Alberto Monteiro asked: <<Yes, but how long can those Anusim still be considered Jews? After one or two generations of secret practice of the Jewish religion, most - if not all - of them were fully incorporated into the Catholic population.>> As I said - this is tricky - many fights are fought in Israel on the question "Who is Jew?" For now the one answer that holds - offspring of Jewish mother, disregarding her religion. <<BTW, there is a "tribe" in Portugal that had many practices of the Torah, but they didn't have any knowledge that they were Jews. They were "found" recently -- I may get the details later.>> I know of group in Japan and somewhere in Siberia. <G> Ilana from Israel
