A Brief History of
The Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies
The SCJS was founded August 1990 by Rabbi Joshua Stampfer, Portland Oregon, and Dr. Stanley Hordes of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The Society for crypto Judaic Studies serves the following purposes: The fostering of research and networking of information and ideas into the contemporary development of crypto Jews of Iberian origins.
The Society meets formally once a year to discuss the history, culture and research of the Crypto-Jews. Next year’s conference is our fourteenth, and will be held in Miami Beach, Florida. The locations and dates of the conferences are as follows:
Taos NM,1991, Fort Burgwin Complex
Buena Park CA, 1992, Buena Park Hotel
San Antonio TX, 1993, Holiday Inn
Belmonte/Guarda Portugal, 1994
Tucson AZ, 1995, Best Western (formerly Aztec Inn)
Albuquerque NM, 1996, Hyatt Regency
Denver CO, 1997, Cherry Creek Inn
El Paso TX, 1998, Camino Real Hotel
Los Angeles CA, 1999, Furama Hotel
Albuquerque NM, 2000, Best Western Rio Grande
Pueblo CO, 2001, Holiday Inn
San Diego CA, 2002, Marriott Mission Valley Hotel
San Antonio TX, 2003, Hyatt Regency Hotel
Portland OR, 2004, Monarch Hotel and Conference Center
Miami Beach, FL, 2005 Hotel Marseilles
El Paso, TX, 2006, Holiday Inn – Sunland Park
Albuquerque, NM, 2007 Doubletree Hotel
Phoenix, AX, 2008, Embassy Suites Phoenix-Biltmore
Denver, CO, 2009, Sheraton Denver West Hotel
San Antonio, TX, 2010, Hilton Palacio del Rio
San Diego, CA 2011, Crowne Plaza Hotel
Albuquerque, NM 2012, Hotel Albuquerque
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