The Jewish Community in Mexico: Its Life and Education

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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
Cultural History
Curriculum and Instruction
Educational Administration and Supervision
Educational Methods
History of Religion
Jewish Studies
Language and Literacy Education
Latin American History
Latin American Languages and Societies
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Levitz, Jacob
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The Jews have been associated with New Spain, as Mexico was formerly called, since the conquest of the country. It is known that among the conquistadores who accompanied Cortes there was the Marrano Hernando Alonso.1 The Marranos, or their descendants, who fled to New Spain hoping to free themselves from the surveillance of the Inquisition, soon found its very dreadful arm reached out to them in the new habitat. Even before the arrival of the offical Inquisition (1571) for the purpose of freeing the land "which has become contaminated by Jews and heretics ...,"2 a number of persons where persecuted and tried for practicing Judaism.

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Leo L. Honor
Raphael Patai
Bernard D. Weinryb
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1954-04-28
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Library at the Katz Center - Archives Room Manuscript. F1399.J4 L485 1953.
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