HaLapid Fall 2010/Winter 2011

A Double Issue Fall 2010 plus Winter 2011

Portrait of an Artist

Portrait of an Artist

Published December 17, 2010

Some years ago I was working on a series of paintings rooted in the more recent history of urban life in New Mexico. I used calaveras (skulls) as a metaphor for times past as I drew on stories from friends and relatives about places and situations, the stuff of familial legend (see insert). At that [...]

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Letter from the Editor

Letter from the Editor

Published December 9, 2010

Letter from the Editor There is an old Jewish story told about a grandfather and a e~ grandson making preparations for an upcoming holiday. The grandson, a recent bar mitzvah, is to experience his first purifying ritual bath in a mikvah (pool). He and his grandfather journey to a nearby lake so that the grandson [...]

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Bimuelos: An Historical Recipe

Bimuelos: An Historical Recipe

Published December 9, 2010

Bimuelos: Honeyed Fritters from the time of the Inquisition Judging from Spanish and Portuguese Inquisition testimonies and from other documents relating to Iberian Jews, Hanukah seems to have been an extremely minor holiday in late medieval Iberia. Despite the holiday’s minor status in the lives of Iberian Jews, a memorandum was prepared as a guide [...]

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