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Sephardic Anusim Center of the Americas
Newsletter
April 16, 2010
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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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I wish to God that someone would build a museum of
all the atrocities caused upon the Jews of Spain-the
Sephardim, the Anusim. There is a major museum of
the Holocaust in Jerusalem. In fact, there are more
than 20 small and large museums in foreign
countries and at least two others in Israel. In our
nation there are approximately 25 such museums, the
largest one being in Washington, DC. But they have
little if any information about the Spanish Inquisition
with its tentacles in Iberia and throughout Latin
America, and as stated previously also in New Mexico
I happen to have two dear colleagues that deals with
the Holocaust survivors in Israel. I personally know a
couple of Jewish individuals who are children of
Holocaust survivors. I'm glad to report that despite
their parent's traumas, they have managed to grow up
and make something very special of themselves. But
as a mental health professional, I do not need a
Sherlock Holmes magnifying glass to detect the
effects of their parent's trauma.
On the other hand, I happen to know hundreds and
thousands of descendants of the survivors of one or
more Inquisitions but their stories are not known. In
many cases, they are seen with suspicion and
cynicism when they tell a small portion of their
forefathers' plight. I am however glad to report that the
extended Jewish family is slowly coming around to
believe their reports as they become knowledgeable
of what actually took place in their histories. But
something of a miraculous dimension needs to take
place in the halls of the Israeli government in order
that these Sephardic Anusim souls are reckoned with
in a just and merciful manner.
I am not advocating that any system become gullible
to believe anything without proper evidence or due
process. But I am declaring that it is high-time that
new case law begins to be written along with new
policies and procedures that can best deal with such
cases. After all, God has given us an amazing tool that
is called the brain in order to accurately process
intelligence in a wise and prudent manner. But this is
going to demand a major amount of change. This
means that those that are in positions of power will
need to get out of their presumptive boxes in order to
hear, see and perceive what is taking place all across
the Americas including Iberia and other foreign
nations where there are yet Sephardic Jews in virtual
hiding.
It is time for the secular as well as the religious Jews
to come together in order to create new pathways that
begin to open up, perhaps, small gateways for bona
fide cases of Sephardic Anusim. It is time that Israeli
politics and religious extremism be put on the shelf
until this issue of the awakening of the sleeping giant
of Sephardic-Anusim is compatibly dealt with.
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In closing, I am convinced we need each other.
Sephardic Anusim needs to reconnect with the people
as well as the land of their Jewish forefathers. But on
the other hand, I'm convinced that Israel needs to
stretch out her arms to embrace their "orphaned"
brothers and sisters as they cry out for a little help.
Frankly, I shall go out on the limb to declare
something very dear to my own heart
Israel needs the Sephardic Anusim more than the
Anusim needs Israel. Most all of the Sephardic
Anusim in America that I know, that are longing to
make Aliyah are quite resourceful, industrious, loyal
and committed Zionists. They may not know half as
much about the rudiments and the thousands of years
of the Jewish experience. They may not even know
what terms such as "halacha" means neither by
definition nor by religious expression, but one thing I
do know-they are very teachable. They are pliable and
changeable.
The first Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben Gurion
stated that if anyone wants to be a Jew, let him. I am
sure he wasn't referring to "come one, come all." But I
am convinced, after studying his memoirs in the Ben
Gurion Heritage Institute in the Negev one summer, I
discovered that Ben Gurion knew Israel would need
my people, the Sephardic Anusim for such a time as
this. I have read many of his speeches and public
statements and I happen to know that Ben Gurion was
a strong believer in the Prophets of the Bible, the
Tanakh. His young assistant was once asked by a
journalist if Ben Gurion ever sought advice from other;
and the young aide said: "Yes, only after he has
sought the Prophets."
I therefore, appeal to the "powers that be" in Israel and
the Jewish leaders throughout the globe to take a
second and more cautious look at what the holy
Prophets have to say about the people I am here
advocating for. And. . .and, I'm also appealing to
nuestra gente (our people) to learn to love one
another, to bear one another's differences, to unite
under a common-cause banner and to never forget
the past of our forefathers' history lest it repeats itself
in our day.
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Everybody knows what "holocaust" is but no one
knows what an "Inquisition" is.
Of course, I'm generalizing a bit. In a nutshell, an
Inquisition is a type of holocaust such as the one
Spain perpetrated on Jews a few hundred years ago.
An Inquisition is also a holocaust that Mexico followed
up on after that Jews fled from Spain and Portugal to
Mexico.
My point is this: there is no difference between a
people that suffered at the hand of their perpetrators
one year ago as opposed to one decade ago. Pain
and suffering was present in both cases. The
presence of such trauma did not go away-it remains
there as a memorial.