The writer reflects on the lessons that American Jews can learn from the tragic history of Spanish Jewry during the Inquisition.

Heba Nabil Iskandarani, a Palestinian refugee born in Dubai, has obtained Spanish citizenship after discovering her Jewish Sephardic roots.

The Spanish government's approval of a law offering citizenship to descendants of Jews expelled during the Inquisition in 1492 has prompted Seattle's Sephardi Jews to consider Spanish citizenship while preserving Ladino, the ancient Jewish language combining elements of different languages.