“Children of the Inquisition:” Continuing the Conversation
On Sunday, November 22, 2020, Hebrew College, the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston (JGSGB), and Temple Beth Sholom of Framingham, MA hosted a Zoom panel discussion about the riveting film, “Children of the Inquisition.”
Nearly 500 people from the United States, Brazil, Canada, England, Germany, and Israel registered to screen the film in advance and joined us for the 1.5-hour panel discussion.
Missed the discussion? Watch the recording here.
To schedule a group viewing for your own school, synagogue, or community program, please contact the film’s producer and director, Joe Lovett, at lovett@lovettproductions.com or Company Manager Jordan Noël Hawkes at jordan@lovettproductions.com.
To connect with our panelists about their particular areas of expertise related to this film:
- DNA research: Adam Brown, Administrator, AvotaynuDNA Project and Managing Editor of AvotaynuOnline.com: adam.brown@avotaynudna.org
- Interreligious studies and community programming: Rabbi Or Rose, Founding Director of the Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership of Hebrew College: orose@hebrewcollege.edu
- Jewish African and African-American history in the United States: Keith Stokes, Vice President of the 1696 Heritage Group and descendant of a founder of the historic Touro Synagogue in Rhode Island: keithnpt@gmail.com
- Jewish genealogy: Carolyn Lee Kohlman, Co-President of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston: info@jgsgb.org
- MetroWest Jewish community engagement: Rabbi Allison Poirier `19 at Temple Beth Sholom in Framingham: rabbi-poirier@beth-sholom.org
- Personal experience with “conversos” history: José Portuondo-Dember at jose@portuondo.us, and Reyna Simnegar at mitzvahmachine@gmail.com and on Instagram @ReynaSimnegar
Thank you again to the JGSGB, Temple Beth Sholom, and our generous, anonymous donor who made this event possible. To help Hebrew College continue to provide free community programming, please donate here and make a difference today!