Secrets of Jewish Mallorca – Full-Day Experience

Secrets of Jewish Mallorca – Full-Day Experience

Discover the crypto-Jewish contributions to modern society. The Spanish island of Mallorca was for centuries home to a thriving Jewish community, where Jews played a central role in cartography before they were forced underground with the rise of the Spanish Inquisition in the 14th and 15th centuries. Many Jews experienced forced conversions and became crypto-Jews, outwardly presenting a Catholic face while secretly maintaining their Jewish faith through hidden signs and concealed synagogues in their homes.