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JEWISH BIOGRAPHIES, BOOKS, PIRATES,
NAMES and OTHER LINKS
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EVERYONE IS JEWISH UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE
KRAUTHAMMER'S LAW, 2006
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THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE TIMELINE - FAMOUS NAMES
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LT COL JH PATTERSON, DSC (1867-1947)
The British commander of the
first Jewish fighting force in nearly
2000 years in Palestine.
He is called
the godfather of the Israeli army
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CAPTAIN (LATER MAJOR GENERAL)
ORDE WINGATE (1903-1944)
British commander of the
joint British-Jewish Counter-Insurgency Unit
in 1938,
during the 1936-1939 Arab revolt.
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COL RICHARD KEMP CBE (1959 - )
retired British Army officer who served from 1977 to 2006.
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JAMES GROVER MCDONALD (1886 - 1964)
The first U.S. ambassador to Israel, but he was much more than that. He kept a diary to record his meetings with some of the history-making personalities of the 1930s, and his activities on behalf of the Jews in the 1930s when no one would listen.
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For hundreds of years fear of the Inquisition
meant Judaism had to be practised in secret.
A few of their stories are told below
Today, families are investigating their customs
and discovering their Jewish ancestors
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CAPTAIN BARROS BASTO (1887-1961)
The 'Apostle' of the Marrano’s’ 'The Portuguese Dreyfus’
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DONA GRACIA MENDES (1510? - 1569)
One of the most remarkable women
in Jewish history
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ARISTIDES DE SOUSA MENDES (1885-1954)
Portuguese Consul-General in Bordeaux
His Action in Saving Jews Has Been called
"perhaps the largest rescue action by a
single individual during the Holocaust."
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ANTONIO CARVAJAL (1590 - 1659)
First Naturalised British Jew
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THE FAMILY CARVAJAL
(16th - 17th Century)
(South America)
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DR ELIAHU DA LUNA MONTALTO
(? - 1616)
Personal Physician to Marie de Medici
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MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE (1533 - 1592)
French philosopher
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SEVILLA AND NUNEZ
(15th/17th Century) Mexico
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ISSAC CARDOSO (1603/4 - 1683)
Physician and Philosopher
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RABBI DE FONSECA (1605 - 1693)
First Rabbi in Brazil
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MALDONIDO DA SILVA ( - 1639)
Inquisition trial in Concepcion de Chile, 1626-1639
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DR CASTRO SARMENTO (1691 - 1762)
one of the first Jews to be admitted
to the Royal College of Physicians
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PROFESSOR HORACIO CALLES (2007)
How I Discovered my Jewish Background
Professor depto. de Antropología, Fac. de Ciencias Sociales,
Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá D.C. Colombia
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RABBI NISSAN BEN-AVRAHAM
First Ex-Marrano Israeli Rabbi
Returns to Spain as Emissary
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THE CANTONISTS AND ISRAEL ITZKOVICH:
Forced conversion
in 19th Century Russia
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500 YEARS
AFTER BEING FORCIBLY
CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY
Spaniards Finding
Their Way Back to Judaism
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JAKOB FINCI
The saviour of Sarajevo
barred from office for being a Jew 2010
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DAVID SENIOR CORONEL (1575 - 1676)
Descendent of Abraham Senior
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RENÉ AND JUAN CARLOS
set out to convert their
Colombian Megachurch to
Orthodox Judaism.
This is what happened.
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GENIE MILGROM AND HER
15 GRANDMOTHERS
Story of her Conversion
from Christianity to Judaism
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ZEEV BEN AMORAL,
2007 FINALLY AT HOME
The Journey of Zeev ben Amoral
from Moçambique to Judaism
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JEWISH PIRATES
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