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The Spanish Inquisition forced many Jews to take on new identities in order to survive and relocate to other colonies, such as Puerto Rico. However, the Inquisition was also present in Puerto Rico which forced many to continue hiding their faith. As a result, the Jewish presence on the island has gone virtually unknown not only to the Jewish Diaspora, but to its own Puerto Rican descendants. This project hopes to uncover the information not found in records, but in the DNA left to us by our ancestors.

La Inquisición española a forzado los Judios asumir nuevas identidades y reubicarse en las colonias, por ejemplo Puerto Rico. Sin embargo, extendieron los tribunales al Nuevo Mundo forzando los Judios a seguir escondiendo su fe. Por esta razón, la presencia judía en Puerto Rico ha pasado virtualmente desconocido para la diáspora judía y su propia descendencia puertorriqueña. Por lo tanto, este proyecto aspira a descubrir información que no se encuentra en los registros, pero en el ADN que nos dejaron nuestros antepasados.

Links/Enlaces: Majorcan Jewish community visit Memòria del Carrer, http://www.memoriadelcarrer.com/ Site in English, Catalan, Spanish, Hebrew
Puerto Rico's Balearic community visit Casa Balear de Puerto Rico  http://www.casabalearpr.com/