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Record Nr.

UNINA9910540788003321

Titolo

Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews in America : an annual review of the Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish role in American life / / Steven J. Ross, editor ; Saba Soomekh, guest editor ; Lisa Ansell, associate editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Lafayette, Indiana : , : Published by the Purdue University Press for the USC Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-61249-425-0

1-61249-424-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 p.)

Collana

Jewish Role in American Life ; ; Volume 13

Disciplina

301.45192405694

Soggetti

Sephardim - Social conditions - United States

Sephardim - Identity - United States

Mizrahim - Social conditions - United States

Mizrahim - Identity - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

" Dr. Saba Soomekh, editor" -- cover.

"An annual review of the Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish role in American life".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword; Editorial Introduction / Saba Soomekh ; The Maurice Amado Foundation: Promoting Sephardic and Jewish Cultural Heritage in America: An Interview with Elaine Lindheim and Sam Tarica / Saba Soomekh ; Language Mixing in Seattle Ladino: Influence or Interference? / Molly FitzMorris ; Diglossic Distribution among Judeo-Spanish-Speaking Sephardim in the United States / Bryan Kirschen ; "And she loved brown people": Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff's Affirmation of Arab Jewish Identity in Jacob's Ladder / Joyce Zonana ; "Sephardim since Birth": Reconfiguring Jewish Identity in America / Devin E. Naar ; Diasporic Reunions: Sephardi/Ashkenazi Tensions in Historical Perspective / Aviva Ben-Ur ; Negotiating Exile: An Arab Jew in America / David Suissa ; Becoming American / Gina Nahai ; Iranian



Jewish Art Today: What Cultural Legacy Are We Handing Down? / Shulamit Nazarian ; The Classic Sephardic Spirit / Rabbi Daniel Bouskila.