I am working with the New Mexico History Museum in developing the first major museum exhibition on the converso experience from Spain to Mexico and New Mexico. We have chosen to not use the term “marrano” because of the way it was historically used like other negative stereotype words used against African-Americans, Jews, and Italians among others in this country. We are using the term “converso” as the umbrella term to refer to any Jew to convert under whatever circumstances. We are using “anusim” to refer to those who were overtly forced to convert. We are using “crypto-Jews” only to refer to Jews who chose to continue practicing Judaism; we are not using “crypto-Jews” but rather “conversos” to refer to people who had the memory of the family having been Jewish in the past or to refer to people who did Jewish cultural practices without knowing that the practices were Jewish. Ron
> On Oct 8, 2015, at 8:18 PM, Chavah Carp <[email protected]> wrote: > > I believe the most favorable term that is most used now is Anusim. In hebrew > it mesns coerced (converted Jews by force). That is my $.02. Rabbi Chavah > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 8, 2015, at 4:13 PM, Kuperman, Aaron <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> The term is in LCSH as well as the BM schedule. I am currently making a >> proposal for KBM and for the legal form of the heading and I wonder if I >> should call the PSD’s attention that at least some people consider the term >> offensive (the book uses the term “conversos” in the title). Is “marrano” >> sufficiently offensive that it should be replaced in LCC and LCSH? >> >> Aaron Kuperman, LC Law Cataloging Section. >> This is not an official communication from my employer >> >> __ >> Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual >> author >> and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) >> ================================== >> Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: >> [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: >> https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran >> <https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran> >> Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> Ha-Safran Archives: >> Current: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html >> >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html> >> Earlier Listserver: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html >> >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html> >> AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org <http://www.jewishlibraries.org/> >> -- >> Hasafran mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran >> <https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran> > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > [email protected] > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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