Join the Hispanic-Jewish Connection of the Jewish Community Relations Council in Viewing the movie: A long journey: the hidden Jews of the Southwest, with speaker and panel.
A one-hour film bringing to life the stories of modern-day New Mexican Catholics whose secret was their hidden Jewish roots. Includes the history of their 400-year journey from Spain through Mexico with persecution by the Inquisition, before finally settling in the Southwest. The physical journeys of these secret Jews ended in colonial times, but their internal journeys continue to this day.
Speaker: Dr. David Navarro, Associate Professor at Texas State University will be our moderator.
Panelists include members of our San Antonio Jewish community whose families are among the "hidden Jews."