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Sephardi, Jewish, Argentine - Community and National Identity, 1880-1960 (Hardcover)
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Sephardi, Jewish, Argentine - Community and National Identity, 1880-1960 (Hardcover)
Series: Sephardi and Mizrahi Studies
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At the turn of the 20th century, Jews from North Africa and the
Middle East were called Turcos ("Turks"), and they were seen as
distinct from Ashkenazim, not even identified as Jews. Adriana M.
Brodsky follows the history of Sephardim as they arrived in
Argentina, created immigrant organizations, founded synagogues and
cemeteries, and built strong ties with coreligionists around the
country. She theorizes that fragmentation based on areas of origin
gave way to the gradual construction of a single Sephardi identity,
predicated both on Zionist identification (with the State of
Israel) and "national" feelings (for Argentina), and that Sephardi
Jews assumed leadership roles in national Jewish organizations once
they integrated into the much larger Askenazi community. Rather
than assume that Sephardi identity was fixed and unchanging,
Brodsky highlights the strategic nature of this identity,
constructed both from within the various Sephardi groups and from
the outside, and reveals that Jewish identity must be understood as
part of the process of becoming Argentine.
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