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Sep 22, 2016, 9:49 PM

Recognizing the Jewish Hispanic legacy during Hispanic Heritage Month

According to a law passed in 1988 by then U.S. President Ronald Reagan, the month from September 15th through October 15th is known as National Hispanic Heritage Month, when people recognize the contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans to the United...

Jul 10, 2016, 12:19 PM

Giving Sephardi history and culture a voice….at last

Last week, history was made in a manner of speaking, as a Ministry of Education Committee, tasked with empowering Sephardi and Mizrahi cultural studies and history within the general education curriculum, led by Israel Prize laureate Erez Biton, handed its...

Mar 30, 2016, 10:28 AM

March 31st: Possibly the Darkest Date in Jewish History

Most Jews around the world are completely unaware of the significance of this date. However, on the 31st March 1492 the Alhambra Decree, the Edict of Expulsion from Spain, was signed by the joint Catholic Monarchs of Spain (Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II...

Mar 17, 2016, 7:51 PM

Latinos Coming Home to Israel

Since we created Reconectar, an organization dedicated to reconnecting the descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jewish communities and the Jewish world, only a few months ago, I have been contacted by hundreds, if not thousands, of Latinos and Hispanics...

Feb 9, 2016, 12:46 PM

Could Jennifer Lopez be Jewish?

J. Lo's surname as well as her mother's name link the megastar to the forcibly-converted Jews of Spain and Portugal

Nov 30, 2015, 12:28 AM

Making 2016 the Year of the Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries

November 30th will probably be just another day for most Israelis and Jews around the world. However, according to a law passed by then Member of Knesset Dr. Shimon Ohayon last year, this is now the date of the...

Nov 17, 2015, 3:35 PM

Now Ethiopian Jewry has returned to Israel, it is the time of the Anousim

The last remnant of Ethiopian Jews are coming home, descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jews must be next

Oct 16, 2015, 5:01 PM

Our Mission to Reconnect Bnei Anousim and the Jewish World

On the 13th October, over 300 political, diplomatic, academic, religious and Jewish organizational leaders from Israel and abroad called for the State of Israel and the Jewish world to seek a reconnection with the descendants of Spanish and Portuguese...

Jun 24, 2015, 8:17 PM

Compadres: Latino-Jewish ties run deep

Israel can and should beef up outreach among Hispanic Americans, who could decide the next US president

Apr 1, 2015, 7:52 PM

It’s time to bring our lost Anusim brothers and sisters home

In May, the Spanish Government will reportedly join the Portuguese Government in officially granting citizenship to the descendants of Jews expelled from those nations in the Fifteenth Century. As someone who by virtue of my Spanish and Portuguese ancestry could...

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About Me

Ashley Perry (Perez) is President of Reconectar and Director General of the Knesset Caucus for the Reconnection with the Descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Communities. He was adviser to Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs from April 2009 to January 2015. He has also worked with several other government ministers, Members of Knesset and many of the leading international Jewish, Zionist and Hasbara organizations.