Sephardic Jews in America: A Diasporic History

A significant number of Sephardic Jews, tracing their remote origins to Spain and Portugal, immigrated to the...
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Author: Aviva Ben-Ur
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Sephardic Jews in America: A Diasporic History by Ben-Ur, Aviva

Sephardic Jews in America: A Diasporic History

$98.68

Sephardic Jews in America: A Diasporic History

$98.68
Author: Aviva Ben-Ur
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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.



Author: Aviva Ben-Ur
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 01/01/2012
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 8.92h x 5.96w x 0.84d
ISBN: 9780814725191

About the Author
Ben-Ur, Aviva: - Aviva Ben-Ur is Associate Professor of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she also serves as Adjunct Associate Professor in the history department and the Spanish and Portuguese programs. She is the author of A Ladino Legacy: The Judeo-Spanish Collection of Louis N. Levy.

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