BEYOND CRYPTO JUDAISM II

Anusim. This book is a stand alone book, related to, but not a mere continuation of, the original Beyond Crypto-Judaism. This book takes the history, genealogy, archaeology, DNA and Hispanic culture to the brink of their hidden and forgotten past. This book displays no less than 23 master genealogies of the largest crypto-Jewish families of the colonial past of New Mexico. From their inquisitional trials and past Peña traces 23 crypto geneaolgies into the 20th century and convicts them to return to the fuller and ancient path of the Jew. In the push for their return Peña further provides the tools for praying in Hebrew, having Sephardic Ketubas, calendars of the Holy Days as well as inescapable ethnic proof. For the Hispanic crypto families of New Mexico and the southwest this is the most valuable book of its kind to own by far.