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During the Jewish golden age in Spain, from about AD 900 to 1300, Jews contributed to the economy, arts, and pursuit of scientific knowledge that thrived during the sometimes uneasy coexistence of ...

(JTA) — The world’s longest-running festival dealing with the Spanish Inquisition kicks off next week, celebrating the culture, heritage and history of the hundreds of thousands of Jews who were ...

The Christian religion was scarcely established before heresies arose among its disciples. The Apostle St. Paul instructs Titus, the Bishop of Crete, in his duty towards heretics, saying, that a man ...

A four-part history of the Inquisition, a 500-year campaign against heretics by the Roman Catholic Church initiated by Pope Gregory IX. The series benefits from the 1998 release of secret Vatican ...

With the holidays approaching, it's the time of year for families to come together and share their traditions. But which traditions? In a trove of old family recipes, Genie Milgrom found clues that ...

Generations of secret Jews defied the Spanish Inquisition to celebrate Passover and other holidays. Five centuries ago, the Jews of Spain were faced with an unimaginable choice: convert to ...