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Author:

Behar, Ruth, 1956-

Title:

An island called home : returning to Jewish Cuba / Ruth Behar ; photographs by Humberto Mayol.

Publisher:

Rutgers University Press ;

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

297 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Subject:

Behar, Ruth,--1956-
Jews--Cuba--Biography.
Cuban Americans--Biography.
Jews, Cuban--United States--Biography.
Cuba--Biography.
Autobiographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Running away from home to run toward home -- Blessings for the dead -- Havana -- Traces -- In the provinces -- Shalom to Cuba.

Summary:

This is the story of the author's return to learn about and meet the people who are keeping Judaism alive in Cuba today.

ISBN:

0813545005
9780813545004
0813541891
9780813541891

OCLC:

(OCoLC)276818639

Locations:

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)