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Synagogue of Colonia del Sacramento, 2012. (photo credit: Natalie Schachar)
September 10, 2012, 11:18 am
UNESCO site in Uruguay points to a forgotten Jewish past
The small historical city of Colonia del Sacramento is slowly unearthing remnants of Port Jews who fled persecution on the Iberian peninsula and slowly assimilated in the New World
By Natalie A. Schachar
A crypto-Jewish secret wedding by Anita Rodriguez. (photo credit: Anita Rodriguez/JTA)
July 29, 2012, 7:49 am
For Crypto-Jews of New Mexico, art is a window into secret life
A recent genetic survey in the Journal of Human Genetics revealed new DNA evidence that Spanish Americans of the Southwest likely had Jews in their family trees
By Edmon J. Rodman
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