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When Spanish King Fernando II and Queen Isabel issued the Edict of Expulsion in 1492, Jews were given the choice of emigrating or converting to Christianity. Judaism was effectively outlawed. Many of these converts, the meshumadim, were sincere. Others, known as the anusim, felt that they were forced to convert and be baptized, but lived outwardly as…
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