To: Doctor Stochastic
There is a whole field of study in this area. The most interesting article pointed to traces of Ladino . Ladino is an almost extinct Jewish Patios dialect . It is the sephardic version of Yiddish.
There are a range of people with ties to the Jewish Community.
To: Marano NYC; rmlew
Let's also not forget that a large portion of the Polish nobility, perhaps a majority, had Jewish lineage. It was common practice for socially prominent Jews in Poland to convert in order to intermarry into the elite.
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02/07/2005 6:11:58 PM PST by
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