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Christopher Columbus: Secretly Jewish?

Explorer was seeking homeland for his people: Spanish scholars

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted May 21, 2012 4:00 PM CDT

(Newser) – Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer from Genoa, right? Not according to a recent round of scholarship, which portrays him as secretly Jewish and seeking a new land for his people during the Spanish Inquisition, CNN reports. Evidence suggests that Columbus was a "Marrano,...   Read full story »

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