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"The Hidden Jews of New Mexico"

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All the material was recorded and produced by Benjamin Shapiro and is available on one of three programs "The Hidden Jews of New Mexico," "Rekindling the Spirit," and " Return to Iberia."

track1
time: 1:50

1. Dr. Stanley Hordes, formerly the State Historian of New Mexico, explains how he has researched the history of the earliest Spanish colonials and hints of their hidden Jewish identity from present-day descendants.

track2

time: 1:54
2. Dr. Rowena Rivera, ethnomusicologist at the University of New Mexico, has studied the folk songs of New Mexico and compared them to Sephardic music from that period in Spain, where she has found examples of Jewish religious themes. Illustrated with a 1942 recording of the New Mexican folk song "La Zalaga".

track3
time: 1:55
3. Raised as Catholics, many people have found it difficult and frightening to learn that they might be from a family of hidden Jews. This story, told by a man who wished to remain anonymous, is one of the most dramatic.

track4

Time :45

4. Another story was related by a women who learned that she might be a hidden Jew after inheriting her Grandmother’s diary.

track5

time: 1:16

5. Even if they are not directly tied to a hidden Jewish identity, many writers and scholars have become interested in this aspect of their New Mexican cultural roots.

track6
time :34
6. Ray Padilla, who teaches Chicano culture at Arizona State University at Tempe also includes the impact of Spanish Jews in the southwest.

track7

time :41
7. Sociologist Tomas Atencio believes that once they learn about their heritage, many hidden Jews become almost obsessed with finding this identity.

track8
time 1:05
8. In 1492, Spain expelled the 200,000 Jews who lived there. Five hundred years later, in 1992, the country made a symbolic gesture by welcoming them back in a special ceremony hosted by the King of Spain. New Mexican Dennis Duran accepted the invitation.

track9

time 2:56
9. Ramon Salas and Gloria Trujillo traveled to Spain and Portugal to find traces of their history. In the little southern Spanish town of Coral de Almaguer, they discover records of an ancestor who as born there between 1574 and 1580.

track10

time: 2:11
10. Ramon and Gloria met with other hidden Jews from Belmonte, a village in the mountains of Eastern Portugal. They were shown the old Jewish Quarter by Josef, who pointed out still visible signs of the Inquisition.

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track1 time: 1:50	1. Dr. Stanley Hordes, formerly the State Historian of New Mexico, explains how he has researched the history of the earliest Spanish colonials and hints of their hidden Jewish identity from present-day descendants.
track2 time: 1:54	2. Dr. Rowena Rivera, ethnomusicologist at the University of New Mexico, has studied the folk songs of New Mexico and compared them to Sephardic music from that period in Spain, where she has found examples of Jewish religious themes. Illustrated with a 1942 recording of the New Mexican folk song "La Zalaga".
track3 time: 1:55	3. Raised as Catholics, many people have found it difficult and frightening to learn that they might be from a family of hidden Jews. This story, told by a man who wished to remain anonymous, is one of the most dramatic.
track4 Time :45	4. Another story was related by a women who learned that she might be a hidden Jew after inheriting her Grandmother’s diary.
track5 time: 1:16	5. Even if they are not directly tied to a hidden Jewish identity, many writers and scholars have become interested in this aspect of their New Mexican cultural roots.
track6 time :34	6. Ray Padilla, who teaches Chicano culture at Arizona State University at Tempe also includes the impact of Spanish Jews in the southwest.
track7 time :41	7. Sociologist Tomas Atencio believes that once they learn about their heritage, many hidden Jews become almost obsessed with finding this identity.
track8 time 1:05	8. In 1492, Spain expelled the 200,000 Jews who lived there. Five hundred years later, in 1992, the country made a symbolic gesture by welcoming them back in a special ceremony hosted by the King of Spain. New Mexican Dennis Duran accepted the invitation.
track9 time 2:56	9. Ramon Salas and Gloria Trujillo traveled to Spain and Portugal to find traces of their history. In the little southern Spanish town of Coral de Almaguer, they discover records of an ancestor who as born there between 1574 and 1580.
track10 time: 2:11	10. Ramon and Gloria met with other hidden Jews from Belmonte, a village in the mountains of Eastern Portugal. They were shown the old Jewish Quarter by Josef, who pointed out still visible signs of the Inquisition.