Columbus was donating to jewish charities
Christopher Columbus was likely Spanish and Jewish, study suggests
A new study shines light on a hotly contested centuries-old mystery.www.bbc.com
- Columbus was Italian, born in Genoa, and raised as a Roman Catholic.
- He frequently expressed Catholic beliefs in his writings and was supported by the Spanish Catholic monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella.
- He did not publicly identify as Jewish, and his family was known to be Christian.
- There is no reliable historical evidence that Christopher Columbus donated to Jewish charities — and it's very unlikely he did so.
Here's why:
1. Time and Context
- Columbus sailed in 1492, the same year Jews were expelled from Spain under the Alhambra Decree.
- Practicing Judaism publicly was illegal in Spain at the time, and Jewish institutions or charities would not have existed legally.
- Any Jewish aid work would have been underground or supported by conversos (Jews who converted to Christianity, often under pressure), but even that would be extremely risky.
2. Columbus's Public Persona
- Columbus operated under the Spanish Crown and the watchful eye of the Catholic Church.
- Openly giving money to anything associated with Judaism (even cryptically) would have been considered heretical or treasonous in that climate.
- His writings are often religiously Catholic in tone, and there’s no mention of charity toward Jews or conversos.
3. No Documentation
- No letters, logs, or financial records link Columbus to Jewish philanthropy.
- The idea might come from modern attempts to reinterpret his background or frame him sympathetically within Jewish history — but this is not supported by primary sources.
this “everyone in history that was important was secretly black” stuff got to stop we looking crazy “Columbas was a black moor” 
