Remnants of a Hidden Faith: New Mexico's Sephardic Jews

Remnants of a Hidden Faith: New Mexico's Sephardic Jews - New Mexico’s early Spanish settlers practiced a hidden faith. They were the Sephardic Jews who eluded the Inquisition under the guise of being conversos, Jews who had converted to Catholicism. Of the 19 founding families of Santa Fe, 11 are believed to have been Jewish. 

Join Ana Pacheco, the former Santa Fe City Historian (2015–2017), for her monthly presentations as she delves into four centuries of Santa Fe history. Through her thirty-two years as a writer and historian Pacheco has created books, articles, blogs, videos, and five-star walking tours of her beloved hometown. In the last three decades she has pieced together the puzzle that makes Santa Fe the most historically significant city in the U. S.