Books
- Descendants of the Anusim (Crypto-Jews) in Contemporary Mexico
- The Secret Sabbath: Stories of Modern Descendants of the Forced Iberian Converts (forthcoming from University of New Mexico Press)
Schulamith Halevy on Anusim
Crypto-Jewish memory, return, testimony, and scholarship.
This page gathers Schulamith Halevy’s essays, articles, media appearances, resources, and related materials on Anusim and the descendants of Iberian forced converts.
Articles
- The Last Inquisition (Spertus Inst., 1995)
- Manifestations of Crypto-Judaism in the American Southwest (Jewish Folklore & Ethnology Review, 1996)
- Anusim in North America: The Ingathering (Tradition, 1995)
- Obscure Practices among New World Anusim (LAJSA, 1997)
- Prayers of Portuguese Anusim in Contemporary Brazil (World Jewish Congress, 1997)
- Bein Shmad le-Anisut (Moznaim, 2006; Hebrew)
- The Leadership Role of Women among Anusim (Woman and her Judaism, conference proceedings, 2001; Hebrew)
- Blood in the Church: The Inquisition Against Hernando Alonso (Hispania Judaica Bulletin, 2011)
- Reflections on the Current State of Latino-Jewish Heritage Research (2019)
Essays
- Los Judíos Secretos (Linea Directa, 1997)
- In Recognition of a Martyr (Luis de Carvajal el Mozo) (Kulanu, 1997)
- David’s Return (Linea Directa, 1997)
- Anusim Beyameinu (Pseifas 36, 1997; Hebrew)
- Remembering Bertha (Nativ, 1999; Hebrew)
- Roberto (Bull. Jewish Historical Seminars #1, 2000)
Sights and sounds
- The Secret Sabbath (discussion with Schulamith Halevy; documentary movie; Producciones Goldberg Lerner; 2023)
- I am Jewish and related documentary coverage (2023)
- Interview with Rabbi Aaron Soloveichik (March 1998)
- Lecture in San Pedro (July 2004)
- Mifgashim: Interview on Israel Radio with Yehuda
- Mifgashim: Interview on Israel Radio with Nissan ben-Avraham
- More videos
About
- After 500 Years, Discovering Jewish Ties That Bind, by Kathleen Teltsch (New York Times, November 12, 1992)
- Het ontdekken van cryptojoden als roeping, by Alice ten Napel (Reformatorisch Dagblad, June 8, 2020; Dutch)
- Secret Jews Believe They Still Have Crosses to Bear, by Tara Gruzen (Chicago Tribune, May 28, 1996)
- Welcome Them, But Respect Their Fear of Exposure, by Karen Primack (Kulanu, 1996)
Poems
Announcements
Resources
Related links
Other voices
- Luis de Carvajal Day (by Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago)
- Talk in San Antonio by Aliza
Lexicon
Key terms used throughout the archive.
- Anusim = forced converts (Hebrew), preferred term for descendants of Iberian converts, pronounced “ah-noo-sim”.
- Chueta = swine (Majorca), applied to Balearic New Christians.
- Converso = convert (Spanish), applies to former Jews and Moslems.
- Crypto-Jew = converso or descendant who practices Judaism in secret.
- Marrano = swine (Spanish), applied to Iberian New Christians.
- Meshumad = apostate (Hebrew), applies to converts by choice.
- New Christian = converso or descendant.
- Tinoq Shenishba = captured child (Hebrew), legal term for a Jew raised as non-Jew.
- Sephardi = Spaniard (Hebrew), a Jew of Spanish origin or one who follows Sephardic synagogue rite.
- Sefardita = Spaniard (derived from Hebrew), Jew or converso of Spanish-Jewish origin.
Disclaimer
- I work alone.
- I have never had assistants or helpers.
- I have never been anyone’s mentor or partner.
- I hold no position in any organization.
- I will never divulge anything told to me in confidence.
Art
Visual material linked from the original archive.
