Taos Historic Museums | Taos, New Mexico
April 11th, 2010 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
History of the Crypto-Jews by Stanley M Hordes
Stanley M. Hordes is adjunct research professor at the Latin American and Iberian Institute at the University of New Mexico. He earned his Ph.D. in Mexican History at Tulane University, where he received a Fulbright Dissertation Fellowship to perform research in Mexico and Spain. He is the author of numerous articles on the history of crypto-Judaism in Mexico and the U.S. Southwest. Dr. Stan Hordes is currently exploring the family roots of fifteen families from the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Cuba, to trace back their genealogies to Spain and other regions. The thesis of this research is to see if these families have converso, or Sephardic Jewish ancestry.
Location: Hacienda de los Martinez
