Caribbean-Cuba Jews and Crypto Jews

First Name
Last Name
Alias
Year
Origin
Residence
Occupation
Sentence
Comments
Reference
1 First Name Jose Last Name Diaz Pimienta Alias Abraham Year 1720 Origin Isla De San Juan de Los Santos,Cuba Residence Camaguey Occupation Priest Sentence Condemened to burn to death Comments Married to a Jew and a Corsair With The Dutch Son of a Vizcaino and a Criolla Mother Converted to the Religion of Moses in Curacao.He was Mesianic,a Judaizer and apostate and condemned in the Inquisitions of Indias and Sevilla Reference
2 First Name Luis Last Name De Torres Alias Born Yosef Ben Levy Ha-Ivri Year 1492 Origin Residence Cuba Occupation Interpreter Sentence Comments Traveled to Cuba with Christopher Columbus as an interpreter Reference
3 First Name Catalina Last Name Xuarez Alias Year 1518 Origin Spain Residence Santiago de Cuba Occupation Sentence Comments In Cuba she married Hernan Cortes Reference Fernando Ortiz Historia De Una Pelea Cubana contra los Demonios Page 422
4 First Name Isabel Last Name De Bobadilla Alias Year 1539 Origin Residence Cuba Occupation In Charge of the Government of Cuba Sentence Comments Jewish Married Hernan De Soto Reference
5 First Name Guimar Last Name De Guzman Alias Year 1546 Origin Residence Santiago de Cuba Occupation Sentence Comments Widow of Pedro De Paz and Jewish by ancestry Married the Governor of Cuba , also Jewish Joanes Davila in 1546 Reference
6 First Name Hernando Last Name De Castro Alias Year 1546 Origin Residence Occupation Sentence Comments Crypto Jew that introduced Tobacco farming and sugar cane plantations to the Island Reference
7 First Name Nuñez Lobo Last Name Alias Year 1588 Origin Residence Santiago de Cuba Occupation Sentence Comments A Portugese Jew received the Copper Mines of Santiago Del Prado Reference
8 First Name Family Last Name Castro Alias Year Origin Residence Occupation Sentence Comments This and other converso families started the Sugar Cane Plantations Reference Contrapunteo Cubano Del Tabaco y El Azucar Fernando Ortiz Page 422
9 First Name Family Last Name Rojas Alias Year Origin Residence Occupation Sentence Comments This and other converso families started the Sugar Cane Plantations Reference
10 First Name Bishop Pedro Agustin Last Name Morell De Santa Cruz Alias Year 1694 Origin Aragon Residence La Española Occupation Sentence Comments Had Jewish Ancestry and was the Archbishop. His Jewish Family was from the Kingdom of Aragon Reference Entorno a un Cripto-Judio:Dos enfoques Page 39
11 First Name Cristobal Last Name Bejarano Alias Year 1672 Origin Residence Remedios,Cuba Occupation Priest Sentence Comments This priest and many others from Remedios,Cuba has Jewish ancestry Reference Historia de una pelea Cubana sobre los demonios Fernando Ortiz page 426
12 First Name Jose Last Name Gonzalez De La Cruz Alias Year 1672 Origin Residence Remedios,Cuba Occupation Priest Sentence Comments This priest and many others from Remedios,Cuba has Jewish ancestry Reference Historia de una pelea Cubana sobre los demonios Fernando Ortiz page 426
13 First Name Jacinto Last Name De Rojas Alias Year 1672 Origin Residence Remedios,Cuba Occupation Mayor Sentence Comments This mayor and many others from Remedios,Cuba has Jewish ancestry Reference Historia de una pelea Cubana sobre los demonios Fernando Ortiz page 426
14 First Name Luis Last Name Schlesinger Alias Year 1851 Origin Hungary Residence Occupation Sentence Imprisoned Comments Hungarian Jew Trying to help Cuba liberate from Spain He participated in several battles in Cuba Reference Almanaque Hebreo t.XV Vida Habanera xlv-LII by Mario Pitchon
15 First Name Carlos Last Name Roloff Alias Year 1875 Origin Poland Residence Occupation Sentence Comments Polish Jew Contributed considerable effort towards Cuban Independence in Tampa In 1902 he was made Secretary of Treasury and died in Havana in 1907 Reference Diccionario Enciclopedico de Historia Militar en Cuba Page 323
16 First Name Captain Last Name Schwartz Alias Year 1890 Origin Residence Occupation Sentence Comments Was the assistant to Calixto Garcia and Seargent Kaminsky for the Independence of Cuba Reference Enciclopedia Judaica Castellana t IV page 169
17 First Name Horacio Last Name Rubens Alias Year 1890 Origin Residence Occupation Sentence Comments The Jewish Lawyer was also involved in the Independence and was the lawyer of the Cuban Interest in the United States . Good friend of Jose Marti Reference Enciclopedia Judaica Castellana t IV page 169
18 First Name Julio Last Name Lobo Olavarria Alias Year 1901-1960 Origin Residence Occupation Sugar Cane Owner Sentence Comments His Father was Heriberto. Family escaped the Inquisition ,left for Portugal ,England St Thomas and then Venezuela then Cuba. Important Business in sugar. Has 14 Sugar cane fields .Died in Spain in 1983 Reference Sintesis Historica De Los Hebreos de Cuba Patronato, La Habana 1955
19 First Name Zvi Last Name Kaplan Alias Year 1928 Origin BialystockPoland Residence Occupation Rabbi Sentence Comments Founded Ashkenazi Synagogue Knesset Israel in Havana Reference
20 First Name Jose Last Name Cohen Alias Year Origin Residence Occupation Rabbi Sentence Comments Influential in building the Jewish Community Shevet Ahim Congregation Reference
21 First Name Guershon Last Name Maya Alias Year Origin Residence Occupation Rabbi Sentence Comments Influential in building the Jewish Community Shevet Ahim Congregation Reference
22 First Name Meir Last Name Lasker Alias Year 1933 Origin Residence Havana Occupation Rabbi Sentence Comments Influential in building the Jewish Community United Hebrew Congregation Reference
23 First Name Dr.Srul Last Name Sapira Alias Year 1940 Origin Residence Havana Occupation Rabbi Sentence Comments Influential in building the Jewish Community United Hebrew Congregation Reference
24 First Name Benjamin B. Last Name Lowel Alias Year 1954 Origin Residence Havana Occupation Rabbi Sentence Comments Influential in building the Jewish Community United Hebrew Congregation Reference
25 First Name Abrajam Last Name Granison Alias Year 1956 Origin Residence Havana Occupation Rabbi Sentence Comments Influential in building the Jewish Community United Hebrew Congregation Reference
26 First Name Jose Last Name Ojalvo Alias Year Origin Constantinople Residence Manzanillo Occupation Rabbi Sentence Comments Rabbi of the Synagogue of Manzanillo,Cuba Reference
27 First Name Isaac Last Name Chiprut Confi Alias Year 1920-1943 Origin Andrianapolis,Turkey Residence Santiago de Cuba Occupation Rabbi Sentence Comments Synagogue of Santiago de Cuba Reference
28 First Name Victor Last Name Farin Sarfati Alias Year 1946-1966 Origin Andrianapolis,Turkey Residence Santiago de Cuba Occupation Rabbi Sentence Comments Synagogue of Santiago de Cuba Reference
29 First Name Jacobo Last Name Sapayo Alias Year Origin Residence Guantanamo Occupation Jazan Sentence Comments Synagogue of Guantanamo Reference
30 First Name Yosef Last Name Assa Alias Year Origin Edirne,Turkey Residence Banes Occupation Rabbi Sentence Comments Synagogue of Banes Reference
31 First Name Nissim Last Name Maya Alias Year 1923-1928 Origin Residence Camaguey Occupation Sentence Comments Rabbi at Tifereth Israel in Camaguey Reference
32 First Name Francisco Last Name Gomez De Leon Alias Year 1618 Origin Residence Occupation Sentence Life in prison and confiscated goods Comments Judaizer and was the First Case Tried by the Inquisition Reference
33 First Name Jacob Last Name Nuñez Lopez Alias Year 1712 Origin Residence Occupation Sentence Comments Judaizer and tried by the Inquisition Reference
34 First Name Jose Last Name Diaz Pimienta Alias Year 1712 Origin Residence Occupation Fray Sentence Comments Judaizer and tried by the Inquisition Reference
35 First Name Juan Last Name Rodriguez Mexia Alias Year 1783 Origin Residence Occupation Sentence Comments Judaizer and tried by the Inquisition Reference
36 First Name Antonio Last Name Santanella Alias Year 1783 Origin Residence Occupation Sentence Comments Judaizer and tried by the Inquisition Reference
37 First Name Miguel Last Name Nuñez De Huerto Alias Year 1649 Origin Residence Occupation Sentence Comments His Remains were exhumed and burned Reference
38 First Name Fray Alonso Last Name Manso Alias Year 1512 Origin Residence Occupation Sentence Comments FIRST INQUISITOR IN PUERTO RICO Reference Los Judios bajo la Inquisicion en hispanoamerica By Boleslao Lewin Editorial Dedalo Buenos Aires, 1960
39 First Name Alonso Last Name De Escalante Alias Year 1523 Origin Residence Cuba Occupation Scribe Sentence Burned to Death Comments Reference Los Judios bajo la Inquisicion en hispanoamerica By Boleslao Lewin Editorial Dedalo Buenos Aires, 1960
40 First Name Julio Last Name Lobo Alias Year 1900s Origin Residence Occupation Sentence Comments Originally last name was Rodriguez y Enriquez in Amsterdam and changed the name to Jessurum Lobo also used names Molina and Wolf. Grandson of David III Lobo Becomes the richest man in Cuba Died in Madrid 1983 Reference
41 First Name Fray Juan Last Name Quevedo Alias Year 1516 Origin Spain Residence Occupation INQUISITOR Sentence Comments He was appointed as the Bishop of Cuba to put together the Comission that would hunt the Crypto Jews down Reference Jewish Martyrs of the Inquisition in South America By Geroge Alexander Kohut The Johns Hopkins University Press