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Most people, when thinking about Jews, consider only two categories: the Ashkenazim of European origin, and the Sephardim (often being lumped together with a vaguely-defined group of Middle Eastern "Mizrahi" Jews). Noticeably few of us are even aware of the history of the geographically-dispersed Jewish diaspora, including communities in India, China, and Africa, which reveal a fascinating diversity of Jewish people. This comes as no surprise - there are not many reference works to consider, and consequently not much education for the general public about Jews outside these two main groups. Jews from Elsewhere aims to begin to fill that information void.
Edith Bruder has gathered scholars from around the world and a variety of disciplines to sort out the dynamics of those lesser-known, often slumbering worlds. Thirty-four contributors bring to light the cultural universes of these diverse communities, and open up to general readership a millennia-long, interconnected, global history. In this monumental work of scholarship, communities such as the non-Rabbinical Jews of Ethiopia, those scattered around the Amazon rainforest, and the "new Jews" of Asia and Africa (who may or may not claim to belong to the famed Lost Tribes of Israel) are shown to rebuke the common understanding that all Jews share a single common genealogical, cultural, or religious denominator.
Available for the first time in English, this collection is essential reading for anyone interested in the history and development of the Jewish diaspora.
Contents
Part I. Introduction: From ' Descendants: Ashkenazi Jewish Communities of Central Asia
18: Emanuela Trevisan Semi: The Karaites in Crimea
19: Irena Vladimirsky: Between Christianity and Judaism: The Subbotniks
20: Irena Vladimirsky: The Birobidjan Project: A History of Jewish Autonomy in the Russian Far East
21: Mikhail Kizilov: The Thirteenth Tribe: The Imaginary Legacy of the Khazars
Part V. Latin America and the Caribbean
22: The Jews of Latin America and the Caribbean
23: Aviva Ben-Ur: The Jews of Suriname and Brazil
24: Paul B. Miller: The Jews of the Caribbean
25: Gina Malagold: The Jews of Mexico
26: Raanan Rein: Argentina: The Other Promised Land
27: Romina Yalonetzky: Jewish Life on the Pacific: The Jews of Peru
28: Aviva Ben-Ur: The Legacy of Marranism
Part VI. India
29: The Jews of India
30: Shalva Weil: The Bene Israel
31: Navras J. Aafreedi: The Departure of the Jews of Cochin to Israel: How They Remember versus How They Are Remembered
32: Nathan Katz: The
