Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean
Submitted by Guy Montag on December 11, 2009 – 8:47 pmOne Comment
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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 by Edward Kritzler (Amazon)
On behalf of Bookfail, as well as Jewish buccaneers Moses Cohen Enriques, Sinan “the Great Jewish Pirate” and Samuel Palache, I’d like to wish you all a happy Hanukkah! You can read more about this, and other uncanny books about pirates in my 10 Unexpected Books About Pirates post.
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Never knew about the existence of Jewish pirates, but I guess with the pre-Inquisition Jewish population in Iberia it does make sense!