Crypto-Judaism
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Crypto-Judaism is the secretive adherence to Judaism while publicly professing to be of another faith. Practitioners are referred to as "crypto-Jews".
The village of Belmonte, Portugal, home to a crypto-Jewish community for centuries, which was only discovered in the 20th century
Jewish religious items at the Metropolitan Museum of Monterrey.
An auto-da-fé in New Spain, 18th century
Xueta
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The Xuetes are a social group on the Spanish island of Mallorca, in the Mediterranean Sea, who are descendants of Mallorcan Jews who were either Conversos or crypto-Jews, forced to keep their religion
Church of Montesión (Mount Zion) in Palma de Mallorca, the main Church of Xuetas of Mallorca.
Saint Vicent Ferrer, predicative assets for the conversion of the Jews.
Shield of the Inquisition used in Mallorca.
The Synagogue of Livorno (built in the 17th century), a city of reference for the Mallorcan crypto-Jews