Published since November 23, 2021

Latin American Jewish Studies

ISSN: 2644-061X

About this journal

Latin American Jewish Studies is the interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association (LAJSA). The journal publishes original scholarship on Jews, Jewishness, and Judaism within the context of Latin America and the Caribbean from the perspective of a broad array of disciplines in the arts, humanities, history, social sciences, and communications. Its mission is to advance the scholarly study of the Jewish experience and presence throughout the Américas through a variety of methodologies and theoretical and conceptual approaches. Latin American Jewish Studies invites contributions from all scholars working in the broadly defined, multidisciplinary field of Latin American Jewish Studies. Submissions are accepted in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. All articles will undergo a rigorous, double-blind peer-review process. The journal also publishes book reviews on recent scholarship in the field.

Latin American Jewish Studies es una revista interdisciplinaria de la Asociación de Estudios Judíos Latinoamericanos (LAJSA), la cual cuenta con un proceso de evaluación por parte de pares. Publica trabajos originales sobre judíos, judeidad y judaísmo en América Latina y el Caribe, a partir de un abordaje desde diversas disciplinas, incluyendo artes, humanidades, historia, ciencias sociales y comunicación. Su misión es promover el estudio académico de la experiencia y la presencia judías en las Américas, a partir de una variedad de metodologías y aproximaciones teóricas y conceptuales. Latin American Jewish Studies invita a todos/as l/as investigadores/as que trabajan dentro del amplio y multidisciplinario campo de los estudios judíos latinoamericanos, a enviar sus contribuciones. Se aceptan trabajos en inglés, español y portugués. Todos los artículos se evaluarán rigurosamente mediante un proceso de doble referato ciego. Asimismo, la revista acepta reseñas de libros sobre investigaciones recientes dentro de este campo.

Latin American Jewish Studies é uma revista interdisciplinar com pareceristas doutorados, ligada à Latin American Jewish Studies Association (LAJSA, a Associação de Estudos Judaicos Latino-Americanos). A revista publica pesquisa original sobre judeus, judaiedade e judaísmo dentro do contexto da América Latina e do Caribe na perspectiva de várias disciplinas nas artes, letras, história, ciências sociais e comunicações. O objetivo da revista é promover a pesquisa acadêmica sobre a experiência e a presença judia nas Américas sob as mais variadas metodologias e abordagens teóricas e conceptuais. A Latin American Jewish Studies solicita contribuições de quaisquer pesquisadores no campo interdisciplinar de estudos judaicos latino-americanos amplamente definido. Serão aceitos trabalhos em inglês, espanhol e português, que serão submetidos a um sistema rigoroso de parecer duplo cego. A revista também aceita resenhas de livros recentes no campo.

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Volume 2 Issue 1

September 2023

Publicly Available March 2, 2024

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March 2, 2024

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March 2, 2024

Introduction. Jews and Migration in Latin America: Human Mobility, Uprootedness, and Embeddedness

Judit Bokser Liwerant, Sergio DellaPergola

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MIGRATION, INTEGRATION, AND COMMUNITY

March 2, 2024

From the Minyan to the Establishment of the Kehillah: The Construction of the Ashkenazi Jewish Community of Costa Rica (1917–1940)

Ricardo A. Pérez-Navarro

Page range: 15-26

March 2, 2024

Emprendedores sin capital: Inmigrantes judíos y la industria textil argentina, 1930–1945

Raanan Rein, Igal Aisenberg

Page range: 27-42

March 2, 2024

Mobility and Cosmopolitanism: A Story of Jewish Belonging and the Americas’ Becoming

Dalia Wassner

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THE ISRAELI FACTOR IN LATIN AMERICAN JEWISH MIGRATIONS

March 2, 2024

Latin American Decline and Jewish Migration to Israel: The Case of Argentina

Adrian Krupnik

Page range: 59-72

March 2, 2024

Correntinos en Israel

Fanny Ran

Page range: 73-90

March 2, 2024

Brazilians in Israel: Memories and Diversity

Adriana Russi, Debi Yehoshafat, Ruth Kark, Noam Levin, Carlos Alberto Póvoa

Page range: 91-104

March 2, 2024

Relocation of Life and Redefinition of Identities: Israelis in Mexico as a Case Study

Perla Aizencang Kane

Page range: 105-126

CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS: LITERATURE AND THE ARTS

March 2, 2024

“Un peligro difuso”: On Remembering Yiddish in Post-Dictatorship Argentina

Amy Kerner

Page range: 129-140

March 2, 2024

The Feminine Jewish Turn in Gloria Gervitz’s Migraciones

Karem Lissette Delgado

Page range: 141-152

March 2, 2024

Immigrants, the Jewish Mafia, and Prostitute Traffic: The Reconstruction of the Past in the Telenovela Argentina: tierra de amor y venganza

Gabriela Jonas Aharoni

Page range: 153-164

ART AS A PERSONAL TESTIMONY

March 2, 2024

Nostalgia and Longing: History through Images

Mirta Kupferminc

Page range: 167-170

March 2, 2024

Contributors

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Editorial

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Darrell B. Lockhart (University of Nevada, Reno) (lajs@academicstudiespress.com)

REVIEWS EDITOR
Nora Glickman (Queens College/Graduate Center, CUNY) (nora.glickman@qc.cuny.edu)

EDITORIAL BOARD
Margalit Bejarano (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Adriana M. Brodsky (St. Mary’s College of Maryland)
Malena Chinski (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales [EHESS], Paris)
Evelyn Dean-Olmsted (Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras)
Monica Grin (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Ariana Huberman (Haverford College)
James Hussar (California State University, Fullerton)
Emmanuel Kahan (IDIHCS/CONICET-NEJ/IDES, Argentina)
Misha Klein (University of Oklahoma)
Laura Limonic (College of Old Westbury, SUNY)
Naomi Lindstrom (University of Texas at Austin)
Amalia Ran (Tel Aviv University)
Jacobo Sefamí (University of California, Irvine)
Stephen Silverstein (Baylor University)
Susana Skura (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
Lillian M. Wohl (University of California, Los Angeles)
Natasha Zaretsky (New York University; Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University)

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Online ISSN: 2644-061X
Type: Journal
Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
First published: November 23, 2021

Latin American Jewish Studies

Titelei

Table of Contents

Introduction. Jews and Migration in Latin America: Human Mobility, Uprootedness, and Embeddedness

From the Minyan to the Establishment of the Kehillah: The Construction of the Ashkenazi Jewish Community of Costa Rica (1917–1940)

Emprendedores sin capital: Inmigrantes judíos y la industria textil argentina, 1930–1945

Mobility and Cosmopolitanism: A Story of Jewish Belonging and the Americas’ Becoming

Latin American Decline and Jewish Migration to Israel: The Case of Argentina

Correntinos en Israel

Brazilians in Israel: Memories and Diversity

Relocation of Life and Redefinition of Identities: Israelis in Mexico as a Case Study

“Un peligro difuso”: On Remembering Yiddish in Post-Dictatorship Argentina

The Feminine Jewish Turn in Gloria Gervitz’s Migraciones

Immigrants, the Jewish Mafia, and Prostitute Traffic: The Reconstruction of the Past in the Telenovela Argentina: tierra de amor y venganza

Nostalgia and Longing: History through Images

Contributors