Speaking of the Jews as you put it “packing to all points of the compass.” All of the info on the Blood Moons brought out that Christopher Columbus was Jewish. That was not in my history lessons and I asked my Sunday School class what they learned about it and one kid said that he was taught Christopher Columbus was a Spanish explorer. . . .here is a link http://yehudafm.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/was-christopher-columbus-jewish/
Converso. His exit was very timely, given other circumstances then extant in Spain.
“....Christopher Columbus was a Spanish explorer. . . “
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Chris was employed by the Spanish crown but he was an Italian by birth.
He could’ve been a Jew, I don’t know.