| Title: | BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest |
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| Moderator: | SMURF::FENSTER |
| Created: | Mon Feb 03 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
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Yesterday being the aniversary of the expulsion of Jews from Spain
in 1492 All Things considered did a interesting piece on the
"crypto-Jews" of New Mexico. It seems that a group of Moranos trying
to stay on step ahead of the inqusition learned of warrants for
their arrest and joined a Spanish expedition to New Spain and ended
up living what has become New Mexico. Due to centuries of fear
and even current antisemitism they are reluctant to even admit that
they are Jews. Many would only talk if unidentified. They would
appear on the surface to be Catholics but would practice Jewish
traditions in secret although many did not know what these practices
were or why. Others were told only when they were considered old
enough to keep the family secret. A few have made their past open
knowledge. It was an interesting program.
WS
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 445.1 | Will these Jews accept and be accepted? | MEIS::HOROWITZ | Tue Apr 05 1988 13:01 | 17 | |
I also heard the same show. While it was interesting, I felt it
left several questions:
What will the American Jewish community do to bring these people
out into the open?
Why is there so much anti-semitism in New Mexico? I never heard
anything particularly bad about it.
The biography of the man who became a Catholic Priest, mentioned
that when he had also become a devout Jew after finding out. No
one asked him why he then became a priest.
I felt that except for identifying that the people existed, the
report was not very favorable.
noah
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