JEWS OF SPAIN : A HISTORY OF THE SEPHARDIC EXPERIENCE

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Summary: A refreshing look at a unique time and people
Review: Gerber presents a piece that tells the story of the often neglected Sephardic Jew. In her piece, one can appreciate this group of jewry and realize their struggles and triumphants in a world that does not understsnd their purpose. Her treatment of the inquistion material in particular is breath taking and conjures up images of the modern inquistion across Europe that was the holocaust.

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Summary: Winner of 1993 National Jewish Book Award:Sephardic Studies
Review: THE JEWS OF SPAIN - A History of the Sephardic Experience Author: JANE S. GERBER Catergory listing: History/Judaica Winner of the 1993 National Jewish Book Award for Sephardic Studies An advanced and scholarly research on the history of the Tribe of Judah, (House of David) to its present status. "Jane S. Gerber is to be congratulated for her rare achievement, a work of serious popularization that will be welcomed by anyone interested in Jewish history and the Sephardic experience. The Jews of Spain compresses a wealth of information into one volume with authority, intelligence, and lucidity. It deserves the widest possible audience." -- Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi - Salo Wittmayer Baron Professor of Jewish History, Culture and Society, Columbia University "This unusually valuable book fills a long neglected need: a readable and highly accessible one-volume treatment of Sephardic Jewry from their earliest origins until today." -- Benjamin R. Gampel - Associate Professor of Jewish History, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America "Gerber has brought [a] scrupulous sense of scholarship to The Jews of Spain...Her intelligent, gracefully written history is a welcome volume for the general reader; it fill an important historical vacuum." -- Barbara Probst Solomon, The Washington Post "...Stirring and riveting...a remarkable story of creative adaptation, minority achievement, and survival." -- Publisher's Weekly

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Summary: This book is an exciting journey to adventure and despair
Review: This book is so interesting and well written that I read it in two days --I just could not put it down.

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Summary: Scholarly overview of the history of the Sephardic Jews
Review: With an outstanding narrative, Gerber has been able to compress the history of the Sephardic Jews from the early establishment in the Iberian Peninsula (around 200 BCE) to present date. This represents a wealth of information the author had to deal with, understanbly forced to narrow down on several topics. The reader will in fact have an amazing overview of the history of the Sephardic Jews in a single volume. Highly recommended to anyone interestd in the history of a people endowed with faith, courage, and determination to face adversities.

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Summary: Scholarly overview of the history of the Sephardic Jews
Review: With an outstanding narrative, Gerber has been able to compress the history of the Sephardic Jews from the early establishment in the Iberian Peninsula (around 200 BCE) to present date. This represents a wealth of information the author had to deal with, understanbly forced to narrow down on several topics. The reader will in fact have an amazing overview of the history of the Sephardic Jews in a single volume. Highly recommended to anyone interestd in the history of a people endowed with faith, courage, and determination to face adversities.