'New Christians' were

hundreds of thousands of Spanish and Portuguese Jews who,

in the 14^th/16^th century,

 were forcibly converted to Christianity by murder and torture.

500 years later many ‘New Christians’ returned to Judaism.

They are also called 'marranos', 'conversos', 'anussim' or 'crypto Jews'

This is their story

This site is dedicated
to Dr Yehudah Berdugo and his wife Dr Vardinah Berdugo
who gave us the opportunity
to spend Rosh Hashona and Yom Kippur 5766 (2006) with them
in Northern Portugal
with the
(then) largely Marrano congregation of Porto
and the converted Marrano congregation of Belmonte

Viviane and Jack White 020 8202 2075 (London) vijamada@gmail.com

(For a history by country go to the Jewish Virtual Library at
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/jewpop.html#top)