Jewish Presence in Latin America

Judith Laikin Elkin is founding president of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association. Gilbert W. Merkx is Professor of sociology and Director of the Latin American Institute at the University of New Mexico.

• Part 1: Introduction 1. Jewish Studies as a Subject of Latin American Studies Part 2: Historical Studies 2. Sephardic Immigration to Argentina Prior to the Nazi Period 3. Jewish Roots of Brazil 4. Latin America and the Jewish Refugees: Two Encounters, 1935 and 1938 Part 3: Comparative Dimensions 5. Adaptive Strategies of Jews in Latin America 6. Demographic Trends of Latin American Jewry 7. The Origins of Zionism in Latin America 8. Jewish Education in Latin America Part 4: Adaptation and Evolution 9. Economic and Social Mobility of Jews in Brazil 10. Jews and the Argentine Center: A Middleman Minority 11. Costa Rican Jewry: An economic and Political Outline 12. Capitalism, Socialism and the Jews: The View from Cabildo Part 5: Defining a New Identity 13. 15. Culture, Identity and Community 16. Latin American-Jewish Writers: Protecting the Hyphen 17. The Evolution of the Latin American-Jewish Communities: Retrospect and Prospect