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Remnants of Crypto-Jews among Hispanic Americans /

Hidden deep in the heart of the American Southwest among the larger Hispanic population are descendants of the Sephardim, Jews from Spain and Portugal. Five hundred years after their expulsion from Spain remnants of Judaism are still practiced within Southwestern Hispanic communities. Often unaware...

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Main Author: Golden, Gloria.
Contributors: Cabello, Andrea Alessandra., Raihan, Sohaib.
Format: Book
Language:English
Spanish
Hebrew
Published: Mountain View, Calif. : Floricanto Press, ©2005.
Subjects and Genres:
Jews > Southwest, New.
Sephardim > Southwest, New.
Crypto-Jews > Iberian Peninsula > Social life and customs.
Crypto-Jews > Iberian Peninsula > Religious life.
Hispanic Americans > Southwest, New.
Oral history > Southwest, New.
Juifs > États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest)
Séfarades > États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest)
Marranes > Mœurs et coutumes.
Marranes > Vie religieuse.
Américains d'origine latino-américaine > États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest)
Histoire orale > États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest)
Crypto-Jews > Social conditions.
Hispanic Americans.
Jews.
Oral history.
Sephardim.
Europe > Iberian Peninsula.
New Southwest.
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Summary: Hidden deep in the heart of the American Southwest among the larger Hispanic population are descendants of the Sephardim, Jews from Spain and Portugal. Five hundred years after their expulsion from Spain remnants of Judaism are still practiced within Southwestern Hispanic communities. Often unaware of their origins, conversos have revealed, through oral history, how the ancestral faith of the Crypto-Jews has been passed on from generation to generation.
Physical Description: 263, [1] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (page 264).
ISBN: 0915745569
9780915745562

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