Kesher Talk

Jews in odd places: Portugal: It wasn't such an odd place to find Jews five centuries back, but nowadays all you can find are what the Jerusalem Post calls "crypto-Jews," people from families that were forcibly converted to Catholicism in the Inquisition.

But an agency in Israel recently sent Rabbi Elisha Salas to help the small community of recognized crypto-Jews (sounds like a comic book, doesn't it) rediscover their heritage.

posted by William @ 7/08/2003 08:12:52 AM