a handful of men and women changed the way we see the world
she found herself unable to conform to her religious upbringing and soon
Jewish community and family
This translation by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub brings the extraordinary memoirs of an important Yiddish writer to English-language readers for the first time
you will have many special memories rekindled
Sephardic Jews in America: A Diasporic History by Aviva Ben-Ur National Jewish Book Award Winner a handful of men andA significant number of Sephardic Jews, tracing their remote origins to Spain and Portugal, immigrated to the United States from Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans from 1880 through the 1920s, joined by a smaller number of Mizrahi Jews arriving from Arab lands. Most Sephardim settled in New York, establishing the leading Judeo Spanish community outside the Ottoman Empire. With their distinct languages, cultures, and rituals, Sephardim and Arab speaking