crypto-Jew
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editcrypto-Jew (plural crypto-Jews)
- A person who, while publicly converting to another religion (such as Christianity or Islam), secretly practices Judaism.
- 2024 March 17, Ilan Stavans, “Will Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum, a Jewish Woman, Blaze a Trail or Follow One?”, in The New York Times[1]:
- Ms. Sheinbaum will legislate from buildings in downtown Mexico City near the Palace of the Inquisition, where crypto-Jews—a term used to describe Jews who were forced to convert to Christianity by the Spanish crown in the 15th century but continued to practice Judaism in secrecy—were tortured during the colonial period.
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