Jews and Jewish Identities in Latin America

Historical, Cultural, and Literary Perspectives

Yaron Harel editor Margalit Bejarano editor Marta Francisca Topel editor Margalit Yosifon editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Academic Studies Press

Published:30th Oct '17

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This collection of articles on Latin American Jews comprises a wide range of subjects, including comparative analyses of Latin American Jewry from the perspective of globalization and transnationalism, monographic studies on religious identities, interactions between Jews and non-Jews, multiple dimensions of Zionism, and literary criticism.

Based on an international conference organized by the University of Sao Paulo, the Dahan Center in Bar Ilan University, and the Academic College in Ashkelon, this volume contributes a new approach to Latin American Jewish Studies. It pays special attention to the Jews of Brazil, who are underrepresented in academic works in English, and at the same time it reflects the way in which Latin American Jewry is perceived by scholars of Jewish Studies in Israel.

Jews and Jewish Identities in Latin America: Historical, Cultural, and Literary Perspectives raises some fundamental questions concerning new modes of Jewish belonging, its cultural and religious interactions. These considerations seem to be more and more necessary, for we must have a clearer understanding of the singularity of contemporary Judaism and Jewishness in Latin America, by taking into account both the benefits and the perils of an increasingly dynamic and paradoxical global configuration. -- Maurício G. Righi * International Journal of Latin American Religions *
“This volume, with all of its interesting, intriguing, and challenging essays is, after all, a formidable sample of the diversity and extent of the Jewish communities in South and Central America, and in parts of the United States. Its scope presents a variety of subjects, including political ideologies, historical affinities, educational directions, and literary trends. Jews and Jewish Identities in Latin America surely will turn into a reference book for all interested in the Jewish presence in Latin America.” —Regina Igel, University of Maryland, Sephardic Horizons Vol. 9 No. 1 & 2 -- Regina Igel * Sephardic Horizons *

ISBN: 9781618116482

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426 pages