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This revealing book answers many of the questions raised by readers of Jewish Blood: Spanish People of Hebrew Descent and Christian Antisemitism. Here, readers will discover the origins of their surnames in an extensive list, as well as the epic journey of those free-spirited Spaniards who were plundered and expelled from their millennial homeland for defending their right to identity—denied by the patrimonial Catholic monarchy that sought to exterminate them in order to achieve religious uniformity in its kingdoms and facilitate their subjugation. While Catholic Spain degraded morally and languished, dimly lit by the fires of religious witch hunts in which Christian fundamentalism burned dissenters, the expelled Spaniards thrived, developing and enriching the countries that welcomed them and offered them a space of freedom. They shone because, in Judaism, there is no king or leader to obey but rather a task to fulfill, as human beings are called to continue creation from the moment the Creator rested. Jewish Blood 2 powerfully recovers the other historical memory—one even more horrifying and shameful—against the self-serving silence of the ruling powers.