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The Jews of Latin America / Judith Laikin Elkin.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion in Politics and Society: Dynamics and DevelopmentsPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (363 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781685850685
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Map of the Southern Americas -- Preface -- 1 The Jews of Latin America: The Historical Context -- Part 1 The Immigration Years -- 2 Testing the Waters -- 3 Immigrant Flood -- 4 Refugees, Nativists, and Nazis -- Part 2 At Home in America -- 5 Plowing the Pampas -- 6 How America Was Made -- 7 Life on the Jewish Street -- 8 Jewish Demography -- Part 3 Jews in Their Worlds -- 9 The Role of Israel -- 10 Argentina: Attraction and Repulsion -- 11 Parameters of Success: Cuba and Brazil -- 12 Balancing Acts: Mexico, Chile, Venezuela -- 13 Challenges for the Twenty-First Century: Zionism, Religion, and Community -- List of Acronyms -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: When it was first published in 1980, Judith Laikin Elkin's foundational book on the Jewish communities of Latin America quickly became the standard resource on the topic. This new edition, the first in fifteen years, brings the story up-to-date, incorporating the events of recent decades and reflecting new insights provoked by the changing political, cultural, and economic conditions throughout the region.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781685850685

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Map of the Southern Americas -- Preface -- 1 The Jews of Latin America: The Historical Context -- Part 1 The Immigration Years -- 2 Testing the Waters -- 3 Immigrant Flood -- 4 Refugees, Nativists, and Nazis -- Part 2 At Home in America -- 5 Plowing the Pampas -- 6 How America Was Made -- 7 Life on the Jewish Street -- 8 Jewish Demography -- Part 3 Jews in Their Worlds -- 9 The Role of Israel -- 10 Argentina: Attraction and Repulsion -- 11 Parameters of Success: Cuba and Brazil -- 12 Balancing Acts: Mexico, Chile, Venezuela -- 13 Challenges for the Twenty-First Century: Zionism, Religion, and Community -- List of Acronyms -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book

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When it was first published in 1980, Judith Laikin Elkin's foundational book on the Jewish communities of Latin America quickly became the standard resource on the topic. This new edition, the first in fifteen years, brings the story up-to-date, incorporating the events of recent decades and reflecting new insights provoked by the changing political, cultural, and economic conditions throughout the region.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)