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An overview of the history of American Jewry using primary sources from Latin America, the
Caribbean, Canada, and the United States
Jews Across the Americas is a groundbreaking sourcebook capturing the historical diversity and cultural
breadth of American Jews across Latin America, the Caribbean, Canada, and the United States. Featuring
primary documents as well as scholarly interpretations, Jews Across the Americas builds upon new
developments in Jewish Studies, engaging with transnationalism, race, sexuality, and gender, and
highlighting the lived experiences of those often left out of Jewish history.
Jews Across the Americas features an impressively broad and far-reaching range of historical sources,
including artifacts and objects that have not previously been featured as integral to Jewish history in the
Western hemisphere. Entries teach readers how to understand everything from wills and
advertisements to sermons, and how to interpret photographs, domestic architecture, and comics.
Whether it’s a recipe from Brazil that blends Moroccan and Amazonian foodways, or a text about the
first non-binary Jew to cross the Atlantic in the eighteenth century, each entry broadens our
understanding of Jewish American history.
Adrianna Brodsky and Laura Leibman have assembled a valuable anthology of diverse sources
that will surprise and reward all who are interested in the history of Jews in the Americas. The
introductions contextualizing each original document are wonderful gems, mini history lessons
of the era and specific situation coupled with thematic discussions of race, gender, sexuality, and
Jewishness. Designed as a supplement to typical courses on American Jewish history, Jews
Across the Americas provides a rich resource for scholars and students alike.
— Deborah Dash Moore, University of Michigan
"
Rich with visual materials, Jews Across the Americas contains primary sources from South
America, North America, and the Caribbean. Collectively, they widen our vision of the diversity
of Jewish life on this side of the Atlantic. With excellent introductions to each source and
questions to spark discussion, this is a stellar contribution to the teaching of modern Jewish
history.
— Pamela S. Nadell, author of America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today
"Jews Across the Americas is a groundbreaking sourcebook capturing the historical diversity and cultural breadth of American Jews across Latin America, the Caribbean, Canada, and the United States."
"Jews Across the Americas is an important collaborative project that provides a rich platform of teaching resources and fosters further research and dialogue. It encourages critical discussions on the future of Jewish studies and has the potential to inspire future anthologies and curricula, ensuring a lasting impact on the field."
"Jews Across the Americas does important work in bringing to light the rich, interconnected histories of Jewish communities throughout the Western Hemisphere, and, as I suggest just above, can provide a generative way forward for American Jewish studies in a particularly turbulent present moment."
Adriana M. Brodsky is Professor of Latin American and Jewish History at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. She is the author of Sephardi, Jewish, Argentine, and co-editor of The New Jewish Argentina. She is currently the co-President of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association.
Laura Arnold Leibman (Editor)
Laura Arnold Leibman is Professor of English and Humanities at Reed College. Her numerous books have won four National Jewish Book Awards and a Jordan Schnitzer Book Award. She is the academic director of the multimedia television series American Passages, which won a Hugo Award.