Compadres: Latino-Jewish ties run deep

By Ashley Perry

Unrecognized by most, the Latino community in the United States shares much in common with Israel and the Jewish community.

It is little known that during the first centuries of the last millennium, 90 percent of the Jewish People spoke Spanish as their first language when they lived in the Iberian Peninsula.

Perhaps even more than the Jews who have Spanish and Latino roots are the numbers of Latinos who have Jewish roots.

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/latinos-and-jews-forming-a-common-bond/