Translated for the first time by Vivi Lachs and Barry Smerin
a handful of men and women changed the way we see the world
she found herself unable to conform to her religious upbringing and soon
who died as a teenage SS soldier
Jewish community and family
Sephardic Jews in America: A Diasporic History by Aviva Ben-Ur National Jewish Book Award Winner Translated for the first timeA significant number of Sephardic Jews, tracing their remote origins to Spain and Portugal, immigrated to the United States from Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans from 1880 through the 1920s, joined by a smaller number of Mizrahi Jews arriving from Arab lands. Most Sephardim settled in New York, establishing the leading Judeo Spanish community outside the Ottoman Empire. With their distinct languages, cultures, and rituals, Sephardim and Arab speaking