Tisha b’Av in Catalonia, and a torrent of emotion.

Nidḥey Israel.

Rabbi Judah Solomon Alkalai, the Herzl of Sarajevo.

Abraham and Jehuda Cresques.

Reportedly, he also had a “Jewish countenance.”

L’Aurore.

A Marrano Dreyfus.

Roasting eggplants proved more dangerous than wars.

The Jewish graveyards of Cape Verde.

Once home to a large, if overlooked, community.

Shem Tov of Carrión.

Rabbi, ambassador, sailor, spy.

A prayer book was edited so that the wicked Greeks became wicked Syrians.

They were plugged into an international network of Iberian exiles.