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The Cyrpto-Jews and the Inquistion in New Spain
Texas A & M University
April 17 & 18
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Sephardic Anusim Center of the Americas
February 2008
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"The exiles from Jerusalem who are in
Sepharad will possess the towns of the Negev."
(Obadiah 20)
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Control Your Destiny
For about a year God has whispered within my heart
that it's time my people, the Sephardic Anusim, take
control of their God-given destiny. If they don't,
someone else will.
Sephardic Anusim has lived a life of relative flight for
the last five centuries. Hence, many of them tend to be
vulnerable in terms of receiving direction from others,
even strangers that appear to be right. I must say that
many of our people have allowed others to influence
our destiny for a very long time.
There is a host of pro-Israel Zionists jumping in to
inform our people about their probable Sephardic
Jewish roots and their need to become Israeli citizens
and live in Israel. I don't think they're always aware of
what and how they're doing what they do. I
don't think they all mean any harm. But, the fact is that
this kind of behavior is what our people have had to
endure all these generations and it needs to be
curbed. Please let me explain. . .
There is nothing wrong with others of a different race,
culture or persuasion lending us a hand for us to
achieve our destiny. In fact we invite it. We need it and
the bible supports it. But it's one thing to "lend a hand"
and another to lay a hand through use of
ulterior motives or incompatible methods. I use the
word "incompatible" because the Sephardic Anusim
I'm referring to is of Hispanic/Latino ancestry. And I
must say our people vary tremendously from
community to community, from city to city, state to state
and from country to country. We can't expect that all
Hispanics or all Latinos are the same across the
USA, Mexico, Central America, South America, and
Islands of the Caribbean and all the way to Iberia. In
other words, we can't lump them all together
assuming that 'they're all the same.' Pro-aliyah
workers need to be very cautious that they themselves
don't perpetuate the very thing our people have
suffered all these years.
All I'm saying is for us to pray and get the mind of God
on five W's and one inevitable H: who, what, when,
where, why and how? We need to pray that
the right "who," arms him or herself with the right "why"
and "how" in attempting to reach our people. And we
need to pray that everyone reaching out to our people
be about the business of justice, mercy and humility
according to the prophet Micah's assertion. (Micah 6:8)
Pray that the Lord raise up more leaders among our
people and in various regions of our hemisphere.
Pray that our people are not relegated to some
subservient role but equal in terms of dignity and
respect as well as the nature of role they're to perform.
Pray that we're not patronized but partnered with. And
please pray that we not compromise but be ready to
decrease so that God Himself may increase and get
the glory He alone deserves. In so doing, we'll
prevent any empire-building that'll turn around
and bite us. This must apply to all parties no matter
the race, the culture, the color, the language and
accent or the slant of one's own faith. Amen!
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Contact Information
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Dr.Dell F. Sanchez | |
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Just a few days ago, an officer of one of the Israeli
consulate offices in our nation contacted the Editor in
Chief of La Prensa here in San Antonio. La
Prensa is a bilingual newspaper with an incredible
audience domestically and internationally. I have been
writing a series of columns for La Prensa on the
subject of expertise, Sephardic Anusim. Sure enough,
they want to connect with us because of the manner in
which these columns are impacting Hispanics in the
U.S.A. So as we say in Spanish: Ebenezer-hasta
aqui nos ha ayuda el Seņor. Truly, God has helped
us all the way until now!