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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

Join us at the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies' 19 th Annual Conference!

When: August 2-4, 2009

Download and print your registration form here.

Where: Sheraton Denver West Hotel , 360 Union Boulevard, Lakewood, CO 80228. Phone: (303) 987-2000. The society has negotiated a discounted hotel rate of $109.00 per night. Please contact the hotel directly to make your room reservation and be sure to note that you will be attending the SCJS Conference.

What's Included in Your Full Conference Registration Fee: As our conference is densely packed with insightful speakers and lively panels, our registration includes most meals, beverages, and short-break snacks so that you do not need to leave the meeting to find a great meal. Specifically, it tentatively includes: Sunday's plated dinner (mahi mahi filet) and dessert, Monday's three meals (blacked salmon salad for lunch and grilled beef tenderloin for dinner) and beverages, and Tuesday's breakfast. Kosher meals are available upon request, but they will be subject to the actual expense incurred by the society.

Proposed Conference Panels:

*Juggling Identities: Identity and Authenticity among Crypto-Jews *Crypto-Judaism as Historical Novel.

  Proposed Sosin Grant Art's Program

*A conversation with Gabriela Böhm, filmmaker, and a screening of her work, "The Longing". *A Monday evening performance by Consuelo Luz, singer. *A material cultures exhibit by Sonya Loya, visual artist and curator.

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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 will soon be available. It is being 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. It will be published in the spring of 2009.

Check here for Membership information.

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

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