Secrets of Jewish Mallorca – Half-Day Experience

Secrets of Jewish Mallorca – Half-Day Experience

Hear how the stones whisper centuries-old history. Learn about the Inquisition, forced conversions, and the emergence of “crypto-Jews.” This visit includes all the sights from the highlights tour as well as additional locations related to Palma’s Jewish heritage. You will learn about the Inquisition, forced conversions, and the emergence of “crypto-Jews” who publicly professed Catholicism while privately adhering to Judaism. We will also visit the specific streets where the Xueta families lived for centuries up until the 1960s. Signs of this once-marginalized community can still be found today, as many of today’s jewelry shops have remained in the same families for generations. Even the famous Mallorcan pastry, the “ensaimada,” was deliberately prepared with lard as a response to centuries-old prejudice and discrimination.