Im angry with the Mizrahi elite. Genuinely angry. In todays Israel, the hostility between Ashkenazi and Mizrahi Jews is growing. Its not exaggerating to say its the most salient attribute of contemporary Israeli society, more than the difference between Jews and Arabs, rich and poor, men and women or right and left. Before I continue, let me state (for the umpteenth time) my…