Copyright 2024 Joseph Shulam The Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions began in the 15th Century and continued until the mid-1800s, as hundreds of thousands of Jews were forced to convert to Catholicism and then were later tortured and executed for continuing to practice Judaism in secret. Here is a variety of articles on the B’nei Anusim, the descendants of the Jews who were forcibly converted, also known more pejoratively as “Marranos,” “Conversos,” or “New Christians”. Here