The Jews of Latin America
Author | : Judith Laikin Elkin |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Library |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2011 |
ISBN-10 | : 1607852314 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781607852315 |
Rating | : 4/5 (315 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Jews of Latin America written by Judith Laikin Elkin and published by University of Michigan Library. This book was released on 2011 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes visible the little-known Jewish communities of South and Central America. In doing so, the book challenges the notion that Latin America societies are entirely Hispanic and Catholic, through the life histories of Jews who emigrated to Latin America in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the author demonstrates that these societies are increasingly pluralistic in reality, if not in ideology.