Usually means: Concealed Jewish identity for safety.
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  1. crypto-Jew: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. crypto-Jew: Wiktionary
  3. crypto-Jew: Dictionary.com
  4. Crypto-Jew: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. crypto-Jew: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Religious Tolerance (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (crypto-Jew)

▸ noun:  A person who, while publicly converting to another religion (such as Christianity or Islam), secretly practices Judaism.

Similar:
crypto-Judaism, crypto-Jewess, giyoret, jewlover, proselyte, Judaist, Dönmeh, Jewitch, JewBu, Judeo-Christian, more...

Opposite:
openly Jewish, avowed Jew, practicing Jew

Types:
anusim, begim, conversos, crypto-judaism, marranos, more...

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Similar:
crypto-Judaism, crypto-Jewess, giyoret, jewlover, proselyte, Judaist, Dönmeh, Jewitch, JewBu, Judeo-Christian, more...

Opposite:
openly Jewish, avowed Jew, practicing Jew

Types:
anusim, begim, conversos, crypto-judaism, marranos, more...



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