Madrid hasn't responded to 17,000 others who are seeking Spanish nationality under 2015 law

Eric Lander becomes first cabinet-level official to hold post using 1492 Pirkei Avot -- a Mishnaic compendium of Jewish precepts -- published in Naples by Jews fleeing Inquisition

National Jewish Book Award winner Marjorie Sandor discusses scouring an ancient history that Spanish monarchs worked hard to erase for her novel 'The Secret Music at Tordesillas'

Rare full text believed to have been penned in Iberian Peninsula around 1465, mere decades before Spanish and Portuguese expulsions

Heba Nabil Iskandarani had been technically stateless her entire life, then she found her Palestinian father had Sephardi heritage

'Ella Enchanted' author Gail Carson Levine takes readers to late 15th century Spain, where a Jewish girl and her prominent family confront religious persecution and face expulsion

Extension of one year until September 2021 only applies to those who presented their preliminary request for citizenship before October 2019 deadline

Held in a city that's home to increasing numbers of Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking Jews, festival focuses on movies from Spain, Argentina, Portugal, and Brazil, through January

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

Of the 153,767 applicants, 52,823 came from four Latin American countries whose combined Jewish population is smaller than 10,000