Tragedy in Israel

[Halupovich Ilana]

Alberto Monteiro wrote
<<AFAIK, the Jews did *not* survive the Spanish Inquisition and the previous
retaking of Iberia by the Christians.
I�ve read somewhere that 25% to 50% of the Portuguese original population
was made of "Cristaos Novos", meaning jews that were forced to convert to
catholicism.>>
It's tricky - Jewish religion does not believe that converting to any other
religion making Jew not-Jew. And there are stories of ANUSIM - "forced ones"
those who continued to practice Jewish religion in secrecy.
Ilana