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“Crypto-Jews” in New Mexico, Sunshine Week, New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange
This week, NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS presents a companion piece to the national series “THE STORY OF THE JEWS WITH SIMON SCHAMA,” which premiers Tuesday, March 25 at 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. on Ch.5.1. NMiF Producer Megan Kamerick focuses on the experience of “conversos” or “crypto-Jews” in New Mexico. In 1492, the Edict of Expulsion…
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NMiF Producer Megan Kamerick continues her discussion with Frances Levine of the NM History Museum, Roger Martinez-Davila, professor at the University of Colorado, and Sonya Loya, artist and educator and descendant of conversos, or Crypto-Jews. They discuss some of the controversy over the story of the conversos.
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