Author: Latin American Jewish Studies Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jewish scholars
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
LAJSA Membership Directory, 1989
Author: Latin American Jewish Studies Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jewish scholars
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jewish scholars
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Latin American Jewish Studies
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Publisher:
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Walking Made My Path
Author: Judith Laikin Elkin
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462046282
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Judith Laikin Elkin has been credited with creating a new field of scholarship, Latin American Jewish Studies. This book traces her paths from childhood in Jewish Detroit to the United States Foreign Service in Asia and Europe, to scholarly research in South America, and the founding of LAJSA, an academic association with members in more than 20 countries. Her experiences as vice consul at the American Embassy in London, as a lone traveler in Spain and Latin America, teaching at American universities at home and abroad, are described with humor, enthusiasm, and relevance for todays world. Judith earned a BA in English, MA in International Affairs, and while raising two daughters returned to the University of Michigan to earn a Ph.D. in history. She is the author of Krishna Smiled: Assignment in South Asia; The Great Lakes Colleges Association: Twenty-One Years in Higher Education; and The Jews of Latin America, the foundational text for this subject. She has taught history and political science at Wayne State University, Albion College, Ohio State University, and The University of Michigan, where she is presently associated with the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies in Ann Arbor.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462046282
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Judith Laikin Elkin has been credited with creating a new field of scholarship, Latin American Jewish Studies. This book traces her paths from childhood in Jewish Detroit to the United States Foreign Service in Asia and Europe, to scholarly research in South America, and the founding of LAJSA, an academic association with members in more than 20 countries. Her experiences as vice consul at the American Embassy in London, as a lone traveler in Spain and Latin America, teaching at American universities at home and abroad, are described with humor, enthusiasm, and relevance for todays world. Judith earned a BA in English, MA in International Affairs, and while raising two daughters returned to the University of Michigan to earn a Ph.D. in history. She is the author of Krishna Smiled: Assignment in South Asia; The Great Lakes Colleges Association: Twenty-One Years in Higher Education; and The Jews of Latin America, the foundational text for this subject. She has taught history and political science at Wayne State University, Albion College, Ohio State University, and The University of Michigan, where she is presently associated with the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies in Ann Arbor.
Resources for Latin American Jewish Studies
Author: Latin American Jewish Studies Association. Research Conference
Publisher:
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 82
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Publisher:
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 82
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Rethinking Jewish-Latin Americans
Author: Jeff Lesser
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 0826344011
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
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 traditional approaches that have treated Latin American Jewry as a subset of Jewish Studies.
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 0826344011
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
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 traditional approaches that have treated Latin American Jewry as a subset of Jewish Studies.
Membership Directory
Author: Latin American Jewish Studies Association
Publisher:
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Category : Jewish scholars
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Publisher:
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Category : Jewish scholars
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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The Jewish Presence in Latin America
Author: Judith Laikin Elkin
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000034917
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Originally published in 1987, this collection of essays is a major contribution toward developing a realistic picture of the Latin American Jewish communities in the late 20th Century. The book will be of interest to students of comparative studies, Jewish studies and Latin American studies and responds to the need to learn more about the Jewish communities of Latin America, both as a fragment of the Jewish diaspora and as an element in the economic and social life of the continent.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000034917
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Originally published in 1987, this collection of essays is a major contribution toward developing a realistic picture of the Latin American Jewish communities in the late 20th Century. The book will be of interest to students of comparative studies, Jewish studies and Latin American studies and responds to the need to learn more about the Jewish communities of Latin America, both as a fragment of the Jewish diaspora and as an element in the economic and social life of the continent.
Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora [3 volumes]
Author: M. Avrum Ehrlich
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1851098747
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1542
Book Description
This three-volume work is a cornerstone resource on the evolution and dynamics of the Jewish Diaspora as it played out around the world—from its beginnings to the present. Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture is the definitive resource on one of world history's most curious phenomenons, encompassing the communities, cultures, ethnicities, and experiences created by the Diaspora in every region of the world where Jews live or Jewish ancestry exists. The encyclopedia is organized in three volumes. The first includes 100 essays on the Jewish Diaspora experience, with coverage ranging from ethnography and demography to philosophy, history, music, and business. The second and third volumes feature hundreds of articles and essays on Diaspora regions, countries, cities, and other locations. With an editorial board of renowned Jewish scholars, and with an extraordinarily accomplished team of contributors, Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora captures the full scope of its subject like no other reference work before it.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1851098747
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1542
Book Description
This three-volume work is a cornerstone resource on the evolution and dynamics of the Jewish Diaspora as it played out around the world—from its beginnings to the present. Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture is the definitive resource on one of world history's most curious phenomenons, encompassing the communities, cultures, ethnicities, and experiences created by the Diaspora in every region of the world where Jews live or Jewish ancestry exists. The encyclopedia is organized in three volumes. The first includes 100 essays on the Jewish Diaspora experience, with coverage ranging from ethnography and demography to philosophy, history, music, and business. The second and third volumes feature hundreds of articles and essays on Diaspora regions, countries, cities, and other locations. With an editorial board of renowned Jewish scholars, and with an extraordinarily accomplished team of contributors, Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora captures the full scope of its subject like no other reference work before it.
Newsletter
Author: Latin American Jewish Studies Association
Publisher:
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Latin American Jewish Studies Newsletter
Author: Latin American Jewish Studies Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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Publisher:
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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