in the past, in catholic countries hundreds and hundreds of years ago, they would kick out the jews from their country or they would say "convert to catholicism and you can stay in the country." so a lot of jews converted to catholicism while practicing judaism in secret. that's why so many catholics look jewish, with dark hair and jew noses, and jews send their kids to catholic schools. the two groups are the same fuckin' thing > joseph nasi known in portuguese as joo miques, was a portuguese sephardi diplomat and administrator, member of the house of mendes/benveniste, nephew of dona gracia mendes nasi, and an influential figure in the ottoman empire during the rules of both sultan suleiman i and his son selim ii. he was a great benefactor of the jewish people. > joseph nasi was born in portugal as a marrano (practicing judaism in secret), a son of the doctor agostinho micas (d. 1525), a well-known physician and professor at the university of lisbon. a friend of maximilian, nephew of the habsburg king charles i of spain. > when he arrived in constantinople together with his aunt gracia mendes nasi, nasi made a fortunate decision in supporting the future sultan selim ii, against his rival bayezid; as a result, he was favored by the seraglio, and eventually became a high-ranking diplomat and minister.[6]
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