The mezuzah in the Madonna's foot, oral histories exploring five hundred years in the paradoxical relationship of Spain and the Jews, Trudi Alexy
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The mezuzah in the Madonna's foot, oral histories exploring five hundred years in the paradoxical relationship of Spain and the Jews, Trudi Alexy
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eng
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autobiography
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index present
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non fiction
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The mezuzah in the Madonna's foot
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27684167
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Trudi Alexy
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oral histories exploring five hundred years in the paradoxical relationship of Spain and the Jews
Summary
A chronicle of five centuries of Jewish life in Spain details the 1492 rule expelling all unconverted Jews, the lives of the "Marranos," or secret Jews, and how the fascist government saved thousands of Jews during World War II
Table Of Contents
Part One: Lost and found: A Jewish identity -- Girlhood in Prague -- Revelation in France -- Refuge in Spain -- A new life in the new world -- Part Two: The rescued -- The unlikely haven of Spain -- Barcelona again -- Nina's story: "Never go up, only down" -- Hilde and Peter: Mother and son -- Leon's odyssey -- Mendel and Ruchel defy danger -- Part Three: The rescuers -- The conscience of a few -- Lisa Fittko: People smuggler on priciple -- Renee Reichmann: Our woman in Tangier -- The American connection: The joint -- Part Four: The reformers -- The winds of change -- Carlos Benarroch and Amistad, the Judeo-Christian Friendship Association -- Two hands-on Catholic activists: Padre Joan Botam and Senor Doroteo -- Samuel Toledano and Mario Muchnik: Two Jews who choose to live in Spain -- part Five: Secret Jews -- Old friends -- My Marrano Soul: Matthew's story -- Crypto-Jews and the American southwest
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