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  • Settling and "judaizing" Palestine (yehud is the official Hebrew term for this policy) have been at the heart of the Zionist enterprise since the first pioneers arrived in the late 19th century.

    Mark Levine: To Succeed in Israel/Palestine Where Clinton Failed, Obama Needs a History Lesson 2008

  • Hundreds of students also staged a demonstration at the campus of the University of Jordan urging an effective reaction from Arab countries to the "judaizing" of the holy city.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The judaizing women exercised their imagination and ingenuity in their attempts not to be caught in the act.

    Conversas. 2009

  • These confessions also reveal information about judaizing activities from earlier years, dating back to the middle of the fifteenth century.

    Conversas. 2009

  • The Franciscan minister provincial, Jean Catilinet, denounced Agrippa as “a judaizing heretic,” and this attack doomed his hope of gaining the favor of the regent,

    Loss of Faith 2009

  • Some were evasive and tried to defend their actions, for example by claiming that they were not judaizing but rather fastidious and meticulous in their housekeeping or cooking.

    Conversas. 2009

  • Each conversa dealt differently when accused of judaizing.

    Conversas. 2009

  • The women who were tried by the Spanish Inquisition were accused of judaizing, of observing Jewish law and rites, and of believing that salvation would be attained in this manner.

    Conversas. 2009

  • Interestingly enough, the image that emerges on the basis of testimonies, in particular confessions by judaizing women, is one of mutual support.

    Spain. 2009

  • The judaizing conversas were more active than their husbands: for instance, they would be actively lighting Sabbath candles or preparing Jewish foods and the like while their partners were passively allowing them to do so or simply eating the foods prepared.

    Conversas. 2009

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