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Casa Shalom, the Institute for Marrano (Anusim) Studies, is a centre for all those interested in the subject of crypto-Jews--layman, scholars, genealogists, and descendents of Anusim. We research and collect material from all over the world, including the Jews of Mashad (Iran), Ireland, Sao Tomé , the American Southwest, South America, Cuba and other Caribbean islands, Spain, Portugal, and the Balearic Islands. We are engaged in projects linked to universities in the UK and America, including the connection between Marranos and Freemasonary, and the 18th century immigration from Minorca, Spain to Florida and Cuba, which included many Marranos, as our recent research has brought to light. We have traced some of the descendents of this group to modern times, and have found a continuance of Jewish customs in many of these families. Casa Shalom offers lectures and seminars in our center in Netanya, Israel. Gloria Mound, the executive director of Casa Shalom, has been on dozens of speaking tours of the United States and Europe. A very important component of Casa Shalom's work is our commitment to helping the descendents of secret Jews, the b'nei anusim, to investigate and reclaim their heritage. Please read on in the following pages about Casa Shalom. And, if you are convinced, as we are, that our work is important, please support us. Report of Executive Director for 2012 Report Executive Director for 2011 Report Exec Director - December 2009 Contributions are welcome: Write to us |
