The discussion of kashrut in Crete reminded me of a story a Greek Orthodox coworker told me. Her family came from a village in Crete, and she had visited there a couple of times. She said that she has Jewish cousins, but none who practiced Judaism because there was no organized Jewish life. She said that just before the Nazis came, the Jewish children were divided among the Christian families. Since they all, Jews and non-Jews, dark haired and dark eyed, the children blended in. The parents were deported and never returned, but all the children survived. Unfortunately, their descendents will be Christian.
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