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LA LLEGADA DE LOS JUDIOS A EEUU por JOSE IGNACIO CARMONA SANCHEZ

El origen de los judíos sefardíes que desembarcan en Nueva Ámsterdam  se encuentra en el colectivo  que debido al decreto de expulsión firmado por los Reyes católicos  abandona la Corona de Castilla  y encuentra refugio temporal   en los dominios de la  Corona de Portugal.  Portugal terminará expulsando a su …

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Sephardi Women in the United States

by Jane S. Gerber Sephardic Jews constitute only a small proportion of American Jewry. Although they comprised the majority of American Jewry during the colonial period, that majority never exceeded twenty-five hundred prior to the American Revolution. The Sephardim of Holland, the Caribbean, and England may have formed the vanguard …

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Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) Theater in the United States

The Judeo-Spanish theater traces its origins to Turkey and the lands of the Balkans, where women participated as actors, directors, and playwrights. In the Old Country, female Ladino playwrights were sometimes prolific, though uncommon. Spanish scholar Elena Romero has identified three of these dramatists active in the late nineteenth and …

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