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Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies
Sept. 22, 2024: FROM INQUISITION TO GENOCIDE: The Untold Story of Sefarad & the Holocaust
SCJS and our sponsor The Lawerence and Kathy Kanter Fund of the JCF of NE Florida will host our next webinar: Sunday, September 22 at 11am - 12:30pm MDT Presented by Dr. Isaac Amon Jewish Heritage Alliance (JHA) invites you to join us for a fascinating webinar event. This online event will discuss the [...]
Sept. 15, 2024: Expulsion, Inquisition, and the Erasure of Jewish Identity
SCJS and our sponsor The Lawerence and Kathy Kanter Fund of the JCF of NE Florida will host our next webinar: Sunday, September 15 at 11am - 12:30pm MDT Presented by Dr. Seth Ward Join us for "Expulsion, Inquisition, and the Erasure of Jewish Identity" by Dr. Seth Ward. This online event will take place [...]
June 30, 2024: From the Inquisition to Religious Freedom: The Story of Jews and the U.S. Constitution
Featuring Scholar and Lecturer Isaac Amon PhD. Sunday, June 30, 2024 Eastern 1:00 p.m | Central 12pm | Mountain 11am | Pacific 10am Follow the link below to register now with Eventbrite In collaboration with the Jewish Heritage Alliance and, as part of the ongoing SCJS Kanter Lecture Series, Isaac Amon's lecture will explore how and [...]
May 19, 2024: The SCJS Larry & Kathy Kanter Philanthropic Fund of the JCF of the NE Florida SCJA 2024 Lecture Series
Spring Event - Sunday May 19th 2024 12 noon Eastern / 10:00 Mountain / 9:00 a.m. Pacific The Jewish History of Madeira and the Azores by world traveler and Jewish Historian Irene Shaland Irene will also discuss the unsolved mystery of the ancient Sephardic Torah with an Ashkenazi cover. First given by a local [...]
17 De Marzo 2027: SCJS Conferencia Virtual Kanter: Conversos y Santa Ester por Ronit Treatman
Domingo, 17 de marzo: Conéctate a la magistral conferencia sobre criptojudíos, sincretismo e identidad el 17 de marzo 2:30PM ET, 1:30PM CT, 12:30PM MT, 11:30AM PT Pulse aquí para registrarse Política de reembolso Contacta con el organizador para solicitar un reembolso. La tarifa de Eventbrite no es reembolsable. Acerca de este evento [...]
April 17th, 2024: Online Lecture Series: The Crypto-Judaic View of the Biblical Queen Esther (Santa Ester)
Zoom lecture April 17th, featuring Ronit Treatman Noon-Eastern / 11:00 Central / 10:00 Mountain / 9:00 Pacific Time Click Here To Register on Eventbrite Minimum donation $5.00 Ronit Treatman The magilla of Queen Esther is held close to the hearts of many crypto-Jews of Iberia and Latin America. In this [...]
November 26th, 2023: Online Lecture Series: The Torah in the Tarot with Stav Appel
The new SCJS lecture series on Zoom got off to a great start on Sunday, November 26th with are our first featured speaker, Stav Appel, whose remarkable search into the connection between Tarot cards and hidden Jews riveted attendees at the recent 3rd annual conference in El Paso. Titled “The Torah in the Tarot”, [...]
Yaakov Gladstone Raises Funds For Belmonte
The tragic events which befell the Jews of Spain and Portugal 500 years ago were commemorated in March in Deerfield Park Florida using poetry ladino songs and conversations with scholars I organized the event feeling there should be a day to recall these tragic events for Jews who know almost nothing about this period of [...]
In Memory of Flavio Montoya
I was speaking to a new member of my havurah I happened to mention my interest in crypto Jews He said "My landlord is a crypt Jew" I said that I would like to meet himA few days later the three of us met for breakfast at a waterfront café in Redondo Beach And this [...]
An historical tour through the Jewish Caribbean
Since 1995 I have led Jewish heritage cruises throughout the Caribbean Participants most often come with the traditions of Eastern and Central European Jewry We sail past some of the thirty plus inhabited islands of the Caribbean forming a graceful and lush archipelago (together with others sparsely inhabited) beginning with Cuba ninety miles south of [...]
