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Skillfully moving back and forth between New Spain in the 16th century and northern New Mexico in the late 20th century, Morris (The Jazz Palace;A Mother's Love) tells the story of the Crypto-Jews, people who converted to Catholicism in order to escape the Inquisition but secretly maintained many of their Jewish traditions into the present. Morris begins with Luis de Torres, who traveled with Christopher Columbus as a t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More