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Issue: Call for Papers
Sante Fe Conference June 2016 Announced
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Dear Reader,
Mark your calendars for a schedule change in 2016, and save the date.
The SCJS Annual Meeting and Conference
will be held in the month of JUNE.
Our venue will be the Drury Plaza Hotel in Sante Fe, New Mexico.
Please join us there June 26-28, 2016.
The Call For Papers was recently broadcast to a lengthy list of scholars and scholarly institutions. But, of course, no list can be exhaustive of all potential sources for presenters. Our members' suggestions and referrals throughout the years have helped SCJS connect with researchers, archivists, authors, artists and musicians throughout the world. We ask you, our readers, to help spread the word again by sharing this newsletter with your colleagues, family, and friends. Individual accounts of personal journeys are a high-point of SCJS conferences. Indeed, it is the balanced blend of the academic with the anecdotal that shapes the SCJS conference experience for both attendees and presenters.
The SCJS Board of Directors welcomes Leonard Stein from Beershevah, Israel as the new Conference Program Chairperson. He succeeds Mathew Warshawsky of Portland, Oregon, who held that position for the previous three years.
SCJS members can look forward to learning more about Leonard in the next issue of the full-color print magazine HaLapid, scheduled to be in readers' mailboxes before the end of the year.
Hint and friendly call to action:
If you are receiving this newsletter La Granada via email, please know that upgrading to paid SCJS membership includes FREE receipt of both the HaLapid magazine and the scholarly peer-reviewed Journal of Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian Crypto-Jews. Join now by clicking here.
Information for registration and hotel reservation will be available in the coming months. Please help us spread the word for June 2016 in Sante Fe.
Best Wishes,
Debbie
Debbie Wohl Isard
editor.lagranada@gmail.com
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CONFERENCE 2016 ANNOUNCED!
Start planning now to join us in Sante Fe
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CALL FOR PAPERS
26th Annual Conference
Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies
"Redefining Crypto-Judaic Identity: Then and Now"
June 26-28, 2016
Drury Plaza Hotel
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Redefining Crypto-Judaic Identity: Then and Now
We cordially invite papers on crypto-Judaism from any discipline (e.g., anthropology, history, sociology, philosophy, literature, music, art history, etc.) and from any geographic location or time period. We are particularly interested in papers that explore questions of crypto-Jewish identity, both historically and contemporarily.
We welcome papers on all aspects of the Sephardic experience and that of other communities exhibiting crypto-Judaic phenomena anywhere in the world.
Proposals are welcome from individuals with personal stories or other personal research relating to crypto-Judaism. These may be for individual papers/presentations, or for panels on specific topics. Please indicate if the proposal represents completed research or work in progress.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
-- Recent Research/Developments in New Mexico and the Southwest
--The Transmission or Discovery of Family Traditions
--Biographies of Historical Conversos
--Crypto-Jews in Hispanic/International/Sephardic Culture
--Studies in Crypto-Jewish Art
--Literary Representations of Crypto-Jews
--Research on the Spanish Inquisition and Expulsion
Presentation proposals must include a title, a 200-word abstract/summary, a 100-word biographical resume/CV and speaker contact information. Proposals must be received by February 15, 2016; accepted speakers will be notified by mid-April.
Please note: All speakers are asked to pay the conference registration fee to participate in the conference. Further, no personal compensation is offered. Hotel costs are the speaker's responsibility. Group reservation rates are available. The Conference offers an exceptional opportunity to share your work and publications with peers and a target audience.
See www.cryptojews.com for more information about SCJS, this year's conference and past meetings.
Please send proposals or inquiries to:
Leonard Stein, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
The Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies is an international academic and secular association dedicated to fostering research in the historical and contemporary development of Sephardic crypto-Jews.
Proposal submission deadline: February 15, 2016
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Genie Milgrom
Speaker at Knesset Caucus for Reconnection
Israel October 2015
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Joe Lovett
Genie Milgrom
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Earlier this month, our very own Genie Milgrom, President of SCJS, was invited to share her personal journey during an address at the Inaugural Session of the Knesset Caucus for Reconnection With Descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Communities. This groundbreaking and historic gathering was convened by The World Jewish Congress, The Institute for Sephardic and Anousim Studies at Netanya Academic College, and Reconectar. Several members of SCJS were present along with notable invitees from all over the world. Genie's inspiring remarks may be viewed at:
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Sante Fe Jewish Book Fair
November 22, 2015
The Santa Fe Jewish Book Council promotes recognition and activities related to Jewish authors and Jewish related literature.
The Jewish Book Fair will be on Sunday, November 22 from 10 am to 4 pm, and we are inviting everyone who is a Jewish author or publisher of Jewish related books to show and sell their books at the Fair.
Please pass this message along to anyone you think would be interested. There will be a communal SFJBC table through which authors can sell individual titles for a fee of $10.00 per title, or an author or publisher can reserve a table for their work for a fee of $25.00.
To reserve space for individual titles on the SFJBC table or to reserve one or more author or publisher table(s), send a request to reserve with the number of titles or tables and the corresponding payment to:
Santa Fe Jewish Book Council P.O. Box 23924 Santa Fe, NM 87502. Please send reservations with payment to be received by Friday, Nov. 6.
As a part of the daylong activities there will be a series of speakers on Jewish books, book readings by authors, and a panel to discuss the art and challenges of writing.
The Fair will be held at: Center for Jewish Life 230 West Manhattan Ave. Santa Fe, New Mexico.
For further information write to:
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Volunteer Request
SCJS would like to have a presence at the Sante Fe Jewish Book Fair,
if we can find a volunteer to staff a table and pass out SCJS membership brochures to interested passersby.
Sign them up and be privileged to hand these new members their first copy of HaLapid!
Contact Ron Duncan Hart to volunteer your time. Thank you.
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A Note from the Editor's Bookshelf ~ 
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. Treat yourself to a journey in time and place from the comfort of your own reading chair.
~dkwi
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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 (read more about how we got our name).
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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