Survivors of the Spanish Exile: The Underground Jews of Ibiza


 

Publication Date: February 1988

Publisher: Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

Author(s): Gloria Mound

Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: Sephardic Jews; Jewish Outreach; Jewish Continuity; Community Development

Type: Report

Abstract:

The author, whose life work is finding hidden Jewish communities and assisting them to reconnect with Judaism, discusses the semi-secret Jewish community in Ibiza, one of the Balearic islands in Spain. The author outlines the reasons Jews in Ibiza were able to live partly openly since the Spanish Inquisition, maintaining synagogues and schools.