THE STRUGGLE FOR IDENTITY OF THE SECRET JEWS OF THE BALEARIC ISLANDS OF SPAIN

You are cordially invited to attend a conference
THE STRUGGLE FOR IDENTITY OF THE SECRET JEWS
OF THE BALEARIC ISLANDS OF SPAIN

Conference Program

10:00-10:30 Registration and refreshments

Opening remarks:

Prof. Zvi Arad, President of Netanya Academic College
Mr. Yitzhak Navon, 5th President of the State of Israel
His Excellency Don Fernando Carderera, Ambassador of Spain in Israel
Justice Meir Shamgar, President (ret.) of the Supreme Court of Israel
Mr. David Hatchwell Altaras, President of the Jewish Community of Madrid
Prof. Michael Corinaldi, chairman of the International Institute for Secret Jews (Anusim) Studies, Netanya Academic College

11:00-12:30 First session: The Phenomenon of the Anusim: Social, Political, and Cultural Aspects

Chair: Mr. Michael Glatzer, Yad Ben Zvi Institute, Jerusalem
Mr. Pere Bonnín, MA, author and journalist (Majorca):
«The In?uence of the Torah on Hispanic Place Names and Personal Names»
Dr. Nitai Shinan, Bar Ilan University (Israel):
«The Conversos, the Inquisition, and Spanish 19th Century Historiography»
Prof. Michael Corinaldi:
«The Anusim of Majorca – A Strategy of Jewish Existence»

12:30-12:45 Coffee break

12:45-2:00 Second session:  Expressions of the Anusim Experience in the Balearic Islands

Chair: Prof. Jack Cohen, Hebrew University (ret.) (Israel)
Mrs. Gloria Mound, executive director, Casa Shalom—Institute for Marrano-Anusim Studies (Israel):
«How the ‘Crypto-Jews’ of Majorca, Minorca, and Ibiza Preserved their Identity»
Mr. Ladd Ehlinger, architect and historian (New Orleans, USA):
«Finding my Minorcan Sephardi Roots»
Mr. Miquel Segura, author and journalist (Majorca):
«Chuetas of Majorca: We are the History»

2:00-2:30 Break for light lunch

2:30-4:00 Third session: The Anusim of Majorca: A Strategy of Jewish Existence

Chair: Prof. Michael Corinaldi, chairman of the International Institute for Secret Jews (Anusim) Studies, Netanya Academic College
Prof. Gonçal Lopez-Nadal, University of the Balearic Islands (Majorca):
«The Maritime Trade of the Chuetas in the 17th and 18th Centuries»
R. Shalom Bahbout, chief rabbi of the Jewish community of Naples (Italy):
«Rabbi Don Isaac Avrabanel’s Perspective on the Spiritual Redemption of the B’nei Anusim»
Prof. Schulamith Halevy, Hebrew University (Israel):
«A Report on Current Research: B’nei Anusim in Spain and the Balearic Islands»
Prof. Dov Stucynski, Bar Ilan University (Israel):
«Legal Discrimination and the Political Discourse of the Chuetas and the Conversos in Portugal»

The conference will be held in Hebrew and English, with simultaneous translation.
The conference program is subject to change.
Fee for the conference (includes light lunch): NIS 50
Please register by 10 October 2012
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Netanya Academic College, Tshuva Hall
Monday, 15 October 2012, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Phone: +972 (0) 9-860-7837