Description
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.
About the Author
Margalit Bejarano is a researcher at the Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry and Emeritus Lecturer in the Department of Romance and Latin American Studies, Hebrew University. She has published extensively on Cuban Jewry, Sephardim in Latin America, Cuban and Latino Jews in Miami, and oral history. Yaron Harel is full professor at the Department of Jewish History at Bar-Ilan University. He is the vice-chairman of the Israeli Historical Society, and incumbent of the Yekutiel and Hannah Klein Chair in the History of the Modern Rabbinate in Europe, Bar-Ilan University. His research deals with political, social, and cultural history of the Jews in the Middle East in modern times. He is the author of twelve books and several articles. Marta Francisca Topel is an anthropologist, researcher, and lecturer in the Program of Jewish and Arabic Studies at the University of Sao Paulo. She has written extensively about Jewish Orthodoxy both in Israel and in the Diaspora. She has also published several articles about Israeli society. Margalit Yosifon is a senior lecturer and a researcher in the Department of Education at Ashkelon Academic College. She has published extensively on sociology of education, teaching methods, and diversity and evaluation in education.
Reviews
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. -- Mauricio 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 *
Book Information
ISBN 9781618116482
Author Yaron Harel
Format Hardback
Page Count 426
Imprint Academic Studies Press
Publisher Academic Studies Press
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.
About the Author
Margalit Bejarano is a researcher at the Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry and Emeritus Lecturer in the Department of Romance and Latin American Studies, Hebrew University. She has published extensively on Cuban Jewry, Sephardim in Latin America, Cuban and Latino Jews in Miami, and oral history. Yaron Harel is full professor at the Department of Jewish History at Bar-Ilan University. He is the vice-chairman of the Israeli Historical Society, and incumbent of the Yekutiel and Hannah Klein Chair in the History of the Modern Rabbinate in Europe, Bar-Ilan University. His research deals with political, social, and cultural history of the Jews in the Middle East in modern times. He is the author of twelve books and several articles. Marta Francisca Topel is an anthropologist, researcher, and lecturer in the Program of Jewish and Arabic Studies at the University of Sao Paulo. She has written extensively about Jewish Orthodoxy both in Israel and in the Diaspora. She has also published several articles about Israeli society. Margalit Yosifon is a senior lecturer and a researcher in the Department of Education at Ashkelon Academic College. She has published extensively on sociology of education, teaching methods, and diversity and evaluation in education.
Reviews
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. -- Mauricio 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 *
Book Information
ISBN 9781618116482
Author Yaron Harel
Format Hardback
Page Count 426
Imprint Academic Studies Press
Publisher Academic Studies Press
