This study of contemporary crypto-Jews--descendants of European Jews forced to convert to Christianity during the Spanish Inquisition--traces the group's history of clandestinely conducting their faith and their present-day efforts to reclaim their past. Janet Liebman Jacobs masterfully combines historical and social scientific theory to fashion a brilliant analysis of hidden ancestry and the transformation of religious and ethnic identity.
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"Janet Jacobs's book is a beautifully-written, compelling account of the experiences of contemporary crypto-Jews who are struggling to locate the meanings of their various identities. I know of no other works that cover this material, and Jacobs does so in a rich finely-nuanced way in which she deals with issue of family, memory, community, and belonging. I love the way she draws on such a wide variety of materials to explore this topic in a wide-ranging and impressive way." - Lynn Davidman, author of Tradition in a Rootless World "Janet Jacobs enters fearlessly into the house of mirrors that is Jewish-Hispanic identity, where nothing is what it appears to be... Her ethnography is about the uses of silence and the excuses of memory." - Ilan Stavans, author of On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language
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"Janet Jacobs enters fearlessly into the house of mirrors that is Jewish-Hispanic identity, where nothing is what it appears to be. Her ethnography is about the uses of silence and the excuses of memory."--Ilan Stavans, author of On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language
"Janet Jacobs's book is a beautifully written, compelling account of the experiences of contemporary crypto-Jews who are struggling to locate the meanings of their various identities. I know of no other works that cover this material, and Jacobs does so in a rich finely nuanced way in which she deals with issues of family, memory, community, and belonging. I love the way she draws on such a wide variety of materials to explore this topic in a wide-ranging and impressive way."--Lynn Davidman, author of Tradition in a Rootless World
"Janet Jacobs's book is a beautifully written, compelling account of the experiences of contemporary crypto-Jews who are struggling to locate the meanings of their various identities. I know of no other works that cover this material, and Jacobs does so in a rich finely nuanced way in which she deals with issues of family, memory, community, and belonging. I love the way she draws on such a wide variety of materials to explore this topic in a wide-ranging and impressive way."--Lynn Davidman, author of Tradition in a Rootless World
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One of the most intriguing aspects of modern crypto-Judaism is the survival of a culture of secrecy that is evident in the patterns of silence and disclosure that characterize twentieth-century families with crypto-Jewish ancestors. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
faith blending, ethnic anxiety, family purity laws, ethnic revivalism, ritual immersion, ethnic alliances, descendant population, modern descendants, cultural persistence, female caregivers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New Mexico, Fast of Esther, Spanish Jewish, Western Wall, Russian Orthodox, World War, Mexican American, South America, Spanish Jews, Latin American, Sephardic Jews, Ethiopian Jews, Levine Melammed, Saint Esther, Jewish Messiah, Penitente Brotherhood, Roman Catholic, Star of David, American Jews, Catholic Church, Church of God, German Jewish, Hebrew Bible, Holy Week New!
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One of the most intriguing aspects of modern crypto-Judaism is the survival of a culture of secrecy that is evident in the patterns of silence and disclosure that characterize twentieth-century families with crypto-Jewish ancestors. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
faith blending, ethnic anxiety, family purity laws, ethnic revivalism, ritual immersion, ethnic alliances, descendant population, modern descendants, cultural persistence, female caregivers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New Mexico, Fast of Esther, Spanish Jewish, Western Wall, Russian Orthodox, World War, Mexican American, South America, Spanish Jews, Latin American, Sephardic Jews, Ethiopian Jews, Levine Melammed, Saint Esther, Jewish Messiah, Penitente Brotherhood, Roman Catholic, Star of David, American Jews, Catholic Church, Church of God, German Jewish, Hebrew Bible, Holy Week New!
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- The Jews in New Spain: Faith, Flame, and the Inquisition by Seymour B. Liebman on 6 pages
- Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon on 5 pages
- The Singular Beast by Claudine Fabre-Vassas on 4 pages
- How Jews Became White Folks: And What That Says About Race in America by Karen Brodkin on page 145, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Cultural Encounters: The Impact of the Inquisition in Spain and the New World (Publications of the Ucla Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies) by Mary Elizabeth Perry in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Educating the Right Way: Markets, Standards, God, and Inequality by Michael W. Apple in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Scroll and the Cross: 1000 Years of Jewish-Hispanic Literature by Ilan Stavans in Front Matter
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