In accordance with the nonsectarian stance, the society's five annual events are open to anyone in the public who is interested. The annual conference focuses on the Jewish history of the specific location where the event takes place. Past events have taken place in Los Alamos, Las Cruces, Albuquerque and Santa Fe. The cleanup is the society's attempt to outreach to younger people, Grossman said. The event gives the young people some idea of what is going on.
Cemeteries are somehow intriguing.
Last year we had 100 people. The archives reception, which will take place this month, focuses on the society's true love, its archives of New Mexico Jewish history that are housed in the state archives in Santa Fe. The reception, formerly held in the state archives, will take place in Albuquerque at the JCC this year. Last year's reception drew 150 people with its focus on the conversos, or Crypto-Jews, of New Mexico. This year's reception, which will be held on Thursday, May 10, at noon, will focus on Jewish artists.