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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 56. Chapters: Conversos, Dutch rabbis, Judaism in Amsterdam, Synagogues in the Netherlands, Marrano, John of the Cross, Jehuda Cresques, Mateo Aleman, Xueta, Nederlands Israelitisch Kerkgenootschap, Jewish community of Amsterdam, Beltran de Cetina, Nederlands Verbond voor Progressief Jodendom, Pedro Arias Davila, Andres Laguna, Alfonso de Cartagena, Luis de Carabajal y Cueva, Juan del Encina, Diego Laynez, Paul of Burgos, Teresa de Cartagena, Juan de Mena, Solomon Ayllon, Garcia de Orta, Profiat Duran, Martin Enriquez de Almanza, Francisco de Vitoria, John of Avila, Portugees-Israelitisch Kerkgenootschap, Luis de Torres, Solomon Molcho, Maria Estrada, Juan Alvarez Mendizabal, Pero Ferrus, Juan Bautista Diamante, Pedro de Aranda, Luis de Santangel, Geronimo de Santa Fe, Francisca Nunez de Carabajal, Ruy Lopez de Segura, Alphonso de Spina, Isaac de Castro Tartas, Fernando de Rojas, Klal Israel, Bonafos Caballeria, Luis de Carabajal the younger, Francisco Maldonado da Silva, Juan Alfonso de Baena, Alvar Garcia de Santa Maria, Hernando del Pulgar, Pedro de Herrera, Juan de Valladolid, Juan Carrasco, Maria Barbara Carillo, Corps of Israelites. Excerpt: The Xuetes (Catalan pronunciation: singular Xueta, also known as Xuetons), were a social group on the island of Majorca, descendants of Majorcan Jews who either converted to Christianity or were forced to keep their religion hidden. They practiced strict endogamy. The Xuetes were stigmatized and until the first half of the 20th century, but then by the second half of that century, with the spread of religious freedom and laicism, both the social pressure and community ties eventually vanished. Nowadays an estimated 18,000 people in the island carry Xueta surnames, but only a small fraction of the society (including those with Xueta surnames themselves) is self-aware of the troubled hi...
