Conference on "The Jewish Experience in Mexico"

Department: Jewish Studies

Date and Time: May 21, 2017 - May 22, 2017 | 9:00 AM-6:00 PM

Event Location: Humanities Gateway 1010

Event Details


THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE IN MEXICO
A conference organized by
Matthias Lehmann and Jacobo Sefamí
Program in Jewish Studies
University of California, Irvine
May 21-22, 2017


Sunday, May 21
Humanities Gateway 1010

9am-11am
Crypto-Jews in New Spain


Chair: Matthias Lehmann University of California, Irvine

Ronnie Perelis Yeshiva University, New York
Reimagining the Sagrada Familia: Family and Faith in the life of Luis de
Carvajal, el Mozo (Mexico 1590s)

Antonio Cortijo University of California, Santa Barbara
De los xuetes a los criptojudíos americanos: recrudecimiento
inquisitorial en el siglo XVII

Esther Cohen Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Casos de circuncisión femenina en el México novohispano

11:10am-1:00pm
Migration and Culture in Contemporary Mexico


Chair: Alex Borucki University of California, Irvine

Liz Hamui Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Narrativas de integración al entorno nacional de un inmigrante judío
sirio: procesos micro-económicos en el negocio de la intermediación
financiera (1928-1956)

Evelyn Dean Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras
Central y marginal: judíos y judaísmo a través del museo Museo Sinagoga
Histórica Justo Sierra 71

Daniela Gleizer Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Historias olvidadas: “trata de blancas” judías en el México de la
posrevolución

2:00pm-4:00pm
Humanities Gateway 1070 | McCormick Auditorium
La última Inquisición
A film by Daniel Goldberg


Work in progress
Spanish and English (no subtitles)
“La última Inquisición” narra las historias personales de cuatro
personajes en México y Estados Unidos que se identifican como
descendientes de los Criptojudíos de la Epoca Colonial, así como de dos
académicos que han dedicado gran parte de sus vidas al estudio del tema.
Film screening and discussion with the director

4:15pm-6:15pm
Humanities Gateway 1070 | McCormick Auditorium
El Tercer Espacio
A film by Nejemye Tenenbaum


A hundred years after the establishment of the Jewish Syrian (Damascus)
Community in Mexico City, its history is revised through a number of
compelling and touching stories.

86 minutes. Spanish with English subtitles

Followed by discussion with the director

6:30-8:00pm
Humanities Gateway 1070 | McCormick Auditorium
La Mar Enfortuna
Music Performance

Featuring Sephardic music group from Mexico City

With generous support from UCI Illuminations

This show intends to recover the spirit of tolerance and splendor from
Medieval Spain, selecting and gathering a series of different music
manifestations of Sephardic culture and the different stages it has gone
through.

Monday, May 22
Humanities Gateway 1010

10:30am-12:30pm
Mexican-Jewish Literature


Chair: Alejandro Meter University of San Diego

Leo Senkman Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Isomorfismos, quimeras e imágenes de México en la obra de Esther
Seligson

Darrell Lockhart University of Nevada, Reno
The Semiotics of Djudeo-Espanyol in Recent Works by Myriam Moscona

Sara Poot-Herrera University of California, Santa Barbara
Margo Glantz: razón y corazón a un tiempo

2:00pm-4:00pm
Mexican-Jewish Cinema


Chair: Adriana Johnson University of California, Irvine

Daniel Goldberg
Chilaquiles y Matze Bols: Mirada interior

Nejemye Tenenbaum
Ethics in Documentary Filmmaking

Isaac Artenstein
Frontier Jews: Jewish Communities Along the US-Mexico Border

4:15pm-6:00pm
Mexican-Jewish Writers


Chair: Leo Senkman Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Margo Glantz  Writer, Mexico City
Una genealogía periférica: Jacobo Sefamí entrevista a Margo Glantz

Jacobo Sefamí University of California, Irvine
Árvoles yoran por luvyas: En Estambol te vo a bushkar

Myriam Moscona  Writer, Mexico City
Father Land: Una historia de familia