crypto-Jews
The Queen’s JewryMonday, July 23, 2012 by Ben Elton | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In the history of the British monarchy, there have been only two Diamond Jubilees. Last month, Elizabeth II celebrated sixty years on the throne. In 1897 Queen Victoria marked the same milestone. To mark Victoria’s Jubilee the communal leader Lucien Wolf published an article that set out the progress that Jews had made during Victoria’s reign.
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The Crypto-Jews of New Mexico Hector Tobar, Los Angeles Times. Few American Jews know about world of the “crypto-Jews” described in this graphic novel. But, as one character says, “A Jewish soul is a Jewish soul.”
From Jews to Catholics—and Back Juan Forero, Washington Post. Dozens of evangelical Catholic families in northern Colombia have discovered their Jewish ancestry—and converted to Judaism. Their former minister says, “It was like our souls had memory.”
Crypto-Jews vs. the Catholic Church Paul Foer, Chananette Pascal Cohen, JNS. As Hispanic Crypto-Jews rediscover their spiritual heritage, many have also discovered the material heritage stolen from them—and could sue the Catholic Church to get it back.