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.
Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews in America includes academics, artists, writers, and civic and religious leaders who contributed chapters focusing on the Sephardi and Mizrahi experience in America. Topics will address language, literature, art, diaspora identity, and civic and political engagement. When d...
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| Superior document: | Jewish Role in American Life ; Volume 13 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | 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 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Jewish role in American life ;
Volume 13. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (197 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.