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U Kin: Portuguese Marranos and the Global Search for Belonging is certainly a relevant contribution to the field of Jewish Studies, particularly in the contemporary Portuguese context. In the book, Naomi Leite explores the ways that the Marranos1 in the northern Portuguese city of Oporto imagine themselves in relation to others— namely in regard to their surrounding society and the mainstream Jewish communities—and their search for a sense of belonging in a globalized world. The impact of the Marranos’ encounters with travelers, especially those coming to Portugal interested in, attracted by, or with affinity to local Jewish culture, are also considered a relevant part of this contemporary globalism. Therefore, as an expert on the anthropological study of tourism, Leite offers the reader an engaging and insightful analysis into the possible relations between affinity, identity, exclusion, kinship, and tourism, grounded in intensive ethnographic fieldwork. In her own words: