Криптоиудаизм

'''Crypto-Judaism''' is the secret adherence to [[Judaism]] while publicly professing to be of another faith; practitioners are referred to as "crypto-Jews" (origin from Greek '''kryptos - κρυπτός''', 'hidden'). The term crypto-Jew is also used to describe [[Kinship|descendants]] who maintain some [[Jewish]] traditions of their ancestors, often secretly, while publicly adhering to other faiths, most commonly [[Catholicism]].<ref name = "Jacobs">{{cite book|title=Hidden Heritage: The Legacy of the Crypto-Jews|last=Jacobs|first=J| year=2002| publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0520235175|oclc=48920842}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=A History of the Jews in New Mexico|last=Tobias|first=HJ|publisher=University of New Mexico Press|year=1992|isbn=978-0826313904|oclc=36645510}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Marrano Legacy: A Contemporary Crypto-Jewish Priest Reveals Secrets of His Double Life|last=Alexy|first=T|year=2003| publisher=University of New Mexico Press|isbn=978-0826330550|oclc=51059087}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Sephardi Jewry: A History of the Judeo-Spanish Community, 14th-20th Centuries (Jewish Communities in the Modern World) |last=Benbassa|first=E|coauthors= Rodrique, A |year=2000|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0520218222|oclc=154877054}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Jews of Spain: A History of the Sephardic Experience|last=Gerber|first=JS|year=1994|publisher=Free Press|isbn=978-0029115749|oclc=30339044}}</ref> The phenomenon arose in the Middle Ages following the [[Alhambra decree|expulsion of the Jews in 1492 from Spain]].<ref name="Levine">Levine Melammed, Renee.  "Women in Medieval Jewish Societies." ''Women and Judaism: New Insights and Scholarship''.  Ed. Frederick E. Greenspahn.  New York: New York University Press, 2009.  105-106.</ref>