Friday, September 20, 2013

Questions from 9/18

1. After the Portuguese conversos moved to Amsterdam, their identity was completely based on starting over. Essentially they had no identity because they were sestarting traditions that had long died in their families.

2. Just as the reason why the Portuguese conversos identity is based on starting over, scholars consider these Jewish people the first "Modern Jews" because they started over. They brought a new meaning to traditions that had long died from not being practiced.

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