TALK: THE JEWISH COMMUNITY in EARLY COLONIAL MEXICO
Presented by David Gitlitz

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 5 PM
MX$ 90 (M) MX$130 (NM)

Jews in colonial Mexico? Well, not really. They were Christians whose parents and grandparents had been Jews in late 15th-century Iberia, and who still clung to some measure of Jewish beliefs and practices here in the New world.

We know the names of about 120 practicing Jewish-Christian women and men in Mexico during the 1500s. This talk will explore who they were, where they came from, why they came, where they settled, what they did when they got here, what their religious practices were like, and what became of them. (Spoiler alert: none of them are still alive today, but traces of their culture do remain.)

David Gitlitz worked for a number of universities in the US, Latin America, and Europe as a professor (literature, history, anthropology) and an administrator (program director, department chair, dean, academic vice president). His writing, some of it in conjunction with his late wife Linda Davidson, has been on topics of Spanish culture and literature, pilgrimages and holy places, Spanish-Jewish interrelations, and Renaissance cuisine. His first trip to Oaxaca was in 1960 (!), and he's been living full time in Santa Cruz Etla now for five years and considers it his home for the duration./

TALK: THE JEWISH COMMUNITY in EARLY COLONIAL MEXICO
Presented by David Gitlitz

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 5 PM
MX$ 90 (M) MX$130 (NM)

Jews in colonial Mexico? Well, not really. They were Christians whose parents and grandparents had been Jews in late 15th-century Iberia, and who still clung to some measure of Jewish beliefs and practices here in the New world.

We know the names of about 120 practicing Jewish-Christian women and men in Mexico during the 1500s. This talk will explore who they were, where they came from, why they came, where they settled, what they did when they got here, what their religious practices were like, and what became of them. (Spoiler alert: none of them are still alive today, but traces of their culture do remain.)

David Gitlitz worked for a number of universities in the US, Latin America, and Europe as a professor (literature, history, anthropology) and an administrator (program director, department chair, dean, academic vice president). His writing, some of it in conjunction with his late wife Linda Davidson, has been on topics of Spanish culture and literature, pilgrimages and holy places, Spanish-Jewish interrelations, and Renaissance cuisine. His first trip to Oaxaca was in 1960 (!), and he's been living full time in Santa Cruz Etla now for five years and considers it his home for the duration./

CHARLA: LA COMUNIDAD JUDÍA EN MÉXICO COLONIAL TEMPRANO
Presentado por David Gitlitz

MIÉRCOLES 12 DE FEBRERO 5 PM
MX $ 90 (M) MX $ 130 (NM)

Judios en el México colonial? Bueno en realidad no. Eran cristianos cuyos padres y abuelos habían sido judíos a fines del siglo XV en Iberia, y que todavía se aferraban a alguna medida de las creencias y prácticas judías aquí en el Nuevo mundo.

Conocemos los nombres de unas 120 mujeres y hombres judíos-cristianos practicantes en México durante el siglo XVI. Esta charla explorará quiénes eran, de dónde venían, por qué vinieron, dónde se establecieron, qué hicieron cuando llegaron aquí, cómo eran sus prácticas religiosas y qué fue de ellos. (Alerta de spoiler: ninguno de ellos todavía está vivo hoy, pero quedan rastros de su cultura).

David Gitlitz trabajó para varias universidades en los Estados Unidos, América Latina y Europa como profesor (literatura, historia, antropología) y administrador (director del programa, jefe de departamento, decano, vicepresidente académico). Sus escritos, algunos de ellos en conjunto con su difunta esposa Linda Davidson, han tratado temas de cultura y literatura española, peregrinaciones y lugares sagrados, interrelaciones hispano-judías y cocina renacentista. Su primer viaje a Oaxaca fue en 1960 (!), Y ha estado viviendo a tiempo completo en Santa Cruz Etla ahora durante cinco años y lo considera su hogar durante todo el tiempo.

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