Spain's Granada is a delightful mix of both its Muslim and Christian past. Yet, the city with much to see reveals itself in ...

A dispute with Mexico, which demands an apology from the king of Spain, controversy over the meaning of the national holiday ...

he wrote approvingly of the Spanish king and queen’s decision to expel Jews from Spain in 1492. The claim that Columbus may have been of Spanish Jewish descent is by no means certain ...

From financing expeditions in the New World to founding hospitals and schools, these women were incredibly influential—and granted more power than their counterparts back home.

Around 300,000 practicing Jews lived in Spain, before they along with Muslims were ordered to either convert to Catholicism ...

This revelation was significant, as it coincides with the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492, the same year Columbus reached America. The findings were the result of a 20-year genetic study ...

The explorer reached the Americas in 1492 with the support of the Spanish Crown. But although mainstream history books describe him as a native of Genoa, uncertainty has surrounded his provenance and ...

Located in southeastern Europe, Greece as an independent nation is young, existing since the 19th century. Its civilization, however, is one of history’s oldest and most influential, credited with ...

In 2021, Peter Beinart wrote an article for Jewish Currents that noted that the term “anti-Palestinian” never featured in US ...

A Spanish TV documentary has broadcast claims that Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe and not from ...

The Big Jump,' 'Weiss & Morales,' 'Dating in Barcelona,' 'Querer' and 'Traffic Jam' also feature in Spain's Croisette spread.

Claims about Columbus being Sephardic have bubbled up for decades. Early in the 20th century, some immigrant groups hoped ...