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Spanish Inquisition (late 15th century). Spanish Jew before Grand Inquisitor. Illustration by Paul Hardy for "The Saving of Karl Reichenberg", story by Arthur Page, London 1891. 'Saving' meant dying and saving the soul for god. Wood engraving. (Photo12/UIG via Getty Images via JTA)
June 28, 2018, 4:03 am
National Review columnist defends the Spanish Inquisition
Ed Condon claims legal system behind persecution of the Jews ‘was in many ways ahead of its time’
By Ben Sales
Illustrative: Young ultra-Orthodox Jewish boys sit in the streets in the Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem on September 16, 2010. (Nati Shohat / Flash90)
August 10, 2016, 10:43 am
3 arrested for fabricating pedophilic Christian cult to defraud donors
Police say suspects pocketed funds raised to combat nonexistent group they claimed was kidnapping, forcibly converting Jewish children
By Tamar Pileggi
Gustavo Latis holds a framed portrait of Mortara (Rossella Tercatin/The Times of Israel)
December 16, 2014, 10:23 am
Ahead of film, nephew recalls ‘uncle-priest’ at heart of 1858 scandal
The shocking kidnapping of an Italian Jewish boy secretly baptized by a Catholic servant over 150 years ago will soon be a Spielberg production
By Rossella Tercatin
Head of the Jewish Agency, Natan Sharansky (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 11, 2014, 11:26 pm
Sharansky: Israel must ease conversion for crypto-Jews
Jewish Agency chief says state must facilitate immigration for descendants of forced converts in Spain in the 15th century
By Marissa Newman
April 21, 2013, 5:46 pm
Secret Jewish markings documented in Portuguese town
Hundreds of Hebrew and Jewish carvings, made after the 16th century inquisition, found in homes throughout the region
A Palestinian Christian holds a poster of Ramez Al-Amash, 25, during a rally at a Greek Orthodox church in Gaza City, in July (photo credit: AP/Adel Hana)
July 26, 2012, 4:26 am
Church bells falling silent in Gaza
Local Christians fear for future of their tiny community amid Islamic fervor spreading through the Strip
By Diaa Hadid and Ibrahim Barzak
Palestinian Christians cry during a rally against the forced conversions of two individuals. (photo credit: AP/Adel Hana)
July 17, 2012, 1:25 am
Gaza Christians protest over forced conversions
‘If things remain like this, there’ll be no Christians left in Gaza,’ says mother of one convert who demonstrators say is being held against his will
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