History of the Jews in Mexico

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The history of the Jews in Mexico began in 1519 with the arrival of Conversos, often called Marranos or "Crypto-Jews", referring to those Jews forcibly converted to Catholicism and that then became subject to the Spanish Inquisition.

Execution of Mariana de Carabajal, daughter of Francisca Nuñez de Carabajal, in 1601.

Cultural Institute Mexico-Israel.

Immigrant registration form of a Jewish Lithuanian woman that emigrated to Mexico in 1934.

Mexican Ashkenazi Jews of Polish origin in 1961

Converso

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A converso, "convert", was a Jew who converted to Catholicism in Spain or Portugal, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries, or one of their descendants.

Saint Joseph of Anchieta (1534–1597), Spanish Jesuit missionary to Brazil and one of the founders of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. José de Anchieta was a descendant of Jewish converts through the maternal line.

Church of Montesión (Mount Zion) in Palma de Mallorca, the main Church of Xuetas of Majorca.