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Issue: Year-End 2013
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December 2013
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Dear Reader,
This has been a busy season for SCJS!
- The Fall/Winter 2013/5774 issue of our print journal HaLapid was recently mailed out and should be received soon.
- Year-End letters and envelopes for Membership Renewals and optional Donor Contributions were placed in both USPS and email. We are grateful for your generous support!
- The Committee for the Annual Meeting and Conference locked in the contract for Dallas TX at the Hilton Anatole, Sunday July 20 -- Tuesday July 22, 2014.
- We have put in place our new data-base designed to move us forward in keeping track of our GROWING number of members, conference participants, subscribers, institutions, organizations, and resources. Just a reminder that we do not share or make public the names of members who wish to preserve the privacy of their families.
- Our FACEBOOK page is vibrant with 'likes' and new stories being posted daily.
- We welcomed our first paid staff-interns without whose assistance none of the above achievements would have been possible. Thank you!
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Meet Three of Them Here~
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Chana Cohen
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Schelly Talalay Dardashti
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Huge thanks to Genie Milgrom, Chana Cohen, and Schelly Talalay Dardashti for their tireless efforts building bridges within the Southwest United States, across the Americas, as well as around the globe.
These three women are inspiring communities both new and old, renowned experts and interested individuals alike to come together in support of the common desire to learn and share about the crypto-Judaic experience.
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CALL FOR PAPERS for the Annual Conference in Dallas July 2014.
Submissions are due by May 1, 2014
CALL FOR PAPERS 24th Annual Conference
Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies
Dallas, TX
July 20-22, 2014
Please join us for the 24th annual conference of the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies, which for the first time will be held in Dallas from Sunday, July 20, through Tuesday, July 22, 2014.
Our keynote speaker will be
Miriam Bodian,
professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin
and author most recently of
Dying in the Law of Moses:
Crypto-Jewish Martyrdom in the Iberian World.
We invite papers on crypto-Judaism from any discipline (e.g., anthropology, history, sociology, philosophy, literature, music, etc.) and from any geographic location or time period.
We also welcome papers on all aspects of the Sephardic experience and that of other communities exhibiting crypto-Jewish phenomena.
Papers breaking new ground in research on crypto-Jews in Texas, New Mexico, and Southern Colorado are particularly welcome.
Interested scholars and professionals, including advanced graduate students, are invited to submit proposals for papers, presentations, or workshops
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Proposals are also welcome from individuals with personal stories or other personal research relating to crypto-Judaism.
Please send proposals or inquiries to:
Matthew Warshawsky,
International Languages and Cultures,
University of Portland
warshaws@up.edu
Proposal guidelines and instructions, click here.
Deadline for Proposals: May 1, 2014
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SUBMISSIONS Requested for Next Issue of HaLapid
Open Invitation To All Members of SCJS:
The deadline for the late spring edition of HaLapid has been extended to
January 31st, 2014. Please indulge us with your personal narratives, travel stories, essays and research data relating to crypto-Jewish history and culture. Send your copy in Word with photos to Corinne Brown at:
Corinnejb@aol.com
Word length is optional. Photos are appreciated.
I look forward to hearing from you,
Best,
Corinne Brown
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About the UCCS-SCJS Program
The Sephardic and Crypto-Judaic Studies Program (SCJS Program) is a formal, scholarly affiliation of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) and theSociety for Crypto-Judaic Studies (SCJS). Established on January 1, 2013, the program aims to foster collaborative scholarly research on Sephardic Jews (Jews of Spanish and Latino-descent) and crypto-Jews (descendants of Sephardic Jews who retained their faith in secret) in the greater Southwest United States and the world.
The affiliation aims to promote greater interdisciplinary work among the UCCS faculty and student body, the Society, the community of southern Colorado, international scholars, and members of the Sephardic community. Additionally, the affiliation seeks to engage Latino students and community members in a vigorous discussion of related issues of culture, religion, and identity.  It will be first university-based program in the United States to foster the integration of university scholars and students, community members, and an international association for the purposes of studying, discussing, and disseminating information on this cultural-religious phenomenon. During calendar years 2013 - 2015, the program seeks to establish a specialized academic curriculum that explores historical and contemporary issues relating to the Sephardic Jewry and crypto-Jews. For more information and to contact the program director, please click here.
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HOLD THE DATE!
July 20-22, 2014
Dallas, TX
Annual Meeting and Conference of the
Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies
at the luxurious
Hilton Anatole Hotel
Special Guest Rates will be published soon!
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La Granada's readership includes scholars and researchers within various academic disciplines from the American Southwest, all around the country and the world; talented artists, musicians, and writers; descendants of crypto-Jews who "return" and want to share their voyage of discovery with others: descendants of crypto-Jews who are interested in the historical but not necessarily religious implications of their discoveries; genealogists; geneticists; speakers of English, Spanish, Ladino, Yiddish, Turkish, Aramaic, Hebrew and other languages and dialects; and lay people with and without Iberian, Sephardic, or crypto-Jewish ancestors.
Please share La Granada with others and help us grow our mailing-list like the branches of the pomegranate tree.
Sincerely,
Debbie Wohl Isard, editor
La Granada
Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies
www.cryptojews.com
Thank you Marilyn Rose for painting the original pomegranates and creating the La Granada logo.
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The Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies fosters research, netwoking of people and ideas, and the dissemination of information regarding the historical and contemporary developments involving crypto-Jews of Iberian origins. Membership in this not-for-profit organization is open to anyone who is interested in learning more about this cultural phenomenon. Annual membership dues include the quarterly scholarly journal Ha Lapid, The Journal of Spanish, Portuguese and Italian Crypto Jews annual edition, and discounts on attendance at conferences and other activities. Complete dues information and more may be found at www.cryptojews.com
This on-line newsletter La Granada is available upon request at no cost. We welcome your comments and invite contributions of original materials including artwork, music, photography, poetry, short stories, personal accounts, announcements of relevant community activities, links to other resources, and more. Please address your email to editor.lagranada@gmail.com
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