Conference on "The Jewish Experience in Mexico"
Department: Jewish Studies
Date and Time: May 21, 2017 - May 22, 2017 | 9:00 AM-6:00 PMEvent 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