The Sephardic Heritage

The Inquisition began in the 13th century to rout out Christian heretics. In Spain, which had been a Jewish cultural and intellectual hub for centuries, the Inquisition began in 1481. The Edict forced all Jews out of Spain. Most of them fled to Portugal only to meet the same fate there when the Inquisition became official in 1536.

In The Sephardic Heritage, Dr. Herbert Ausubel's years of painstaking historical research culminate in a gripping tale of one branch of his distinguished family, h...