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The Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies (SCJS) fosters the research of the historical and contemporary development of crypto-Jews of Iberian origin. Additionally, it provides a venue for the descendants of crypto-Jews, scholars, and other interested parties to network and discuss pertinent issues. The society was founded 1991 by Rabbi Joshua Stampfer of Portland, Oregon; Dr. Stanley Hordes of Santa Fe, New Mexico; and playright Rena Down of New York City.

LATEST NEWS FROM SCJS

The 20th Annual Conference

of the SCJS was recently completed in

San Antonio, Texas

See the program

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Please plan to attend the 21st Annual Conference

San Diego, August 7 - 9, 2011

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PUBLICATIONS

HaLapid, the quarterly publication of SCJS, presents scholarly articles, personal stories and reviews of books and other media dealing with the history, culture and contemporary problems of crypto Jews.

Click here for articles from HaLapid.

Click here for personal stories of people who have discovered their secret Jewish background.

Click here for reviews of books and films and closeups of members who have contributed to the success of our society

Our annual conference is held each August where papers, personal stories and much more are presented. Click here for summaries of past conferences

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Journal of Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian Crypto Jews, an annual journal devoted to academic, peer-reviewed, papers on the topic of crypto Judaism. It is published by Florida International University with SCJS. Editor-in-Chief is Abraham Lavender PhD of FIU, former president of SCJS; Editor is Dolores Sloan, former editor of HaLapid and Business Manager is Arthur Benveniste.
The 2009 and 2010 issues have been mailed to all current members. To order a copy, please send $10 to SCJS, 333 Washington Blvd. #336, Marina del Rey, CA 90292 (See the JSPIC-J Website)

Submit an article for consideraton in The 2011 edition of the Journal of Spanish, Portuguese and Italian Crypto Jews

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The Sephardic Jews of Spain and Portugal: Survival of an Imperiled Culture in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries by Dolores Sloan is now available. For a description click here

Check here for Membership information.