Note: When I began my rebuttal to Laura’s comment , I meant for it to be a comment, but realized it was a post instead…
Jewish Star on SLC Tabernacle http://www.2topfs.net/May_%202008.htm
When our people, the Sephardic Jews, left Spain, during the 400 years of the Inquisition, they numbered from ¼ to ½ million people. A large population of highly educated skilled individuals just did not go POOF into the night!