Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press for the USC Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American life, [2016]

Details

Additional Authors

• Ross, Steven J.
• Soomekh, Saba.
• Ansell, Lisa.
• USC Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life.

Description

1 online resource (xiv, 182 pages) : illustrations.

Series Statement

Jewish role in American life ; volume 13

Uniform Title

Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews in America (Online)

Subjects

• Mizrahim > Identity > United States
• Mizrahim > United States > Social conditions
• Sephardim > Identity > United States
• Sephardim > United States > Social conditions

Note

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

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

LCCN

2016286003

OCLC

ssj0001737005

Title

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

Imprint

West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press for the USC Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American life, [2016]

Series

Jewish role in American life ; volume 13

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card

Available onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Ross, Steven J.

Soomekh, Saba.

Ansell, Lisa.

USC Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life.