A History of the Jews in New Mexico

by Henry J. Tobias

Book Overview

In this first history of the Jews in New Mexico--from the colonial period to the present day--the author continuously ties the Jewish experience to the evolution of the societies in which they lived and worked. The book begins with one of the least known but most fascinating aspects of New Mexico Jewry--the crypto-Jews who came north to escape the Mexican Inquisition. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the story is more familiar: German merchants...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826313906
• ISBN13: 9780826313904
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A History of the Jews in New Mexico

My relatives are listed in this book. It was interesting seeing what they accomlished after coming to America