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Ellen Kanner

Ellen Kanner is an independent scholar who lived and studied in Spain for many years. In 2022, she and artist Annie Zeybekoglu created I, Teresa de Lucena : Reflections on the Trial of a Conversa, an intimate look at the life of a woman who faced the Spanish Inquisition twice. Ellen holds a BA in Hispanic Studies from Smith College, and an MAT in Spanish from Johns Hopkins University. 

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Teresa de Lucena

Teresa de Lucena was born in Toledo, Spain, in 1467, the fifth of six daughters in a distinguished converso family. She faced the Spanish Inquisition twice—at seventeen and at 62—and she survived. Details about how she and her peers defied the Inquisition and continued to practice Judaism in secret come to life in her trial testimony, captured by scribes as she spoke.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Ellen Kanner." (Viewed on December 14, 2024) <https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/author/kanner-ellen>.