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July 28-30, 2013

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Dear La Granada Reader,

There is still time to register, book your flights, reserve your living quarters on campus or hotel options! 

The 2013 Annual Meeting and Conference of SCJS

is being held in Colorado Springs, CO

during July 28-30, 2013 on the campus of

University of Colorado-Colorado Springs (UCCS).

Sunday, July 28th

9:00-11:30 am: Pre-Conference Board Meeting

12:00-4:00 pm: Pre-Conference Genealogy Institute

This special afternoon featuring an interactive workshop led by

Jose Esquibel has been opened to the public for a small fee.

Scroll further down for details. 

4:00-6:30 pm: Conference Registration

5:00-5:30 pm: Welcoming Remarks by SCJS President Dolly Sloan

5:30-7:00 pm: Panel 1: Crypto-Judaism through a Comparative Lens

Chair: Chana Cohen

1. Irwin Berg, New York, NY. "Greece, The Oldest Jewish Community on European Soil"

2. Abraham D. Lavender, Florida International University. "How Much Did Baruch Spinoza's Crypto-Jewish Heritage Influence His Philosophy?"

3. Andrew Roome, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. "Crypto-Jews and Hasidic Jews: Similar or Different?

7:00-8:15 pm: Buffet Dinner

Keynote address by Dr. Gretchen Starr-LeBeau,

University of Kentucky. "Accusers and Accused:

Crypto-Jewish Women before the Inquisition"

Monday, July 29th

7:30-8:45 am: Breakfast buffet

8:45-9:00 am: Welcome

9:00-10:30 am: Panel 2: Remnants of Jewish and Crypto-Jewish Communities and the Crypto-Jewish Phenomenon Today

Chair: Debbie Isard

1. Kate Regan, University of Portland. "Labor of Love: The Discovery, Recovery and Restoration of the Medieval Synagogue in �beda, Spain"

2. Angelita Correa Surage. "The presence of Arab/Berbers (Andalus) in the material culture of the American Southwest: acequias, agriculture, foodways, and adobe architecture"

3. Schelly Talalay Dardashti. "Cervera, Catalunya: A medieval archive offers hope for today's Sephardic genealogists"

10:30-10:45 am: Break

10:45 am-12:15 pm: Panel 3: Personal narratives about Crypto-Judaism

Chair: Seth Ward

1. Yliana Miller Garza, Asheville, NC. "Revelations en Route to a Jewish Wedding"

2. Daniel D�az-Huerta, Albuquerque, NM. "Crypto-Jewish Ritual Innovation: A Study of Liturgical Expression and Transmission in New Mexico"

3. Frances Salas, Shiprock, NM. "The Descendants of King David in New Mexico"

12:15-1:30 pm: Box lunch served on the patio outside GOCA

1:30-2:45 pm:

Second Annual Martin Sosin Address to advance scholarship about the crypto-Judaic arts.

Jane Gerber, City University of New York. "Crypto-Jews, 'New Jews', and the Art of Hebrew Printing in the Sixteenth Century"

3:00-4:30 pm: Panel 4: Crypto Judaism and the Arts

Chair: Dolores Sloan

1. Lorenzo A. Trujillo, Southwest Musicians. "The Secret in our Music and What I Just Don't Understand"

2. Mercedes Gail Guti�rrez / Nitzah Avigayil. "The Want of Knowing: A Crypto-Jew's Dilemma"

4:30-4:45 pm: Afternoon break

4:45--6:15 pm: Panel 5: Crypto-Judaism Today: Identity and Representation on and off Campus

Chair: Kathleen Alcal�

1. Seth Ward, University of Wyoming. "Crypto-Judaism Comes of Age: Acceptance, Authority and Authenticity"

2. Roger Martinez, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. "A UCCS-SCJS Initiative: Framing the New Mexico History Museum Exhibition on Sephardic and Crypto-Jews"

3. Genie Milgrom, Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami. "When the Walls Speak: The Latest Findings on Crypto Jewish Etchings and Architecture in the North of Spain and Portugal"

6:15-6:30 pm: Pre-dinner break

6:30-7:45 pm: Buffet dinner and annual membership meeting

7:45-9:00 pm: �FIESTA!

Annual Judy Frankel Memorial Concert:

Lorenzo Trujillo

and the Southwest

Musicians and Dancers

in the star-spangled

Colorado evening

Tuesday, July 30th

7:30-8:45 am: Breakfast buffet

8:45-9:00: Welcome

9:00-10:30 am: Panel 6: Language and Literature

Chair: Matthew Warshawsky

1. Evelyn Dean-Olmsted, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. "�Jaram! Arabic Heritage Words in the Jewish Mexican Linguistic Repertoire"

2. Dolores Sloan, President, SCJS, and independent scholar. "Evaluating Works of Crypto-Judaic Fiction: Has the Genre Moved into the Mainstream of American Literature?"

3. Rachel Bortnick, Dallas, TX: "Ladino: Is it a marker of Crypto-Jewish identity?"

10:30-10:45 am: Break

10:45 am-12:15 pm: Panel 7: Historical Perspectives

Chair: Rachel Bortnick

1. Tawnie Mizer, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. "The Road to Spanish Expulsion: Evaluating Forced Jewish Conversion in 13th-century Spain"

2. Matthew Warshawsky, University of Portland. "Survival of a Hidden Minority: Crypto-Jews and Inquisitorial Prosecution in Colonial Latin America"

3. Kimberley A. Sweetwood, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. The Extremaduran Sephardic Genealogy Database: An Introduction"

12:15: Adjourn

The public is invited to join conference attendees for a rare evening  music/dance presentation by one of Colorado's treasured folk musicians and music historians, Denverite Dr. Lorenzo Trujillo, along with the Southwest Musicians. Their program, scheduled for Monday evening, July 29th, will highlight Crypto- Judaic culture, music, and dance in context, as well as interpret a contemporary story of love and deception.

The Southwest Musicians include a trio of accomplished artists who have collaborated on several recordings; Dr. Robert Klimek, Dr. Catherine Skokan, William Archuleta, and Dr. Lorenzo Trujillo. Between them they share vocals and perform on violin, piano, harpsichord, lute and virginal. Dancers include Virginia Molina, Ellen Alires-Trujillo, and Herman and Patsy Martinez.

Lorenzo Trujillo was awarded the 1996 Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts, acknowledging his work as a folk violinist, guitarist, and vocalist, among other accomplishments as a musician, ethnic dancer, folklorist, arts administrator, and culture bearer for approximately four decades. 

In 2004, he was awarded the Hilos Culturales Distinguished Traditional Folk Artist Premio for his lifetime contributions to the traditional Hispanic traditions of Southern Colorado and New Mexico.  He has presented thousands of concerts, lecture demonstrations, and has published extensively in the area of traditional music and dance of the Southwest United States over the past 40 years and has recorded and performed for television, radio and on numerous CDs.  In 2009, he was inducted into the Colorado Chicano Music Hall of Fame.