Sephardic Jews in America : A Diasporic History / Aviva Ben-Ur.
2009
E184.36.E84 B46 2012
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Title
Sephardic Jews in America : A Diasporic History / Aviva Ben-Ur.
Author
Ben-Ur, Aviva, author.
ISBN
9780814739150
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2009]
Copyright
©2009
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource : 8 black and white illustrations
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10.18574/nyu/9780814739150.001.0001 doi
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E184.36.E84 B46 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.892/4073
Summary
A significant number of Sephardic Jews, tracing their remote origins to Spain and Portugal, immigrated to the United States from Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans from 1880 through the 1920s, joined by a smaller number of Mizrahi Jews arriving from Arab lands. Most Sephardim settled in New York, establishing the leading Judeo-Spanish community outside the Ottoman Empire. With their distinct languages, cultures, and rituals, Sephardim and Arab-speaking Mizrahim were not readily recognized as Jews by their Ashkenazic coreligionists. At the same time, they forged alliances outside Jewish circles with Hispanics and Arabs, with whom they shared significant cultural and linguistic ties.The failure among Ashkenazic Jews to recognize Sephardim and Mizrahim as fellow Jews continues today. More often than not, these Jewish communities are simply absent from portrayals of American Jewry. Drawing on primary sources such as the Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) press, archival documents, and oral histories, Sephardic Jews in America offers the first book-length academic treatment of their history in the United States, from 1654 to the present, focusing on the age of mass immigration.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Immigration, Ethnicity, and Identity
2 Hebrew with a Sephardic Accent
3 East Meets West
4 Ashkenazic-Sephardic Encounters
5 The Hispanic Embrace
6 Conclusion
Appendix
Abbreviations
Notes
Index
About the Author
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Immigration, Ethnicity, and Identity
2 Hebrew with a Sephardic Accent
3 East Meets West
4 Ashkenazic-Sephardic Encounters
5 The Hispanic Embrace
6 Conclusion
Appendix
Abbreviations
Notes
Index
About the Author