Seth D. Kunin is Deputy Vice-Chancellor International at Curtin University.

The Crypto-Jewish phenomenon hit New Mexico like a Tsunami in the early 1980s when then State Historian Stan Hordes started hearing whispers and stories by Catholic Hispano New Mexicans about a hidden legacy long buried, yet still alive. This volume reveals how that experience of many New Mexicans has evolved, through traditions, music, heritage, and DNA technology, into something much vaster than initially suspected. Family histories and genealogies trace back through a labyrinth journey from northern New Mexico, through Mexico and the Caribbean, to the Canary Islands, then further back to Medieval Spain and Portugal, and North Africa as well. Loggie Carrasco is the real-life protagonist in this saga of life, death, persecution, re-discovery, and redemption.

• Part 1: History and CultureChapter 1. Song of the Sparrow: An Example of Cultural Continuity and CreationSeth D. KuninChapter 2. Oscillating Technologies of Sephardi Transmission: The Role of Notebooks and OralityVanessa Paloma ElbazChapter 3. “A Woman So Perfect Keeping the Law”: The Crypto-Jewish Faith of Justa Méndez in Colonial MexicoMatthew D. WarshawskyChapter 4. Testing Historical Memory: Tracing the Paternal Line of Loggie CarrascoStanley M. HordesChapter 5. From Jewish Merchants to Palestinian Muslims: The Sephardic Iskandarani-Djerbi FamiliesRoger Louis Martínez-DávilaPart 2: Creative ResponsesChapter 6. What They Left BehindAnnette B. FrommChapter 7. Crypto-Jews in Literature: Appropriation, Authenticity and AgencyDolores SloanChapter 8. New Mexico Jewish Faith KeepersIsabelle Medina SandovalChapter 9. Children of the Inquisition: Their Stories Can Now be Told - Reflections on Making the FilmJoseph Lovett and Hilary Klotz SteinmanChapter 10. Reflections

Seth D. Kunin is Deputy Vice-Chancellor International at Curtin University.

The Crypto-Jewish phenomenon hit New Mexico like a Tsunami in the early 1980s when then State Historian Stan Hordes started hearing whispers and stories by Catholic Hispano New Mexicans about a hidden legacy long buried, yet still alive. This volume reveals how that experience of many New Mexicans has evolved, through traditions, music, heritage, and DNA technology, into something much vaster than initially suspected. Family histories and genealogies trace back through a labyrinth journey from northern New Mexico, through Mexico and the Caribbean, to the Canary Islands, then further back to Medieval Spain and Portugal, and North Africa as well. Loggie Carrasco is the real-life protagonist in this saga of life, death, persecution, re-discovery, and redemption.

• Part 1: History and CultureChapter 1. Song of the Sparrow: An Example of Cultural Continuity and CreationSeth D. KuninChapter 2. Oscillating Technologies of Sephardi Transmission: The Role of Notebooks and OralityVanessa Paloma ElbazChapter 3. “A Woman So Perfect Keeping the Law”: The Crypto-Jewish Faith of Justa Méndez in Colonial MexicoMatthew D. WarshawskyChapter 4. Testing Historical Memory: Tracing the Paternal Line of Loggie CarrascoStanley M. HordesChapter 5. From Jewish Merchants to Palestinian Muslims: The Sephardic Iskandarani-Djerbi FamiliesRoger Louis Martínez-DávilaPart 2: Creative ResponsesChapter 6. What They Left BehindAnnette B. FrommChapter 7. Crypto-Jews in Literature: Appropriation, Authenticity and AgencyDolores SloanChapter 8. New Mexico Jewish Faith KeepersIsabelle Medina SandovalChapter 9. Children of the Inquisition: Their Stories Can Now be Told - Reflections on Making the FilmJoseph Lovett and Hilary Klotz SteinmanChapter 10. Reflections

Seth D. Kunin is Deputy Vice-Chancellor International at Curtin University.

The Crypto-Jewish phenomenon hit New Mexico like a Tsunami in the early 1980s when then State Historian Stan Hordes started hearing whispers and stories by Catholic Hispano New Mexicans about a hidden legacy long buried, yet still alive. This volume reveals how that experience of many New Mexicans has evolved, through traditions, music, heritage, and DNA technology, into something much vaster than initially suspected. Family histories and genealogies trace back through a labyrinth journey from northern New Mexico, through Mexico and the Caribbean, to the Canary Islands, then further back to Medieval Spain and Portugal, and North Africa as well. Loggie Carrasco is the real-life protagonist in this saga of life, death, persecution, re-discovery, and redemption.

• Part 1: History and CultureChapter 1. Song of the Sparrow: An Example of Cultural Continuity and CreationSeth D. KuninChapter 2. Oscillating Technologies of Sephardi Transmission: The Role of Notebooks and OralityVanessa Paloma ElbazChapter 3. “A Woman So Perfect Keeping the Law”: The Crypto-Jewish Faith of Justa Méndez in Colonial MexicoMatthew D. WarshawskyChapter 4. Testing Historical Memory: Tracing the Paternal Line of Loggie CarrascoStanley M. HordesChapter 5. From Jewish Merchants to Palestinian Muslims: The Sephardic Iskandarani-Djerbi FamiliesRoger Louis Martínez-DávilaPart 2: Creative ResponsesChapter 6. What They Left BehindAnnette B. FrommChapter 7. Crypto-Jews in Literature: Appropriation, Authenticity and AgencyDolores SloanChapter 8. New Mexico Jewish Faith KeepersIsabelle Medina SandovalChapter 9. Children of the Inquisition: Their Stories Can Now be Told - Reflections on Making the FilmJoseph Lovett and Hilary Klotz SteinmanChapter 10. Reflections