Hidden Heritage

The Legacy of the Crypto-Jews

By: Janet Jacobs

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Paperback | 16 September 2002 | Edition Number 1

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"Janet Jacobs enters fearlessly into the house of mirrors that is Jewish-Hispanic identity, where nothing is what it appears to be. Her ethnography is about the uses of silence and the excuses of memory."--Ilan Stavans, author of On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language

"Janet Jacobs's book is a beautifully written, compelling account of the experiences of contemporary crypto-Jews who are struggling to locate the meanings of their various identities. I know of no other works that cover this material, and Jacobs does so in a rich finely nuanced way in which she deals with issues of family, memory, community, and belonging. I love the way she draws on such a wide variety of materials to explore this topic in a wide-ranging and impressive way."--Lynn Davidman, author of Tradition in a Rootless World

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"Janet Jacobs's book is a beautifully-written, compelling account of the experiences of contemporary crypto-Jews who are struggling to locate the meanings of their various identities. I know of no other works that cover this material, and Jacobs does so in a rich finely-nuanced way in which she deals with issue of family, memory, community, and belonging. I love the way she draws on such a wide variety of materials to explore this topic in a wide-ranging and impressive way." - Lynn Davidman, author of Tradition in a Rootless World "Janet Jacobs enters fearlessly into the house of mirrors that is Jewish-Hispanic identity, where nothing is what it appears to be... Her ethnography is about the uses of silence and the excuses of memory." - Ilan Stavans, author of On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction. Crypto-Jewish Descent: An Ethnographic Study in Historical Perspective	p. 1
Secrecy, Antisemitism, and the Dangers of Jewishness	p. 21
Women and the Persistence of Culture: Ritual, Custom, and the Recovery of Sephardic Ancestry	p. 42
The Self-in-Relation and the Transformation of Religious Consciousness	p. 67
Syncretism and Faith Blending in Modern Crypto-Judaism	p. 83
Conversion and the Rekindling of the Jewish Soul	p. 100
Jewish Ancestry and the Social Construction of Ethnic Identity	p. 125
Conclusion. Ethnic Loss and the Future of Crypto-Jewish Culture	p. 149
Notes	p. 155
Selected Bibliography	p. 177
Index	p. 187
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