Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierrez

Jewish History and Liturgy is the channel featuring Rabbi Dr. Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierrez. The goal is to provide a wide range of information on Crypto-Jews and Crypto-Judaism for those researching their past or interested in reconnecting with their Jewish background.

Rabbi Juan Bejarano-Gutierrez is a graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas where he earned a bachelor of science in electrical engineering. He studied at the Siegal College of Judaic Studies in Cleveland and received a Master of Arts Degree with Distinction in Judaic Studies.

He completed his doctoral studies at the Spertus Institute of Jewish Learning and Leadership in Chicago in 2015. His doctoral dissertation is titled “Complex Identities: Christian and Jewish Attitudes Towards Conversos” and was accepted in September 2015. He also studied at the American Seminary for Contemporary Judaism and received rabbinic ordination in 2011 from Yeshivat Mesilat Yesharim.