This is jewish propaganda because the expulsion of jews from Spain.. IN 1492 (same year Christopher Columbus set sail).. has been making the rounds on the internet. It was called the Alhambra Decree. So they always come up with a counter narrative to attempt to combat the truth. The "Golden Age of Spain" also began in 1492. Some say this is not a coincidence
I have been seeing this one a lot and I just don't know if it's valid? Most of the evidence I've seen suggesting he was jewish, isn't very compelling.
His name, Christopher, literally means Christ-bringer. He was known to be very strict about the men he sailed with observing Christian religious rites. Columbus was also very adamant about wanting to convert the local savages to Christianity.
I believe in some of his personal letters he also discussed the need for Christianity to retake the Holy land with another Crusade.
That is quite the dedication to a ruse and an odd way to go about it, if he was indeed a closeted subversive jew his entire life.
I wouldn't be surprised to learn if he was at some point financed by jews, though. But a jew, himself? I could be wrong, but I doubt it.. Days without jewish lies counter remains at zero.