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Most people, when thinking about Jews, consider only two categories: the Ashkenazim of European origin, and the Sephardim (often being lumped together with a vaguely-defined group of Middle Eastern "Mizrahi" Jews). Noticeably few of us are even aware of the history of the geographically-dispersed Jewish diaspora, including communities in India, China, and Africa, which reveal a fascinating diversity of Jewish people. This comes as no surprise - there are not many reference works to consider, and consequently not much education for the general public about Jews outside these two main groups.
Jews from Elsewhere aims to begin to fill that information void.
List of contents
- General introduction: From "Diaspora" to the diasporas, from Exile to Multiculturalism
- Introduction: Elsewhere...Differently: Edith Bruder
- Exile according to the Hebrew Bible and Rabbinic literature: Julien Darmon
- The Lost Tribes of Israel, a modern and postmodern mythos: Edith Bruder
- Diaspora as a multicultural paradigm: Edith Bruder
- Part 1: The Islamic Near East
- Introduction: Irak and Syria, the original diaspora: Esther Meir-Glitzenstein and Yaron Harel
- 1.1 In the kingdom of Sheba: The Yemeni Jews Bat-Zion: Eraqi Klorman and Ester Muchawsky-Schnapper
- 1.2 From Cyrus to Khomeini: the Jews of Iran: Miriam Nissimov
- 1.3 Being Jewish in Turkey: a three-pronged identity strategy: Süheyla Yildiz
- 1.4 Jews, Muslims, both or neither? The Salonican Dönme: Dilek Akyalçin Kaya
- Part 2: Muslim Caucasus and Central Asia
- Introduction: Irena Vladimirsky
- 2.1 At the heart of Caucasus: The Mountain Jews: Irena Vladimirsky
- 2.2 The Jews of Azerbaijan: Chen Bram
- 2.3 Along the Silk Road: Tashkent and Bukhara: Irena Vladimirsky
- 2.4 The Jews of Afghanistan: Irena Vladimirsky
- 2.5 The Ancient Hebrew origins of the Pashtuns of Afghanistan: Carol Mann
- Part 3:The Russian East
- 3.1 The Cantonists Descendants: Ashkenazi Jewish Communities of Central Asia: Irena Vladimirsky
- 3.2 Karaites in Crimea Emanuela: Trevisan Semi
- 3.3 Between Christianity and Judaism: The Subbotniks: Irena Vladimirsky
- 3.4 Birobijan project - History of the Jewish Autonomy on the Russian Far East: Irena Vladimirsky
- 3.5 The Thirteenth Tribe: The Imaginary Legacy of the Khazars: Mikhail Kizilov
- Part 4: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Introduction: Paul B. Miller
- 4.1 The Jews of Suriname and Brazil: Aviva Ben-Ur
- 4.2 Jews of the Caribbean: Paul B. Miller
- 4.3 Jews of Mexico: Gina Malagold
- 4.4 Argentina: The Other Promised Land: Raanan Rein
- 4.5 Jewish Life on the Pacific: the Jews of Peru: Romina Yalonetzky
- 4.6 The Legacy of Marranism: Aviva Ben-Ur
- Part 5: India
- Introduction: The Jews of India, An Overview: Nathan Katz
- 5.1 The Bene Israel: Shalva Weil
- 5.2 The Departure of the Jews of Cochin to Israel: Crossed Memories: Navras J. Aafreedi
- 5.3 The "Baghdadi" Jews of India, Burma, and Malaya: Nathan Katz
- 5.4 The Bene Menashe: Yulia Egorova
- 5.5 The Bene Ephraim: Yulia Egorova
- Part 6: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Introduction: Edith Bruder
- 6.1 Ethiopian Jews, from Beta Israel to Ethiopian Israelis: Lisa Antéby-Yemini
- 6.2 The Abayudaya of Uganda: Edith Bruder
- 6.3 The Lemba of Southern Africa: Magdel Le Roux
- 6.4 The Igbo of Nigeria: Edith Bruder
- 6.5 The House of Israel in Ghana: Edith Bruder
- 6.6 The Jews of Cape Verde: Alma Gottlieb
- 6.7 The Jews of Madagascar: William F.S. Miles
- 6.8 'New Jews' in Cameroon and Kenya: Edith Bruder
- Part 7: China
- Introduction: Noam Urbach
- 7.1 Kaifeng's Sino-Judaism: Noam Urbach
- 7.2 The Jewish communities of Harbin and Tianjin: Remi Huppert
- 7.3 The Jews of Shanghai: Noam Urbach
- 7.4 Jewish Life in Hong Kong: Alina Patru
- Part 8: Moving Identities
- 8.1 Jews on the Move: Images of Cosmopolitan Jews vs. Jewish Nomads: Sander L. Gilman
- 8.2 Philosemitism from Christian Millenarism to Contemporary Judaizing Movements: Yaakov Ariel
- 8.3 Paradigms of "Sephardic and Oriental" Jews: Migration, Social Change, and Identification: Sergio DellaPergola
- 8.4 Genetics, Community, and Identity: Yulia Egorova
- 8.5 Jewishness as an Evolving Paradigm: The Case of the Bene Menashe: Len Lyons
About the author
Edith Bruder is a Research Associate at the French National Center for Scientific Research; UNISA-University of South Africa; and SOAS University of London. A leading scholar of the Jewish diaspora, she is the author of
The Black Jews of Africa (2008), the co-editor of
African Zion (2012) and
Africana Jewish Journeys (2018) and the editor of
Juifs d'ailleurs (2020).
