This volume offers a multidimensional and interdisciplinary exploration of contemporary Jewish identities amidst globalization processes, with special emphasis on Latin American socio-political, communal, and cultural milieu. Stretching from political science to sociology, from art to cultural studies, it provides systematic tools for understanding different aspects of the Jewish experience.

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CONTENTS Introduction SECTION I KLAL YISRAEL IN THE CONTEMPORARY ERA Between Center and Centrality: The Zionist Perception of Klal Yisrael Yosef Gorny Contemporary Threats to Klal Yisrael Eliezer Ben-Rafael Jewish Autonomy and Dependency: Latin America in Global Perspective Sergio DellaPergola Latin American Jewish Identities: Past and Present Challenges. The Mexican Case in a Comparative Perspective Judit Bokser Liwerant SECTION II THE JEWS IN LATIN AMERICA Waning Essentialism: Latin American Jewish Studies in Israel 109 Raanan Rein Klal Yisrael at the Frontiers: The Transnational Jewish Experience in Argentina Leonardo Senkman Brazilian Non-Anti-Semite Sociability and Jewish Identity Bernardo Sorj Jews, Blacks, and the Ambiguities of Multiculturalism in Brazil Monica Grin Jewish Communal Life in Argentina and Brazil at the End of The 20th Century and the Beginning of the 21st: A Sociological Perspective Yossi Goldstein Revolution, Ethnicity, and Religions in Cuba: Similarities, Differences, and Dichotomies in the Case of the Jews Maritza Corrales Capestany SECTION III LATIN AMERICAN JEWISH CULTURE Crypto-Judaism in Mexico: Past and Present Alicia Gojman de Backal The Literary Construction of Jewish Identity in Chile: A Cartography of Recent Memories Gilda Waldman In the Name of the Father: Identity and Family Memory in Andres Rivera and Mauricio Rosencof Florinda F. Goldberg A Mosaic of Fragmented Identities: The Sephardim in Latin America Margalit Bejarano The Sephardic Diaspora Revisited: Dr. Angel Pulido Fernandez (1852-1932) and His Campaign Alisa Meyuhas Ginio Latin American Israelis: The Collective Identity of an Invisible Community Luis Roniger and Deby Babis SECTION IV JEWS, SOCIETY, AND STATEHOOD: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES The Cultural Pluralism Perspective of North American Jewry During the Holocaust Ofer Shiff North American Jews in the New Millennium Jonathan D. Sarna Jewish Identity and Anti-Semitism Michel Wieviorka Jews, Nationality, and Judaism: The Case of Ha-rishon le-Zion, Rabbi Meir Ben Zion Hai Uziel Shalom Ratzabi Different Concepts of a Jewish Democratic State Benyamin Neuberger