Lectures For Lifelong Learners!

The Jewish people began to come to Mexico – then called “Nueva España” – more than 500 years ago. But during the period of Inquisition, their presence had to be hidden until the late 1800s. Learn how Mexico eventually became a center of Jewish culture, how many of today’s Mexicans are tracing previously hidden Jewish ties – and about Ladino, a language that developed for many in the Sephardic Jewish community.