Over the years, many Latin Americans have begun discovering that they have Sephardic Jewish ancestry from Spain and Portugal through their family history and genetic testing.
History reports that thousands of Spanish Jews and Portuguese Jews converted to Catholicism by force during the Inquisition to not get persecuted and killed. Many of these Jews who converted to Judaism still experienced discrimination in Spain and Portugal which caused thousands of these secret Jews to immigrate to Latin America, mainly to Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico etc.
Because of this, Judaism in Latin America has increased; where hundreds and thousands of Latinos have been reported to converting to Judaism in Latin America.
Last year over 300 Colombians officially finished their Orthodox Jewish conversion after 1 year to 5 years of studying about faith, the laws and the Hebrew language.
Jewish roots among Latinos
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