Island Called Home Returning to Jewish Cuba

Name: Island Called Home Returning to Jewish Cuba
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ISBN: 9780813545004

ISBN-10: 0813545005

ISBN-13: 9780813545004

Edition: 2009

Authors: Ruth Behar, Humberto Mayol

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As a child of five, the author was caught up in the Jewish exodus from Cuba. Growing up in the United States, she wondered about those who remained. This title presents the story of her return to learn about the people who are keeping Judaism alive in Cuba.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 11/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English



Map of Cuba (showing places visited)


Running Away from Home to Run toward Home





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 Luyanï¿½


Danayda Levy's School Report


May Day with a Jewish Communist


The Whispering Writer


The Three Things Josï¿½ Martï¿½ Said All Real Men Must Do


Einstein in Havana


Salomï¿½n 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 Camagï¿½ey


Che Waits for a New Frame


Pearls Left in Cienfuegos


The Moses of Santa Clara


A Conversation Next to El Mamey


Villa Elisa


The Covenant of Abraham


Salvador's Three Wives


A Beautiful Pineapple


The Last Jew of Palma Soriano


The Mizrahi Clan in Guantï¿½namo





Departures


My Room on Bitterness Street


How This Book Came to Be a Photojourney


Chronology


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


List of Photographs


About the Author and Photographer