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Author:
Schwartz, Bryan, author.
Title:
Scattered among the nations : photographs and stories of the world's most isolated Jewish communities / Bryan Schwartz with Jay Sand and Sandy Carter; foreword by Tudor Parfitt.
Publisher:
Weldon Owen,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
252 pages : color illustrations, map ; 29 cm
Subject:
Jewish diaspora--History--21st century.
Jewish diaspora--History--21st century--Pictorial works.
Jews--Portraits.
Jews--Civilization.
Documentary photography.
Other Authors:
Sand, Jay, 1972- author.
Carter, Sandy, 1949- photographer.
Parfitt, Tudor, writer of foreword.
Notes:
Includes glossary.
Contents:
Asia: The lost tribe that found Elijah: Maharashta State, India -- The longest road to Judaism: Manipur State, India -- The last Jewish shtetl: Krasnaya Sloboda, Azerbaijan -- Strong Jewish fiber on the Silk Road: Bukhara and Samarkand, Uzbekistan -- Africa: Abuyadaya, Bantu Jews: Mbale, Uganda -- Jewish ostrich barons, Oudtshoorn, South Africa -- The House of Israel: Sefwi Wiawso, Ghana -- The Tzadik's last Berber-Jewish protector: Ourika Valley, Morocco -- A Shona tabernacle: Rusape, Zimbabwe -- A Shabbat in Tunisia: Djerba, Tunisia. -- Europe: Ukraine's survivors: Vinnytsia oblast, Ukraine -- Mountain Marranos out of hiding: Belmonte, Portugal -- Latin America: Jewish gauchos: Moises Ville, Argentina -- Jungle Jews of the Amazon: Amazonia and Pará, Brazil -- Jewish Barrio: Venta Prieta, Mexico -- Inca Jews: Trujillo, Cajamarca, and Lima, Peru.
ISBN:
1681880415
9781681880419
Locations:
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

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