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    An Island Called Home : Returning to Jewish Cuba (2007)
    New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press
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    UID:
    gbv_1696216516
    Format: 1 online resource (316 pages)
    ISBN: 9780813543864
    Content: Ruth Behar's An Island Called Home is a kaddish, an offering, dedicated to the exiles and to the children of the exiles and for those wandering still, searching for their homes. May they 'not be given up for lost.
    Content: Intro -- Contents -- Running Away From Home To Run Toward Home -- Part One: Blessings for the Dead -- Chapter 1: Looking for Henry -- Chapter 2: A Kaddish for The Jews Who Rest in Jewish Cemeteries in Cuba and for Raquel's Mother Who Does Not -- Part Two: Havana -- Chapter 3: A Tour of Havana's Synagogues -- Chapter 4: The Kosher Butcher Shop -- Chapter 5: The Shirt That Holds Sadness -- Chapter 6: Los Prinstein -- Chapter 7: In The Realm of Lost Things -- Chapter 8: How to Pack Your Suitcase -- Chapter 9: Enrique Bender's Blue-Green Eyes Remind Me of My Grandfather -- Chapter 10: The Dancing Turk -- Chapter 11: Monday Morning in Luyano -- Chapter 12: Danayda Levy's School Report -- Chapter 13: May Day with a Jewish Communist -- Chapter 14: The Whispering Writer -- Chapter 15: The Three Things José Martí Said All Real Men Must Do -- Chapter 16: Einstein in Havana -- Chapter 17: Salomón the Schnorrer -- Chapter 18: Mr. Fisher's Twice-Yearly Gifts -- Chapter 19: Becoming Ruth Berezniak -- Chapter 20: After Everyone Has Left -- Chapter 21: The Ketubah That Became a Passport -- Chapter 22: When I See You again There Will Be No Pain or Forgetting -- Part Three: Traces -- Part Four: In the Provinces -- Chapter 24: Simboulita's Parakeet -- Chapter 25: Seven Jewish Weddings in Camagüey -- Chapter 26: Che Waits for a New Frame -- Chapter 27: Pearls Left in Cienfuegos -- Chapter 28: The Moses of Santa Clara -- Chapter 29: A Conversation Next to El Mamey -- Chapter 30: Villa Elisa -- Chapter 31: The Covenant of Abraham -- Chapter 32: Salvador's Three Wives -- Chapter 33: A Beautiful Pineapple -- Chapter 34: The Last Jew of Palma Soriano -- Chapter 35: The Mizrahi Clan in Guantánamo -- Part Five: Shalom to Cuba -- Chapter 36: Departures -- Chapter 37: My Room on Bitterness Street -- How This Book Came to Be a Photojourney -- Chronology -- Notes.
    Note: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780813541891
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780813541891
    Language: English
    URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=332704
    URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813543864
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  • 2
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    An island called home : returning to Jewish Cuba (2007)
    New Brunswick, N.J [u.a.] : Rutgers Univ. Press
    Details
    UID:
    gbv_525804870
    Format: 297 S. , Ill., Kt.
    ISBN: 9780813541891 , 9780813545004
    Content: Looking for Henry -- A Kaddish for the Jews who rest in Jewish cemeteries in Cuba and for Raquel's mother who does not -- A tour of Havana's synagogues -- The kosher butcher shop -- The shirt that holds sadness -- Los Prinstein -- In the realm of lost things -- How to pack your suitcase -- Enrique Bender's blue-green eyes remind me of my grandfather -- The dancing Turk -- Monday morning in Luyanó -- Danayda Levy's school report -- May Day with a Jewish communist -- The whispering writer -- The three things José Martí said all real men had to do -- Einstein in Havana -- Salomón the schnorrer -- Mr. Fisher's twice-yearly gifts -- Becoming Ruth Berezniak -- After everyone has left -- The ketubah that became a passport -- When I see you again there will be no pain or forgetting -- Traces -- Simboulita's parakeet -- Seven Jewish weddings in Camagüey -- Che waits for a new frame -- Pearls left in Cienfuegos -- The Moses of Santa Clara -- A conversation next to El Mamey -- Villa Elisa -- The pact with Abraham -- Salvador's three wives -- A beautiful pineapple -- The last Jew of Palma Soriano -- The Mizrahi clan in Guantánamo -- Departures -- My room on bitterness street
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Looking for Henry -- A Kaddish for the Jews who rest in Jewish cemeteries in Cuba and for Raquel's mother who does not -- A tour of Havana's synagogues -- The kosher butcher shop -- The shirt that holds sadness -- Los Prinstein -- In the realm of lost things -- How to pack your suitcase -- Enrique Bender's blue-green eyes remind me of my grandfather -- The dancing Turk -- Monday morning in Luyanó -- Danayda Levy's school report -- May Day with a Jewish communist -- The whispering writer -- The three things José Martí said all real men had to do -- Einstein in Havana -- Salomón the schnorrer -- Mr. Fisher's twice-yearly gifts -- Becoming Ruth Berezniak -- After everyone has left -- The ketubah that became a passport -- When I see you again there will be no pain or forgetting -- Traces -- Simboulita's parakeet -- Seven Jewish weddings in Camagüey -- Che waits for a new frame -- Pearls left in Cienfuegos -- The Moses of Santa Clara -- A conversation next to El Mamey -- Villa Elisa -- The pact with Abraham -- Salvador's three wives -- A beautiful pineapple -- The last Jew of Palma Soriano -- The Mizrahi clan in Guantánamo -- Departures -- My room on bitterness street
    Language: English
    Subjects: History
    RVK:
    NY 4920
    URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0712/2007008409.html
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