New Mexico

Congregation Montefiore

Las Vegas, New Mexico

A pamphlet in the UA Library's Special Collections tells an historic story of the founding of the Montefiore cemetery in Las Vegas, New Mexico, in 1881 by Jewish pioneers. The cemetery is described as a mute testimony of Jewish presence in New Mexico since the European colonization in the 1500's. The story is told in photographs. There is also a plan and inventory of memorials. Contact Special Collections for more information.

Chabad Jewish Center

 

Sante Fe, New Mexico
The Spark of Jewish Souls

Published in The New Mexican Sunday, February 16, 1997
By Sharyn Obsatz

Russian communists murdered Rabbi Berel Levertov's grandfather - his namesake - in 1947 because the elderly rabbi would not renounce his Jewish faith, refrain from Jewish studies or stop performing ceremonial circumcisions.

Chabad of New Mexico Albuquerque

 

Chabad of New Mexico
4000 San Pedro Blvd. NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Telephone: (505) 880-1181 Fax: (505) 880-9722
http://ChabadNM.org/

The following information on the Chabad of New Mexico comes from the "Invitation for Bar Mitzvah of Aaron Aviaz Chaves." Aaron Aviaz Chaves became Bar Mitzvah 16 Kislev 5756 (9 December 1995). In the invitation, Aaron explained some of the practices observed by the Chabad of New Mexico.