Jews in Places You Never Thought ofKaren Primack |
Contents
The Sephardic Diaspora | 3 |
Just Who Are the Shinlung? | 27 |
How I Happened to Discover the Bnei Menashe | 31 |
Chronology of a Successful Return | 38 |
Honoring the Return of | 51 |
Spain | 58 |
Portugal | 64 |
The Marrano Jews of Braganza | 74 |
Xu Xin an Unusual Man | 157 |
Italy | 165 |
Chronology of an Historic Visit | 171 |
Mikvehs and Cholent in Uganda | 202 |
Lets Send Abayudaya Orphans to School | 211 |
Living with the Abayudaya and Their NonJewish | 223 |
Peru | 245 |
India | 253 |
Frustrations of a Founder | 88 |
Brazil | 100 |
We Marranos of Brazil | 112 |
The United States of America | 130 |
Are the Balemba Jewish? | 144 |
A Lost Tribe in Nigeria? | 147 |
Ghana | 263 |
The Ghanaian Village That Wants To Be Jewish | 264 |
Zionism for the 1990s | 280 |
What You Can Do | 297 |
Common terms and phrases
Aaron Abayudaya Abayudaya community Africa aliyah American Amishav ancestors ancestry arrived asked Balemba become Jewish began Belmonte Bene Israel Beth beth din Bible Bnei Menashe Brazil Brazilian brother Cape Verde Catholic century China Chinese Christian circumcision congregation conversos converted to Judaism descendants father feel Gershom Hebrew hundred immigrants India interest Islam Israel Israeli Jack Zeller Jewish Jewish community Jewish history Jewish roots Joab Kaifeng Kakungulu Karen Primack Kulanu leader learned living Lost Tribes Manipur Marranos Mbale Mexico City mikveh Mishael missionaries Mizoram Moses Mugombe munity Muslim nity Orthodox Portugal Portuguese practice Judaism prayers Puebla Rabbi Rabbi Eliyahu Avichail religion religious ritual Sabbath Sephardic Shabbat Shabbos Shalom Shinlung songs Spain Spanish spiritual story synagogue Telugu Jews Ten Lost Tribes tion told Torah tradition Uganda Venhaver village Wahnon women Yakobi