Dia de las Velitas dates back to 1854, when Pope Pius set the immaculate conception as Catholic dogma, but some scholars attribute aspects of the holiday to crypto-Jews

Upon hearing Michael Bloomberg's attempt to speak Spanish in 2011, Rachel Figueroa made a Spanglish alter-ego; his possible 2020 presidential run has gotten her 80,000 followers

With 'The Seventh Heaven,' so-called czar of Latino culture Ilan Stavans sheds light on a diverse community whose own members don't always know its nuances

Film 'Children of the Inquisition' examines forced conversion of Sephardim from the Iberian Peninsula 500 years ago and why their descendants still feel ripple effects