Description
Book SynopsisAn 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 ho
Trade Review
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
