"When the Roman Catholic Church formally recognizes a person as a saint, this person is canonized. A person who has not been canonized may, however, still be referred to as a saint if it is believed that they are 'completely perfect in holiness.' The crypto-Jews took advantage of this loophole.

Although Queen Esther was not canonized by the Catholic Church, the anusim transformed her into Saint Esther. They called her Santa Ester or Santa Esterica. They were able to continue honoring Purim by reinventing it as 'The Festival of Saint Esther.'"

Watch as U.S. Congressman Doug Lamborn (CO-05) questions Secretary of State Chuck Hagel over the proposed cuts to Israel

"Rep. Doug Lamborn (R., Colo.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee [and co-chair of the bipartisan Israel Allies Caucus], slammed the administration for insufficiently funding the joint missile projects, which benefit both Israeli and American security.

'Once again, the administration is proposing hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts to our cooperative missile defense work with Israel,' Lamborn said. 'This is very disappointing and it is irresponsible to cut funding to a steadfast ally in an extremely volatile region of the world.'"