Forgotten Giants

The expulsion from Spain in 1492 is the central event of Spanish Jewish history. Three generations of rabbis are included: those who were born and lived in Spain, those who were born in Spain but left at a young age, and those who were sons of Spanish refugees.

Through the narratives of these twenty—six prominent rabbis' lives, we learn about the world of the Jews in Spain before the 1492 expulsion, the struggles of the rabbinical leadership against the missionary efforts of the Church to co...