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    Sephardic Jewry

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    Chil­dren’s
    José and the Pirate Cap­tain Toledano
    Arnon Z. Shorr
    Joshua M. Edelglass
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    Sephar­di Voic­es: The Untold Expul­sion of Jews from Arab Lands
    Hen­ry Green
    Richard Sturs­berg
    Essay

    Sephar­di Voices

    Richard Sturs­berg
    March 20, 2022
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    Jew­ish Life in Medieval Spain: A New History
    Jonathan Ray
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    Once We Were Slaves: The Extra­or­di­nary Jour­ney of a Mul­ti-Racial Jew­ish Family
    Lau­ra Arnold Leibman
    Cover of Jews, Food, and Spain: The Oldest Medieval Spanish Cookbook and the Sephardic Culinary Heritage
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    Jews, Food, and Spain: The Old­est Medieval Span­ish Cook­book and the Sephardic Culi­nary Heritage
    Hélène Jawhara Piñer
    Cover of Sephardi: Cooking the History. Recipes of the Jews of Spain and the Diaspora, from the 13th Century to Today
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    Sephar­di: Cook­ing the His­to­ry. Recipes of the Jews of Spain and the Dias­po­ra, from the 13th Cen­tu­ry to Today
    Hélène Jawhara Piñer
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    Womb Of Dia­monds: A True Adven­ture From Child Bride Of Syr­ia To Celebri­ty Busi­ness­woman Of Japan
    Ezra Choueke
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    Fic­tion
    The Secret Diaries of Juan Luis Vives: A Novel
    Tim Dar­cy Ellis
    Essay

    Excerpt — Sephar­di: Cook­ing the History

    Hélène Jawhara Piñer
    June 28, 2021
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    Fic­tion
    The Poet­ry of Secrets
    Cam­bria Gordon
    Essay

    My Hand on His Shoul­der: A Descen­dant of Cryp­to-Jews Inserts Her­self into the His­tor­i­cal Record

    Kath­leen Alcalá
    June 21, 2021
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    Home in a Hun­dred Places
    Sarah Dayan Mueller
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    Fam­i­ly Papers: A Sephardic Jour­ney Through the Twen­ti­eth Century
    Sarah Abre­vaya Stein
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    The Con­ver­so’s Return: Con­ver­sion and Sephar­di His­to­ry in Con­tem­po­rary Lit­er­a­ture and Culture
    Dalia Kandiyoti
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    Forg­ing Ties, Forg­ing Pass­ports: Migra­tion and the Mod­ern Sephar­di Diaspora
    Devi Mays
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