Good point, Eloise. Lionel
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:49 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Many do criticize this book-. I remember years ago on the old Azores > List there was much discussion about The Cross and the Pear Tree. The > Jews, who when forced to convert, did not choose name of fruits and flowers > etc as noted in the Pear Tree. They choose names that were most common. > The Jews wanted to blend in with their Catholic neighbors. They did not > want to stick out as sore thumbs as many continued secretly with their > Jewish beliefs.. They had enough problems to begin with as Jews. > > Portugal was and is a small country. The truth is that this being so, we > Portuguese all have Jewish blood. (not necessarily those who within recent > years immigrated to Portugal or the Azores) > > It is a pity that the priests did not note - a Jewish convert - in the > register for our genealogy purposes. It was not done...a Catholic was a > Catholic. In some registers a priest might note - negro, mulato - but they > were Catholics. > > For those interested in reading more about converted Jews,... > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > > In Keywords type: Jewish converts in Portugal > > > > In a message dated 2/14/2011 11:10:30 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > A good book is The Cross and the Pear Tree - A Sephardic Journey by > Victor Perera (this is the correct spelling - no i). Although some people, > I think question some of his writings, it is a good start. > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions > when they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
