Jews Across the Americas gives undergraduates and interested lay people easy access to primary sources from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada, as well as the United States. Each entry consists of (1) a primary source translated into English (100-1000 words or 1-4 images), and (2) a 400-600 word introduction that succinctly answers the following questions: what is the original context of this work? What does the source contribute to local Jewish history or history of the era? What does it add to the story of American Jewish history more broadly across time and space?
The sources in Jews Across the Americas are designed to delight and engage students as well as broaden their understanding of Jewish American history, whether they are recipes than blend Moroccan and Amazonian foodways from Brazil, or texts about the first non-binary Jew to cross the Atlantic in the eighteenth century. Care is taken to address how students learn today, by providing additional multimedia materials that include texts in the original languages, additional photos, music, and video interviews with the authors of the entries. To get started check out the book’s Table of Contents, Archive, Online Tutorials, and Teaching Resources.
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