jwalsh
His ancestors were Sephardic Jews who had formed part of the Jewish community that grew up in Amsterdam after Jews were forced out of the Iberian Peninsula.
Baruch Spinoza
Family origins
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His family were forced to convert to Catholicism, but returned to Judaism when they moved to Amsterdam.