Doña Gracia Saved Worlds

Doña Gracia Saved Worlds — page 1 — On Friday nights Gracia Nasi and her family made sure the doors were locked and the curtains were closed They whispered their Jewish stories and Sabbath prayers and quietly sang their songs in Ladino the language of secret Jews

Doña Gracia Saved Worlds — page 2 — In sixteenth-century Portugal all religions except Christianity were against the law Even her Jewish name Gracia was a secret shhh Everyone outside her family called her Beatriz

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Doña Gracia Saved Worlds — page 4 — But a law couldn’t change what Gracia believed in At home in hushed voices she learned the traditions of her people She learned that a person who saves even one life saves a whole world Gracia wanted to save worlds

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