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  • Southern Europe
    • Spanish Crypto Jews
    • Italian Crypto Jews
    • Chuetos: Mallorca
  • Muslim World
    • Maghrebi Jews
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Panama and her Crypto Jews

In theory, Jews and Conversos were not permitted to immigrate to the new world. However, the people with the greatest reason to get out of Spain were in fact Conversos. The colonies offered the Converso an opportunity to loose the ever mindful eye of the Inquisition and a fresh start. 


Many Spanish Jews and Spanish Conversos were traders. Due to the expulsion from Spain, they had relatives, or trade connections, around the world. The new world needed traders and as a result, many Conversos made their way to South America. 


Panama, in the 16th century, like today, was a trading center. Not surprisingly, Conversos populated it and engaged in trade with South America, North America, and the rest of the world. 


There is a scholar. Elyjah Byrzdett who has done a masterful job researching the Converso families of Panama. If you have family from Panama, you need to know about him and his many many fantastic books. I will provide his biography here and then his books. 



En teoría, los judíos y los conversos no podían emigrar al nuevo mundo. Sin embargo, los que más razones tenían para salir de España eran los conversos. Las colonias ofrecían a los conversos la oportunidad de perder el ojo siempre atento de la Inquisición y un nuevo comienzo. 


Muchos judíos españoles y conversos españoles eran comerciantes. Debido a la expulsión de España, tenían parientes o contactos comerciales en todo el mundo. El nuevo mundo necesitaba comerciantes y, como resultado, muchos conversos se dirigieron a Sudamérica. 


Panamá, en el siglo XVI, como hoy, era un centro comercial. No es sorprendente que los conversos la poblaran y se dedicaran al comercio con Sudamérica, Norteamérica y el resto del mundo. 


Hay un erudito. Elyjah Byrzdett que ha hecho un trabajo magistral investigando las familias conversas de Panamá. Si usted tiene familia de Panamá, usted necesita saber sobre él y sus muchos libros fantásticos. Proporcionaré su biografía aquí y luego sus libros. 


Elyjah Byrzdett

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ELYJAH BYRZDETT

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Books by Elyjah Byrzdett

Check them out... They are great.
The Pisa family: A Converso Lineage by Elyjah Byrzdett (Author)Journeys of Faith: Five Centuries of Jewish Life in PanamaCrypto-Jews in the Isthmus of Panama: 16th-17th centuriesLos Pisa: Una familia judeoconversa (Historia del Judaísmo) (Spanish Edition)El manuscrito de Isabel (Spanish Edition)CARDOZE:: LA ASCENDENCIA SEFARDÍ DE FERNANDO HARMODIO BOUCHE GUARDIA (Spanish Edition)Genealogía de los Palacios en Panamá (Spanish Edition)Ducado de Veragua (Spanish Edition)Critpojudíos en Europa, América y el Istmo de Panamá siglos XVI - XVII (Spanish Edition)Genealogía de los Jované en Panamá (Spanish Edition)PANAMÁ JUDÍA: Breve historia de la inmigración hebrea al Istmo (Spanish Edition)

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