Identities in an Era of Globalization and Multiculturalism: Latin America in the Jewish World. JUDITH BOKSER LIWERANT, ELIEZER BEN-RAFAEL, YOSSI GORNY, and RAANAN REIN (eds.), Leiden: Brill 2008.

Abstract

How do you fit (or misfit) "Latin American" with "Jewish"? Lately, a debate has been smoldering between adherents of the time-honored formula "Latin American Jewish" and the upstart proponents of the appellation "Jewish Latin American." The difference isn't merely dancing on grammatical pinheads but a shift in thinking about nation, identity, minority, and belonging.