Glossary

Portuguese Jews

descendants of people forced to convert to Catholicism in Portugal. Commonly referred to today as Western Sephardim or Spanish and

See Parnas.

a detailed certified report written by a magistrate or police officer.

A trial dossier.

In the secular sense, progressive describes ideas or individuals who pursue social change and liberal ideas. Progressive Judaism more specifically

Especially in a Marxist context, the Proletariat refers to the working class as a whole, while the “subproletariat” refers to

Originating in 1525 on the Baltic coast of Germany, Prussia would rise to military and political prominence throughout the early

Psalms are sacred hymns, Both Jews and Christians use the Book of Psalms. For the latter, the Psalms are recited

point. Name of the old Jewish quarter in Willemstad, Curaçao.

A Jewish holiday celebrating the 5th-century BCE event recorded in the Book of Esther in which Haman, a vizier in

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