Spanish and Portuguese Jews

Spanish and Portuguese Jews, also known as Portuguese Jews and Jews of the Portuguese nation, is that distinctive sub-group of Sephardim who have their main ethnic origins within the crypto-Jewish communities of the Iberian peninsula and who shaped communities mainly in Western Europe and the Americas from the late 16th century on.

Related Topics:
Sephardim - Crypto-Jewish - Iberian peninsula - Western Europe - The Americas - 16th century

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