To the End of the Earth: A History of the Crypto-Jews of New Mexico
In 1981, while working as New Mexico State Historian, Stanley M. Hordes began to hear stories of Hispanos who lit candles on Friday night and abstained from eating pork. Puzzling over the matter, Hordes realized that these practices might very well have been passed down through the centuries from early crypto-Jewish settlers in New Spain. After extensive research and hundreds of interviews, Hordes concluded that there was, in New Mexico and the Southwest, a Sephardic legacy derived from the...
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Stanley M. Hordes explores the remarkable story of crypto-Jews and the tenuous preservation of Jewish rituals and traditions in Mexico and New Mexico over the past five hundred years. He follows the crypto-Jews from their origins in medieval Spain and Portugal to their efforts to escape persecution by migrating to the New World and settling in the far reaches of the northern Mexican frontier. Drawing on individual biographies, family histories, Inquisition records, letters, and other primary sources, Hordes provides a richly detailed account of the economic, social, and religious lives of crypto-Jews during the colonial period and after the annexation of New Mexico by the United States in 1846. He concludes with a discussion of the reemergence of crypto-Jewish culture and the reclamation of Jewish ancestry within the Hispano community.
Table of Contents Foreword 1 The origins of crypto-Judaism on the Iberian Peninsula, 200 B.C.E.-1492 132 The crypto-Jewish experience in New Spain, 1521-1649 303 The origins of the first crypto-Jewish settlement in New Mexico : Luis de Carvajal and the failed colony of Gaspar Castano de Sosa, 1579-1591 724 Juan de Onate and the participation of crypto-Jews in the first permanent colony in New Mexico, 1595-1607 1045 Franciscans, the Inquisition, and secret Judaism in New Mexico, 1610-1680 1336 The role of crypto-Jews in the life of the New Mexico colony, 1680-1846 1777 Adjustments to Anglo-American society, 1846-1950 2158 Vestiges of crypto-Judaism in New Mexico at the turn of the twenty-first century 243App Pemphigus Vulgaris among Hispanos in New Mexico and its possible connection with crypto-Jewish populations 289\ Columbia University Press
\ Prime TimeTo the End of the Earth is a true magnum opus and a fitting conclusion to decades of research.\ — David Caffey\ \ \ \ \ \ New MexicoFor those tracking... family histories, this may prove invaluable... For any reader interested in how culture survives, this book is an inspiring one.\ \ \ \ New Mexico MagazineFor any reader interested in how culture survives, this book is an inspiring one.\ \ \ \ \ \ The Canadian Jewish NewsThe most extensively researched book on the subject to date... a compelling sociological study. \ — Ze'ev Glicenstein\ \ \ \ \ \ Santa Fe New MexicanThis book, honestly researched and beautifully written, can enlarge understanding of the troubled road followed by our evolving Western civilization.\ — Marc Simmons\ \ \ \ \ \ AVOTAYNUA compelling sociological study.\ — Bill Gladstone\ \ \ \ \ \ Western Historical QuarterlyThis is a well told and stunningly researched detective story.\ — David J. Webber\ \ \ \ \ \ Hispanic American Historical ReviewRemarkable-even astonishing-though, that we have had to wait until 2005 for a book to appear on a topic that is so intrinsically interesting and that so directly links North American history with that of the Iberian Peninsula.\ \ \ \ \ \ The Midwest Book ReviewHordes builds a compelling case that can not be easily dismissed. \ — Dr. Fred Reiss\ \ \ \ \ \ The AmericasHordes has made an important contribution to our understanding of the religious and ethnic diversity of the Southwest and of the force that the beliefs and practices he has brought to light continues to exert in the lives of the people of the region.\ — Thomas M. Cohen\ \ \ \ \ \ El Palacio[Hordes] reasons from past to present, and the present back to the past, constructing a message about the role of history in understanding how we see ourselves and how others see us.\ \ \ \ \ \ H-NewMexicoBy both assembling the genealogical legacy of Judaism in New Mexico, and supplementing it with rich insight into the everyday practices of crypto-Jewish communities in New Spain, Hordes has made a remarkable contribution to the study of these people.\ — Kathleen Holscher\ \ \ \ \ \ Religious Studies ReviewAny scholar seriously interested in global history or putting the "American experience" in a global context would be well served to pick up a copy. \ — Paul Kahan\ \ \ \ \ \ The Public HistorianThis book's combination of traditional archival research and oral history makes it a valuable addition to syllabi.\ — Andrea Orzoff\ \ \ \ \ \ Prime TimeTo the End of the Earth is a true magnum opus and a fitting conclusion to decades of research.\ \ \ \ \ \ The Canadian Jewish NewsThe most extensively researched book on the subject to date... a compelling sociological study.\ \ \ \ \ \ Santa Fe New MexicanThis book, honestly researched and beautifully written, can enlarge understanding of the troubled road followed by our evolving Western civilization.\ \ \ \ \ \ AVOTAYNUA compelling sociological study.\ \ \ \ \ \ Western Historical QuarterlyThis is a well told and stunningly researched detective story.\ \ \ \ \ \ Doctor; The Midwest Book ReviewHordes builds a compelling case that can not be easily dismissed.\ \ \ \ \ The AmericasHordes has made an important contribution to our understanding of the religious and ethnic diversity of the Southwest and of the force that the beliefs and practices he has brought to light continues to exert in the lives of the people of the region.\ \ \ \ \ \ H-NewMexicoBy both assembling the genealogical legacy of Judaism in New Mexico, and supplementing it with rich insight into the everyday practices of crypto-Jewish communities in New Spain, Hordes has made a remarkable contribution to the study of these people.\ \ \ \ \ \ Religious Studies ReviewAny scholar seriously interested in global history or putting the "American experience" in a global context would be well served to pick up a copy.\ \ \ \ \ \ The Public HistorianThis book's combination of traditional archival research and oral history makes it a valuable addition to syllabi.\ \ \ \ \ \ The Midwest Book ReviewHordes builds a compelling case that can not be easily dismissed.\ \ \
