In this revealing article the author states that "My primary desire was to find out the truth, and distinguish fact from fiction" So I am not sure why Mr Piven thought it was necessary to disparagingly 'name and shame'(?) members of this group for advise that was, in fact, correct.Nevertheless congratulations to him on his Spanish citizenship. The account of his 'Quixotic' quest shows a) that the historical and genealogical instincts of this group are well-founded, b) family stories are extremely unreliable and c) that the only real criteria for getting Spanish citizenship is filling in the forms, a spurious link to a Sephardi community and an economc interest in Spain; as the article says "I passed the two tests, bought some Spanish stock, gave a modest donation to a Sephardic community center in South Brooklyn" along with a file of documents showing no demonstrable link to Spain or Portugal ...