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    Items with the tag:

    diaspora

    Cover of The Jews of Eighteenth-Century Jamaica: A Testamentary History of a Diaspora in Transition
    Non­fic­tion
    The Jews of Eigh­teenth-Cen­tu­ry Jamaica: A Tes­ta­men­tary His­to­ry of a Dias­po­ra in Transition
    Stan­ley Mirvis
    Essay

    Exile in the Andes

    Jen­nifer Steil
    June 22, 2020
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    Foot­prints on the Heart
    Jean Nag­gar
    From the Journal

    The World of Egypt­ian Jew­ish Literature

    Jean Nag­gar
    April 4, 2020
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    Cook­book
    The Jew­ish Cookbook
    Leah Koenig, Julia Turshen (fwd.)
    Cover of We Stand Divided: The Rift Between American Jews and Israel
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    We Stand Divid­ed: The Rift Between Amer­i­can Jews and Israel
    Daniel Gordis
    Cover of The JDC at 100: A Century of Humanitarianism
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    The JDC at 100: A Cen­tu­ry of Humanitarianism 
    Avi­noam J. Patt
    Ati­na Grossman
    Lin­da G. Levi
    Maud S. Mandel
    Cover of  The Soul of Judaism: Jews of African Descent in America
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    The Soul of Judaism: Jews of African Descent in America
    Bruce D. Haynes
    Cover of Homeless Tongues: Poetry and Languages of the Sephardic Diaspora
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    Home­less Tongues: Poet­ry and Lan­guages of the Sephardic Diaspora
    Monique Rodrigues Balbuena
    Cover of Double Diaspora in Sephardic Literature
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    Dou­ble Dias­po­ra in Sephardic Literature
    David A. Wacks
    Cover of Looking Jewish: Visual Culture and Modern Diaspora
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    Look­ing Jew­ish: Visu­al Cul­ture and Mod­ern Diaspora
    Carol Zemel
    Cover of At Home in Exile: Why Diaspora is Good for the Jews
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    At Home in Exile: Why Dias­po­ra is Good for the Jews
    Alan Wolfe
    Cover of Diasporas of the Mind: Jewish and Postcolonial Writing and the Nightmare of History
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    Dias­po­ras of the Mind: Jew­ish and Post­colo­nial Writ­ing and the Night­mare of History
    Bryan Cheyette
    Cover of Jews & Diaspora Nationalism: Writings on Jewish Peoplehood in Europe & The United States
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    Jews & Dias­po­ra Nation­al­ism: Writ­ings on Jew­ish Peo­ple­hood in Europe & The Unit­ed States
    Simon Rabinovitch, ed.
    Essay

    A Jew­ish Fam­i­ly Tree: The Gen­e­sis of The Elixir of Immortality

    Ear­li­er this week, Gabi Gle­ich­mann wrote about his fas­ci­na­tion with read­ing and writ­ing. His debut nov­el, The Elixir of Immor­tal­i­ty, is now avail­able from Oth­er…
    Gabi Gle­ich­mann
    October 2, 2013
    Cover of Tiptoeing on Minefields: How to Improve the Flow of Ideas Between Israel and the Diaspora Without It Necessarily Exploding in Your Face
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    Tip­toe­ing on Mine­fields: How to Improve the Flow of Ideas Between Israel and the Dias­po­ra With­out It Nec­es­sar­i­ly Explod­ing in Your Face
    Joelle Fiss
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