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Article: Some US Hispanics trace their Jewish past.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- December 29, 2008
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Byline: Amy Green Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
Sanford, Fla. -- Wendy Martinez Canelones grew up Catholic and Seventh-day Adventist. But she always felt drawn to Judaism. She once had a vivid dream of herself embracing a blue volume of the Torah. She tears up recalling the dream.
Eventually, she found out why. While studying her family history, she found that she is a descendant of Jews who were killed during the Spanish Inquisition.
"It's been in my heart so many years that for me, it was not a surprise," says Ms. Canelones, who converted to Judaism and now worships at Beth Israel Messianic Synagogue, a congregation for ...