1.24.213 Introduction – Origins
- General Introduction and Entries in Reader, pp. 1-8, 17-19, 33-37, 133-136
- Jonathan Ray , Edict of Expulsion
- Leibman, The Lost Tribes and Indigenous Judaism (Listen to the Lamentatio)
- Edith Bruder, Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa: An Icon of Africa Judaism
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1.26.23 Inquisitional Memories
Aron Rodrigue, “The Jew as the Original ‘Other’: Difference, Antisemitism, and Race,” Doing Race: 21 Essays for the 21st Century, ed. Hazel Rose Markus and Paula M. L. Moya (NY: WW Norton, 2010)
Introduction to Part 1: Early Colonial Era (pp. ) and Entries in Reader, pp. 9-16, 20-32, 38-44, 52-54
- Noam Sienna, Confession of Sodomy & Judaizing
- Ronnie Perelis, Jewish Calendar by Luis de Carvajal the Younger
- Ana E. Schaposchnik, Mencía de Luna: A Woman in Front of the Lima Inquisition
- Laura Leibman, Merchant House of a Convicted Judaizer
- Brian Hamm, A Jewish Proselytizer in the New World
- Matthew Warshawsky, Criminal Case of Faith against María de Zárate, Wife of Francisco Botello, for Judaizing
- Frances Levine, Doña Teresa Confronts the Spanish Inquisition in New Mexico
CLOSE READING (Group 1): Choose one of the primary sources listed on the syllabus for the day. Write an object label for the text and choose what portion of the text you will display in your exhibit. In class we will learn how to use H5P.
1.31.23 Travel Narratives
Judith Hamera and Alfred Bendixen, “Introduction: New World and Old Lands – the Travel Book and the Construction of American Identity,” In The Cambridge Companion to American Travel Writing, ed. Bendixen/Hamera, 1-10. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009).
Entries in Reader, pp. 70-72
- Noam Sienna, A Gender-Bending Jewish Runaway
- Michael Waas, The Purchase of Slaves and a Sefer Torah
CLOSE READING (Group 2): Choose one of the primary sources listed on the syllabus for the day. Write an object label for the text and choose what portion of the text you will display in your exhibit. Now create an interactivity using H5P that helps people understand the text better.
2.2.23 Community and Loss
Miguel de Barrios, “Sonnet for Tomás Tremiño de Sobremonte”
Entries in Reader, pp. 45-48, 55-57
- Laura Leibman, Aboab da Fonseca and the Dutch Rescue of Recife
- Laura Leibman, Biblical Scenes on Gravestones
OBJECT ANALYSIS (Group 3): GRAVESTONES. Pick a Jewish gravestone from your city that is from this era. Write a brief analysis of the gravestone and create an interactivity using H5P that helps people understand the gravestone better. Jewish Atlantic World Database
2.7.23 Love and Belonging
Entries in Reader, pp. 58-69, 76-85
- Leibman, Poems of Love and Longing
- Leibman, Marriage Contracts
- Leibman, Nidhe Israel Synagogue Complex and Mikveh
- Julia Lieberman, Sermon by Samuel Mendes de Sola
- Leibman, The Charity Petition of Hannah Louzada
- Judah Cohen, Hanukkiah
OBJECT ANALYSIS (Group 2): SYNAGOGUE COMPLEX & RITUAL BATHS. Pick a synagogue or ritual bath from your city. Write a brief analysis of the synagogue or ritual bath and create an interactivity using H5P that helps people understand the gravestone better. Jewish Atlantic World Database.