These essays by noted scholars place Latin America's Jews squarely within the context of both Latin American and ethnic studies, a significant departure from tr

Internationally renowned essayist and cultural commentator Ilan Stavans spent five years traveling from across a dozen countries in Latin America, in search of

Latin American cities have always been characterized by a strong tension between what is vaguely described as their formal and informal dimensions. However, the

Introduces readers to the new perspectives, approaches and interpretive possibilities in Jewish American literature that emerged in the twenty-first Century.

This volume offers a re-examination of some of the prevalent paradigms in Latin American Jewish Studies and an instigation to further explorations in this area.