CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
December 3, 1999 | PATRICIA WARD BIEDERMAN
In Luisa Leschin's new radio play, the Carvajal family has a secret, closely guarded by the grandparents. Although they live in Santa Fe in the 1860s, the Carvajals are not Catholics, like most of their neighbors. They are Conversos, secret Jews forced to convert or flee Spain when all Jews were expelled in 1492.