Jewish settlers left strong imprint in the Rio Grande Valley

Brownsville Herald ^ | 12-7-05 | Travis M. Whitehead

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[SirLurkedalot]

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[Ditter]

This is very intresting. One branch of my mothers family that settled in Texas in the 1820's was named Issack. They didn't come from Mexico but came the other route across the southern US. I have been asked many times if they were Jewish but I have no knowledge that they were.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Interesting read !

[MeanWestTexan]

It is interesting. Most every old West Texas ranching family has some Jewish ancestors (myself included). We have prayer shawls, menorahs, the whole bit . . all locked away in the attic, alas.

Also, Galveston was a major Jewish immigration location, further bringing in influence.

[xJones]

Very interesting, indeed, and I must confess that since I love Mexican food, the discussion on that was particularly intriguing.:)

[Doctor Stochastic]

There's a large crypto-Jewish community in New Mexico. There have been lots of article about them recently.

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[Clintonfatigued]

This is a facinating piece of northern Mexican and southwestern American history. Thanks for the posting.

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[Alouette]

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[masadaman]

Thank you for posting this. Some thoughts. More than likely, Nuevo Leon or New Lion, is a reference to the Lion Of Judah. Benavidas is probably Hebraic in origin as are many names which begin with 'ben' or 'son of'.

Recall that not only Columbus and Cortez had Jewish officers, Magellan and others did as well. Finally, is it a coincidence that Columbus set sail in 1492 the same year as the first Spanish Inquisition? Will Durant wrote of this 75 years ago.

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[GVnana]

Very interesting. I know Mexico City has a large population of Jews, but it never occurred to me that we had such early immigrants.

I have to wonder how a guy like Ward Churchill would treat this information.

A slight correction: an animal used for food must NOT have a cloven hoof

[Marano NYC]

There is a whole field of study in this area. The most interesting article pointed to traces of Ladino . Ladino is an almost extinct Jewish Patios dialect . It is the sephardic version of Yiddish.
There are a range of people with ties to the Jewish Community.

[tkas]

You had a whoopsie. An animal must have a cloven hoof AND chew its cud- like sheeps, cows but not pigs or rabbits.

interesting post.

[GVnana]

And earlier this week I mistook the word African for
American. Man! I either need new glasses or brain pills.