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New Mexico's Crypto-Jews - Image and Memory (Paperback): Cary Herz

New Mexico's Crypto-Jews - Image and Memory (Paperback)

Cary Herz; Contributions by Ori Z. Soltes, Mona Hernandez

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While photographing the Congregation Montefiore Cemetery in Las Vegas, New Mexico, in 1985, Cary Herz first heard whispers about the other people. Thus began a twenty-year search for descendants of crypto-Jews, the Sephardic Jews who were forced to convert to Catholicism during the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions centuries ago. Many openly professed Catholicism, but continued to practice the Jewish faith privately. Herz's photographs and the accompanying essays honor the people whose ancestors, through families' oral histories and genealogical records, knew about their heritage. Other New Mexican Hispanics have recently begun to explore their families' customs and are only beginning to examine their possible blended lineage. To help complete her exploration, Herz sought out symbols--gravesites, artifacts, and icons--that might point toward the presence of the descendants of crypto-Jews who came to the New World. There has recently been a renewed interest in crypto-Jews, as DNA tests have revealed the Jewish heritage of a number of Hispanic New Mexicans.

General

Imprint: University of New Mexico Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: 2009
First published: 2009
Authors: Cary Herz
Contributors: Ori Z. Soltes • Mona Hernandez
Dimensions: 233 x 250 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 978-0-8263-4290-4
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic collections > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General
LSN: 0-8263-4290-6
Barcode: 9780826342904

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