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Origins of the Spanish Inquisition: A Tribute to the Work of Dr. Benzion Netanyahu

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Sunday, March 4, at 11 AM
Venue: 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave, Manhattan
Panel Discussion to be followed by a Tribute from his Sons,
Dr. Iddo Netanyahu and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (schedules permitting).
Tickets from $29

Dr. Benzion Netanyahu is one of the world’s leading scholars on Judaism in Spain and the Spanish Inquisition. Library Journal calls his groundbreaking work, The Origins of the Inquisition in Fifteenth-Century Spain, “monumental in scope [and] easily the finest study of the Inquisition to appear in this, or arguably any, century.”

In honor of his 102nd birthday, a panel of distinguished historians, Professor Ángel Alcalá (Brooklyn College and Universidad de Salamanca), author of The Spanish Inquisition and the Inquisitorial Mind, and Dr. Jonathan Ray (Georgetown University), author of The Sephardic Frontier: The Reconquista and the Jewish Community in Medieval Iberia, discuss Dr. Netanyahu’s groundbreaking work. Moderating the discussion is the award-winning publisher Jason Epstein, who was a cofounder of both The New York Review of Books and Library of America. The panel is followed by special guest appearances by his sons, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (schedule permitting), and Dr. Iddo Netanyahu, who pay tribute to their father, sharing reminiscences about his life and legacy. Please note that the elder Dr. Netanyahu will not be appearing at this event.

The discussion examines Dr. Netanyahu’s controversial assertion that the conversos (descendants of Spanish Jews who had to convert to Christianity) persecuted during the Inquisition were not secretly practicing Judaism but were, in fact, faithful Christians. They were actually targeted because of their Jewish heritage—their “impure blood”—which gave birth to a modern, race-based anti-Semitism that would have terrible consequences for centuries to come.

Due to heightened security and anticipated delays, we advise early arrival. Doors open at 9:30 AM.
To learn more, or to buy tickets, visit www.92Y.org or call 212.415.5500.

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