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Nonfiction The Converso’s Return: Conversion and Sephardi History in Contemporary Literature and Culture Dalia Kandiyoti
Nonfiction The Spanish Holocaust: Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain Paul Preston
Nonfiction Between Christian and Jew: Conversion and Inquisition in the Crown of Aragon, 1250 – 1391 Paola Tartakoff
Nonfiction Inquisitorial Inquiries: Brief Lives of Secret Jews and Other Heretics Richard L. Kagan; Abigail Dyer, eds. and trans.
Essay Genetic Memory: Feeling Jewish Earlier this week, Doreen Carvajal wrote about trying to recover her family’s secret identity and how to unlock and preserve memories. She has been blogging… Doreen Carvajal August 17, 2012
Essay Unlocking Memories Earlier this week, Doreen Carvajal wrote about trying to recover her family’s secret identity. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book… Doreen Carvajal August 15, 2012
Essay Hunting Family Ghosts Doreen Carvajal’s first book, The Forgetting River, is about her search to recover her Catholic family’s hidden Sephardic Jewish roots in a mystical white… Doreen Carvajal August 13, 2012
