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(IsraelNN.com) Portuguese cheese maker Jose Braz, one of tens of thousands of anousim ["hidden Jews"] has renewed his link to Judaism by making his unique products Portugal's first kosher cheese since 1497, when the country's Jews were expelled. Rabbi Daniel Litvak, who serves the Jewish community in the northern city of Porto, discovered that Braz was one of the Anousim after the cheese manufacturer asked him to supervise production of the special Serra da Estrala cheese and certify it as kosher. "I was surprised when he approached me, as his cheese sells very well all over the world, so it...