COMMUNITY NEWS AND EVENTS       

August 2-8:  The Experience of Crypto-Judaism in New Mexico and the Hispanic World

Thursday, August 2:  Lecture by Anthropology Professor Seth D. Kunin, "Crypto-Jewish Identity in New Mexico," Santa Fe, Palace of the Governors Courtyard, 6:00 pm.  Free Admission.  Contact Dr. Frances Levine, Director, Palace of the Governors, 476-5093 or frances.levine@state.nm.us

Sunday, August 5:  Workshop: 'Jewish Genetic Diseases and their Presence Among Hispanic Populations in the US Southwest," sponsored by the New Mexico Jewish Historical Society, Albuquerque, Doubletree Hotel, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm (continental breakfast at 9:00 am).  Featuring prominent experts from the field of genetics, medicine, genetic counseling, anthropology and history. Admission: $12.00 members NMJHS; $20.00 non-members; $5.00 full-time students (includes breakfast and box lunch).  Contact Debbie Blackerby, 348-4471 or nmjhs@jewishnewmexico.org, or Stan Hordes, 255-6564 or smhordes@aol.com.

Sunday evening through Tuesday, August 5-7: 17th Annual Conference of the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies, Albuquerque, Doubletree Hotel.  Admission: $135.00 for members of the SCJS or NMJHS; $160.00 non-members; full-time student rate available (includes 2 continental breakfasts, 2 dinners and 1 lunch);  Additional discount for registration before August 1. Contact: Stan Hordes, 255-6564 or smhordes@aol.com;  or www.cryptojews.com. For more information on the SCJS Conference, contact Gloria Trujillo: GTRUJ@sbcglobal.net.

Wednesday, August 8:  Lecture/Concert on Music of the Crypto-Jews from the Spanish Inquisition until Modern Times, by Vanessa Paloma, Albuquerque, Jewish Community Center, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. 

Vanessa Paloma is active as a soloist, performance artist, writer and lecturer based in Los Angeles. She’s a Fulbright Senior Research Fellow for 2007-2008 in Morocco. She founded and co-directs Flor de Serena, a Judeo-Spanish ensemble based in Los Angeles. Paloma began her musical studies at a young age at the San Juan Children’s Choir in Puerto Rico and later continued at the Andes University in her native Bogotá, Colombia. After moving to the United  States, Paloma studied at Indiana University’s School of Music where she received a Master of Music in Early Music performance, specializing in the music of medieval Spain. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see/hear her!

Admission:  $10 (includes lunch). Register online at www.jccabq.org. For more information call 348-4500.

This program is funded through generous grants from Genzyme, the Kaiserman Family Foundation, and  Steve and Connie Robinson through the NM Community Foundation

The NMJHS is a beneficiary agency of the Jewish Federation of New Mexico.

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Sunday, August 26,  5:00 pm:  Struggling with the Burden of the Holocaust: Towards Finding a Way to Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Sunday Evening Program and Reception)

With Guest Speaker Professor Dan Bar-On Professor of Psychology, Department of Behavioral Sciences Ben Gurion University

American Associates, Ben Gurion University Greater Texas Region and

Temple Beth Shalom, 205 East Barcelona Road, Santa Fe, NM 87505

Professor Dan Bar-On was born in 1938 in Haifa to parents of German descent.  He was a member of Kibbutz Revivim for 25 years where he worked in the Kibbutz clinic, specializing in therapy and research with families of Holocaust survivors.  In 1981 he received his Ph.D. at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

In 1985 he launched a pioneering field of research in Germany, studying the psychological and moral aftereffects of the Holocaust on the children of the perpetrators.  Prof. Bar-On has brought together descendants of survivors and perpetrators for five intensive encounters (the TRT group, shown by the BBC on TimeWatch, October, 1993), as well as students from the third generation of both sides. This pioneering research in conflict negotiation has been applied to programs promoting coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians including the Peace Research Institute in the Middle East (PRIME), of which Prof. Bar-On is Co-Director and Project Coordinator.

Prof. Bar-On is the author of such books as, Legacy of Silence: Encounters with Children of the Third Reich (1989), now translated and published in French, German, Japanese and Hebrew, Fear and Hope: Three Generations of Holocaust Survivors’ Families, published in Hebrew, English, German and Chinese and, most recently, The Indescribable and Undiscussable (1999).

Please RSVP by emailing dbergeron@aabgu.org  

soifer@comcast.net  or by calling 713-522-8284