David M. Gitlitz

About The Author

David M. Gitlitz (1942-2020) was a professor emeritus of Hispanic studies at the University of Rhode Island. His publications include Secrecy and Deceit: The Religion of the Crypto-Jews and The Lost Minyan (both from UNM Press).

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Jewish Latin America Series

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Books by David M. Gitlitz

Living in Silverado

Secret Jews in the Silver Mining Towns of Colonial Mexico

By David M. Gitlitz

In this thoroughly researched work, David M. Gitlitz traces the lives and fortunes of three clusters of sixteenth-century crypto-Jews in Mexico's silver mining towns.

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Secrecy and Deceit

The Religion of the Crypto-Jews

By David M. Gitlitz

Introduction by Ilan Stavans

Comprehensive history of crypto-Jewish beliefs and social customs.

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