Alternative Names
Judíos, hebreos, israelitas (Spanish); judeus, povo Israelita (Portuguese); juifs (French); joden (Dutch), polacos, rusos (Spanish; informal; referring to Jews of Eastern European origin); Ashkenazi, Ashkenazim (Anglicized Hebrew; referring to Jews of Central and Eastern European origin); Mizrahi, Mizrahim (Anglicized Hebrew; referring to Jews native to North Africa and the Middle East with no Iberian ancestry); turcos (Spanish; informal; referring to Jews of Ottoman origin, generally of Iberian ancestry); Sefaradím, Sephardi, Sephardim (referring to Jews of Iberian origin); gente da nação (Portuguese, early modem usage; referring to Portuguese crypto-Jews and Portuguese Jews); marranos, judaizantes (Spanish; referring to professing Catholics who clandesfinely practiced or identified as Jews); New Christians, cristianos nuevos, and cristos novos (English, Spanish, and Portuguese, respectively; referring to Catholics of Jewish ancestry).
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Ben-Ur, A. (2005). Jews in Latin America. In: Ember, M., Ember, C.R., Skoggard, I. (eds) Encyclopedia of Diasporas. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-29904-4_97
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