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Basque Country – Following The Converso Escape Route

July 27, 2016by shalommorris 23 Comments

Basque Country is a unique and fascinating region. It preserves its own language – not like any other, though it straddles both sides of the French-Spanish border. Located just west […]

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Travels

Passover and The Living Law of Moses

April 10, 2014by shalommorris 2 Comments

It is true that Christianity is inextricably tied to Judaism.  Not only is this so historically, but also theologically, as in the Christian self-conception as ‘New Israel.’ This adoption, or […]

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Torah

Belmonte, Trancoso and Guarda

December 1, 2013by shalommorris 5 Comments

I had no idea what to expect when I planned to spend Shabbat in the almost mythical Converso community of Belmonte, but what I experienced I won’t ever forget. There, […]

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Travels

Marranos/Conversos

November 14, 2013by shalommorris 8 Comments

As I am a rabbi at a synagogue called the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, I guess some people figured I was the ideal destination for Converso descendants, looking to reclaim […]

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