Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean: How a Generation of Swashbuckling Jews Carved Out an Empire in the New World in Their Quest for Treasure, Religious Freedom--and Revenge

Everthing you always wanted to know about Sephardic jewry...but were afraid to ask. Historical saga of piracy on the high seas; its origins, and the Spanish inquisition. Enjoyable to read particularly the part about the explorers of the new world, and the conversos, (those jews forced into conversion). A description of "Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean", by Edward Kritzler. This book review by...more

Everthing you always wanted to know about Sephardic jewry...but were afraid to ask. Historical saga of piracy on the high seas; its origins, and the Spanish inquisition. Enjoyable to read particularly the part about the explorers of the new world, and the conversos, (those jews forced into conversion). A description of "Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean", by Edward Kritzler. This book review by Malka Hanna. The book is published by Doubleday,a.k.a.Random House, New York.   hide