New book: "Pleasant Are Their Names; Jewish Names in the Sephardic Diaspora"

I am very pleased to announce that a new book, «Pleasant Are Their Names; Jewish Names in the Sephardic Diaspora», edited by Professor Aaron Demsky, and published by Maryland University Press has appeared in February 2010.

The book is a collection of ten studies presenting research from different vantage points.
It opens with two general articles: an historical/ cultural overview of the Sephardic Diaspora from 1492 to the present by Moises Orfali and the etymology of  Sephardic surnames, by Alexander Beider.

• The following articles:
  The Jews in Bulgaria; their surnames as a mirror of their history, Mathilde A. Tagger
• The Names of the Jews of Monastir (Bitola), Macedonia, by Shlomo Alboher
• Jewish Names, Surnames and Nicknames of Nabeul, Tunisia, by Victor Hayoun
• First Names in Sephardi Communities, by Ora Rodrigue Schwarzwald
• Bienvenida «Blessed Be Her Who Comes» and Azebuena «Does Good Deeds»; Name-giving Patterns for Girls and Women in the Judeo-Spanish Diaspora (Salonica 1492-1942), by Gila Hadar
• Personal Names of Izmir Jews in Modern Times, by Leah Bornstein Makovetsky
• Personal Names in Judeo-Spanish Proverbs from Northern Morocco (Haketia, by Tamar Alexander and Yaakov Bentolila
• Visitational Dreams and Namin Practices Among Moroccan Jews in Israel, by Henry Abramovitch and Yoram Bilu
• Index of Namea

Fuente: Mathilde Tagger – Sephardim SIG Coordinator, Israel Genealogical Society