The New Jewish Argentina ─ Facets of Jewish Experiences in the Southern Cone

In introducing this valuable contribution to Jewish Latin American studies, Brodsky (history, St. Mary's College of Maryland) and Rein (Latin American and Spanish history, Tel Aviv U.) quote Miramar's secretary of tourism regarding the summer influx of Jews to the Argentine beach town: "Jews are more than tourists here. They are part of the history and the future of this city." Instead of the typical emphasis on political history in the study of Jewish Argentines, international scholars present studies on aspects of their social/cultural history including: the not-always-kosher activities of Jewish immigrants, the key role of print media in their urban life, Borges' depiction of Holocaust trauma, Sephardic Zionists, the Jewish community's experience under the Peron dictatorship, Argentine-Israeli relations, and the mainstreaming of Jews in the country's contemporary cinema. Includes supporting tables, figures, and maps. This is a paperbound reprint of the clothbound edition. Annotation c2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Adriana M. Brodsky Ph.D (2004, Duke University) is Associate Professor of History at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Her work focuses on the construction of the Argentine Jewish community from the perspective of its Sephardi minority, and is currently working on a project on Sephardi Youth in the Zionist movement.Raanan Rein, Phd.(1991) Tel Aviv University is Professor of Latin America and Spanish History at TAU. He has published more than 20 books and many articles on Argentine History, Spanish History and Jewish experiences in the Spanish speaking world, including Argentine Jews or Jewish Argentines? Essays on Ethnicity, Identity, and Diaspora, (Brill 2010)