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  • A number of years ago, a friend in Istanbul mentioned several times that many of his friends and acquaintances in classical music, cinephile, and other high culture circles in the Turkish capital were crypto-Jews.

    Amy Bishop, Tenure, and Disparate Impact 2010

  • A number of years ago, a friend in Istanbul mentioned several times that many of his friends and acquaintances in classical music, cinephile, and other high culture circles in the Turkish capital were crypto-Jews.

    VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » “The Donme: Jewish Converts, Muslim Revolutionaries, and Secular Turks” 2010

  • A number of years ago, a friend in Istanbul mentioned several times that many of his friends and acquaintances in classical music, cinephile, and other high culture circles in the Turkish capital were crypto-Jews.

    “The Donme: Jewish Converts, Muslim Revolutionaries, and Secular Turks” 2010

  • Most committed libertarians are united in their hatred of this constitutional credit system, pioneered by Hamilton and advanced by Lincoln and FDR, each of whom are regularly accused of being crypto-Jews, agents of the Rothschilds and masonic satanists.

    The Ron Paul Deception? 2009

  • The crypto-Jews ultimately had to rely upon their memory and upon oral transmission, both intrinsically tricky and unreliable.

    Conversas. 2009

  • In the earlier periods, when prayer books were available or memories still retained the prayers by heart, groups of crypto-Jews would gather to pray together.

    Conversas. 2009

  • While not all of the conversas were crypto-Jews, those who did observe were aware of the risk entailed; nevertheless they believed that their ancestral religion provided the path to salvation for them as they opted to identify with the Jewish people rather than with the Catholic Church.

    Conversas. 2009

  • In other words, while Jews might have provided information or services to crypto-Jews, at the same time the impoverished Jewish community sometimes turned to the conversos for support.

    Spain. 2009

  • These lamps were lit earlier than usual, and were not extinguished by either the servants or by their masters, unlike on other nights of the week; the crypto-Jews also retired earlier on Friday nights.

    Conversas. 2009

  • There is little information available concerning the lives of the first generations of conversos or of the crypto-Jews who chose to continue observing Judaism in secret prior to the establishment of the Inquisition in 1478.

    Conversas. 2009

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