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Come to Texas in July!
The Board of Directors of the
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Register Now!  July 20-22, 2014
Dallas, TX
Annual Meeting and Conference of the
Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies
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About the SCJS-UCCS Program
The Sephardic and Crypto-Judaic Studies Program (SCJS Program) is a formal, scholarly affiliation of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) and the Society 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 (Sephardic Jews that 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 SCJS, the community of southern Colorado, international scholars, and members of the Sephardic community. Additionally, the affiliation seeks to engage Latino students and community members into a vigorous discussion of related issues of culture, religion, and identity.
It will be first university-based program in the United States that fosters 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 through 2015, the SCJS Program seeks to establish a specialized academic curriculum that explores historical and contemporary issues relating to the Sephardic Jewry and crypto-Jews.
More information is available at: http://www.uccs.edu/history/undergraduate/sephardic-and-crypto-jewish-studies-program.html
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editor's note: 
Historical Fiction is a literary genre that blurs the lines between fact and imagination. Readers are invited to pretend as if the story could actually have taken place within the context of evidence-based settings. Time and place are authentically portrayed. The narrative feels real, as if the characters of the story actually engaged in the actions and dialogues portrayed. Yet, we know that much of the book's drama has actually emerged from the author's imagination.
Based upon research of an era's social customs, political environment, and other verified types of factual information, the author creates fictional characters who might have co-existed and even interacted with known historical figures. Universal themes of human behavior begin to emerge.
Details of daily living experiences offer the reader a chance to also imagine what it might have been like to live during a particular historical period.
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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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