Jewish History
By Ron Duncan Hart Warning: This article is for a mature audience and contains the vivid original Inquisition description of the torture of a Portuguese Jew. Tens of thousands of voices of hidden Jews are recorded in the archives of the Spanish Inquisition. In their trial records we can see
Profile
Interview with Gloria Abella Ballen and Ron Duncan Hart Rabbi Dr. Jack Shlachter is the rabbi of the Los Alamos Jewish Center and HaMakom in Santa Fe. He is a physicist and the past Head of the Theoretical Division of Los Alamos National Laboratory. This interview, edited for clarity, is
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Ron Duncan Hart Have you wondered about the stories of your family that you wish you had asked when your parents were still alive? A year and a half ago, I met Ken Elsas Mayers who did know his family history, and it is about an exceptional American Jewish family.
Analysis
By Ron Duncan Hart Benjamin Netanyahu has long had a close bond with American Evangelicals, who he has repeatedly called Israel’s best friends in the world. Evangelicals tend to share Netanyahu’s political goals and have invited him frequently to speak at their events, and he, in turn, has
Music Review
By Bonnie Ellinger On June 11, 2025, the Institute for Tolerance Studies organized a celebratory concert of Jewish composers for its 20th anniversary at the CCA Munoz Waxman Gallery in Santa Fe. The Institute was established by Ron Duncan Hart and Gloria Abella Ballen for the purpose of addressing antisemitism,
Community News
by Ron Duncan Hart April 22, 2025 The Institute for Tolerance Studies has announced its twentieth anniversary celebration led by key Jewish figures in the world of New Mexico music. Steven Ovitsky, the past executive director of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, will open the celebration on June 8
Jewish Day of Observance
By Ron Duncan Hart April 22, 2025 As Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, is observed on April 23rd, it is a day to remember the unthinkable killing of 6 million Jews and other millions of Roma, communists, gay people and political dissidents by Germans crazed by Nazi supremacy ideology
Community News
March 28, 2025 I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Juan Dircie recently, the new Director of the Jewish Community Relations Coalition of New Mexico and quickly realized that he brings a rich background of experience in Jewish community non-profit work. His engaging personality and quick smile immediately puts one
Community News
by Ron Duncan Hart Kudos to Opera Southwest and the National Institute of Flamenco for their remarkable production and World Premiere of Adam Del Monte’s Llantos 1492: A Flamenco Opera! Now, that’s a delightful twist—an opera sung in both Spanish and Hebrew about the Jews of Spain!
Analysis
by Ron Duncan Hart February 4, 2025 Over the last twenty years my wife Gloria Abella Ballen and I have spent months on end at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge in conversations with faculty members and doing research in their vast libraries. The Bodleian Library at Oxford has an
Analysis
By Ron Duncan Hart December 4, 2024 Is America in crisis? The religious right is telling us that we are. It is true that there is a crisis in religious circles. The number of adults identifying as Protestants has dropped from 69 percent in 1948 to 34 percent today. Membership