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Books
- History / Communities |
| Sephardi
Communities Today (Out of stock) |
| Sitton,
David |
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| Communities - Sephardi Communities Today |
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| Jews
Among Muslims (Out of stock) |
| Zenner,
W. P.;Deshen, S. (Eds.) |
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| Communities in the Pre-Colonial Middle East |
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| Remnants
of Israel |
| Angel,
Marc |
$50 |
| Published in honor of the 350th anniversary of Jewish communal
life in North America, Remnant of Israel provides a remarkable
portrait of America’s first Jewish synagogue, Congregation
Shearith Israel, founded in 1654. Written by Rabbi Marc Angel,
spiritual leader of the synagogue for over 30 years, the book
reveals how the story of the congregation is intertwined with
the development of the American Jewish community and their adopted
city and nation. This heavily illustrated volume is rich with
documents and photos that recreate both the synagogue’s
and its members’ past. |
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Books
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| Sephardic Jews in America: A Diasporic History |
| Ben-Ur, Aviva |
$32 |
| “Drawing on primary sources such as the Ladino press, archival documents, and oral histories, the author offers the first book-length academic treatment of Sephardic history in the United States from 1654 to the present, focusing on the age of mass immigration from 1800-1920.” NYU Press |
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Books
- History / Communities |
| The
Grandees - America's Sephardic Elite |
| Birmingham,
Stephen |
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controversial work, this book explores the world of the New York Sephardim, from their first confrontation with the Dutch residents of the village in 1654, through the English settlement and their seizure of the city during the American war of independence, down to the elitist and exclusive group that continues to dominate the customs in some synagogues today. |
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Books
- History / Communities |
| Hebrews
of the Portuguese Nations: Conversos and Community in
Early Modern Amsterdam (out of stock) |
| Bodian,
Miriam |
$16 |
| Conversos and Community in Early
Modern Amsterdam |
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Books
- History / Communities |
| Antwerp New York: Eugeen Van Mieghem (1875-1930) an the Emigrants of the Red Star Line |
| Joos, Erwin |
$25 |
| During the peak of European emigration, about three million people passed through the port of Antwerp, Belgium, en route to their new lives in America. The majority were fleeing the persecution and oppression of their homelands in Eastern Europe and Russia. The Belgian artist Eugeen Van Mieghem (1875-1930) recorded this exodus in his drawings and paintings of the harbor and dockyards of Antwerp. Joos’ book tells the modern history of the city of Antwerp, the artist, Eugeen Van Mieghem, and the emigrants of the Red Star Line. |
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Books
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| The
Jewish Nation of the Caribbean (Out of stock) |
| Arbell,
Mordehay |
$35 |
| The Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Settlements
in the Caribbean and the Guianas |
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Books
- History / Communities |
| Cuban-Jewish Journeys |
| Bettinger-Lopez, Caroline |
$15 |
| Searching for Identity, Home, and History in Miami |
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| The Portuguese Jews of Jamaica (out of stock) |
| Arbell, Mordehay |
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| The Portuguese Jews of Jamaica |
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Books
-History / Communities |
| Jews
of Egypt 1920 - 1970 (Out of stock) |
| Laskier,
Michael |
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| History - Jews of Egypt 1920-1970 |
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Books
- History / Communities |
| The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit |
| Lagnado, Lucette. |
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| A beautifully written memoir which documents the richness of Jewish-Egyptian life prior to Nassar’s rise to power and their subsequent flight from Egypt. At the emotional heart of the book is Lagnado’s relationship with her father as the family is forced to leave Egypt, travel through Greece, Italy and France before arriving in Brooklyn where they are confronted by loss and dislocation. |
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Books
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| Sipping From the Nile: My Exodus From Egypt, A Memoir |
| Naggar, Jean |
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| Naggar was born in Alexandria and grew up in Cairo in a world of wealth and sophistication that disappeared after the Suez Canal crisis of 1956. Having left at the age of 18, her childhood memories open a window into a little-known time and place. |
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Books
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| Dream Homes: From Cairo to Katrina |
| Zonana, Joyce |
$15 |
| Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, Joyce Zonana and her parents fled Cairo, first to Israel and then to Brooklyn, New York. Later, as a young woman, isolated from both Egyptian and American Jewish culture, Zonana begins a search for her extended family and heritage. Through her travels to Colombia and Brazil where she meets family members and then to Cairo, she begins to forge her own identity. |
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Books
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| Saving the Lost Tribe |
| Naim, Asher |
$25 |
The Rescue and Redemption of the Ehtiopian Jews
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| The Jews of Rhodes |
| Angel,
Marc |
$15 |
Established in 1523 by the Jews that were expelled from Spain, the Sephardic Community of Rhodes was destroyed by the Nazis in 1944. This comprehensive study traces the history, economic and cultural life, customs and traditions, its rabbis and scholars, its folklore and literature of the Rhodian Jewish community.
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Books
- History / Communities |
| Portrait
of our Past (out of stock) |
| Bedford,
Robert History & Culture |
$10 |
A brief photo essay recounting the lives of the Jews of Greece just prior to the devastating holocaust of World War II. |
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Books
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| The Jewish Martyrs of Rhodes and Cos |
| Franco, Hizkia M. |
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Books
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| La Djuderia de Rhodes |
| Habib, Isaac |
$18 |
An anthology of writings by Isaac Habib in French, English and Judaeo-Espagnol
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Books
- History / Communities |
| Ruby
of Cochin |
| Daniel,
R. , Johnson, B. |
$20 |
An engaging autobiography written in three sections by a Jewish woman born and raised in the southern Indian state of Kerala. In the first section Ruby describes her family history and her own life history which concludes with her move to Israel. The second section is a description of the structure of the Cochin community - its synagogues and relationship to the British. Finally, the third section is devoted to family holiday customs and legends, photographs and the texts of songs preserved by the women of Cochin. |
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Books
- History / Communities |
| Jews
of the Raj |
| Hyman,
Mavis |
$30 |
| Communities - Jews of the RAJ |
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Books
- History / Communities |
| Baghdad to Bombay |
| Sofaer, Pearl |
$15 |
| Pearl Sofaer, visual artist and first-time author, weaves the threads of a vital family into a rich tapestry of good food and tradition. The fun of dance and song enliven the pages of her childhood in India and you are left with Sofaer's passion and commitment to her mother cities, Bombay and Baghdad. Sofaer's memoir is interspersed with traditional family recipes. |
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Books
- History / Communities |
| Mother
of the Pound - Memoirs of Life & History of Iraqi
Jews |
| Kazzaz,
David |
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| A fascinating tale which mixes biblical and historical information with personal experience of growing up in the Jewish community of Baghdad. Above all, it is a testament to his courageous wife, Louise, one of the first Jews to apply for permission to leave Iraq, and who by example opened the way for Jewish emigration from Iraq in the 1950‘s. |
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Books
- History / Communities |
| No Way Back: The Journey of a Jew From Baghdad |
| Khazzoom, Daniel |
$38 |
| In this memoire Khazzoom documents the richness of Babylonian Jewish culture against a background of increasingly violent attacks and the enduring agony of dislocation. |
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Books
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| Iraq's Last Jews |
| Tamar Morad, Dennis Shasha, Robert Shasha |
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”Iraq’s Last Jews is a thoroughly researched, riveting account of the last generation of Iraqi Jews. The editors have identified some of the most remarkable stories about this community, and in doing so have brought to light the rich, sometimes sad, always interesting history of the oldest Jewish diaspora in the world. This book will be a great value to all who care about the history of the Middle East, Iraq in the twentieth century, and the saga of the last Jews of Arab lands.”
David Landau, former editor-in-chief, Ha’aretz |
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Books
- History / Communities |
| Farewell to Dejla: Stories of Iraqi Jews at Home and in Exile |
| Sadka, Tova M. |
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“This collection of stories and a novella explores the little-publicized migration of the Iraqi Jews escaping oppression, only to be confronted with the difficult realities of new nations and customs...” Academy Chicago Publishers |
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| Memories of Eden |
| Shamash, Violette |
$30 |
| This bittersweet memoir, based on unpublished letters and diary entries, tells of an idyllic childhood spent in Baghdad - the City of Caliphs and the land of the Garden of Eden that came to an abrupt end in 1941 with the deadly attack on Jews in the Farhud of 1941. Includes photographs of family and street scenes of Baghdad |
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| Born in Baghdad and raised in England the Middle East, Abdallah Simon was forced by WWII and growing anti-semitism to leave Iraq and begin a new life in America. |
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Books - History / Communities
Baghdad to Bombay
Sofaer, Pearl
$15
Pearl Sofaer, visual artist and first-time author, weaves the threads of a vital family into a rich tapestry of good food and tradition. The fun of dance and song enliven the pages of her childhood in India and you are left with Sofaer's passion and commitment to her mother cities, Bombay and Baghdad. Sofaer's memoir is interspersed with traditional family recipes.
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- History / Communities |
| Baghdad to Bombay |
| Sofaer, Pearl |
$15 |
| Pearl Sofaer, visual artist and first-time author, weaves the threads of a vital family into a rich tapestry of good food and tradition. The fun of dance and song enliven the pages of her childhood in India and you are left with Sofaer's passion and commitment to her mother cities, Bombay and Baghdad. Sofaer's memoir is interspersed with traditional family recipes. |
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Books
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| Jewish
Life in Muslim Libya (out of stock) |
| Goldberg,
Harvey |
$40 |
Written by one of Israel’s most important anthropologists and well known specialist on Libyan Jewish life, the author presents a picture of Jewish life in Libya from the late Ottoman Empire to the middle of 20th Century through the author’s interpretation of historical texts, interviews with Libyan Jews and reviews of their written texts. The result is a nuanced picture of Jewish life within the context of a traditional Muslim society. |
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Books
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| Change
Within Tradition Among Jewish Women in Libya |
| Simon,
Rachel |
$25 |
| This first historical study of Jewish women of any Middle Eastern country in modern times is based on material found in Higgid Mordecai , the archives of the Alliance Israelite and the Central Zionist Archives. It documents their customs and changing status and the forces which fostered theses changes from Ottoman times to migration to Israel in the 1950’s and 1960’s |
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| Two Thousand Years of Jewish Life in Morocco |
| Zafrani, Haim |
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| A thorough study of Moroccan Judeo-Arab society and history which developed under the dual influences of the Bible, Talmud and the halakhah and the surrounding cultural environment |
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Books
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| The
Esnoga |
| Belinfante,
Judith |
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| A monument of Portuguese- Jewish culture |
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| A
Sephardi Life in Southeastern Europe |
| Benbassa,
Esther ; Rodrigue, Aron History & Culture |
$25 |
| The Autobiography and Journal of Gabriel
Arié, 1863-1939 |
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Books
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| Spanish and Portuguese Jewry Before and After 1492 |
Altabe, David F.
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| A History of Jewish Catalonia |
Planas, Silvia; Forcano, Manuel
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| Beautifully illustrated with photographs of historic places, ritual objects and reproductions of original documents and paintings, the authors trace the history of the Jews of Catalonia from the time of the late Roman Empire and the Early Middle Ages until the decree of 1492. |
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Books
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| Only a Girl: Remembering my Syrian-Jewish World (out of stock) |
| Gunther, Irene |
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Books
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| Maqam and Liturgy: Ritual, Music and Aesthetics of Syrian Jews in Brooklyn |
| Kligman, Mark |
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| Kligman presents the reader with a clearly written study of the Arabic modal system and its use by Syrian Jews in Sabbath prayers. The book contains a CD of Liturgical Chanting. |
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Books
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| The Aristocrat: The Life and Legacy of Hillel Menashe Sutton |
Sutton, Abraham
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| Abraham Sutton skillfully recreates the past eras of Aleppo, Syria which with its glorious history of the Jewish community and its synagogues, rabbis, scholars and merchants through the life of his father. |
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| Jacob's
Children in the Land of the Mahdi: Jews of the Sudan |
| Malka,
Eli S. |
$25 |
| Historical
work documenting the culture of Sudanese Jewry. |
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Books
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| Days
of Honey |
| Awret,
Irene |
$20 |
| The Tunisian Boyhood of Rafael Uzan |
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Books
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| Last
Century of a Sephardic Community |
| Cohen,
Mark |
$35 |
| The Jews of Monastir, 1839 - 1943 Drawing
on unpublished documents from Israel, France, Canada,
England and the United States, this book offers an in-depth
social history of Monoastir Jews. "Last Century"
will be welcomed by all those who are interested in Jewish
and Sephardic history, folklore, genealogy, education,
and the Holocaust . |
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Books
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| The Pillar of Salt |
| Memmi, Albert |
$25 |
A semi-autobiographical novel about a young boy growing up in French colonized Tunisia.
"His father an Italian Jew, his mother a Berber, Benillouche struggles on the tattered fringe of the Tunisian ghetto for the very air he breathes. . . . A mature, thoughtful book."
--The New York Times |
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Books
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| Birqat Teiman |
| Serels, Mitchell |
$12 |
| Studies on the history of Yemenite Jews |
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