Jews from Elsewhere

General introduction: From "Diaspora" to the diasporas, from Exile to Multiculturalism Introduction: Elsewhere...Differently: Edith Bruder Exile according to the Hebrew Bible and Rabbinic literature: Julien Darmon The Lost Tribes of Israel, a modern and postmodern mythos: Edith Bruder Diaspora as a multicultural paradigm: Edith Bruder

Part 1: The Islamic Near East Introduction: Irak and Syria, the original diaspora: Esther Meir-Glitzenstein and Yaron Harel 1.1 In the kingdom of Sheba: The Yemeni Jews Bat-Zion: Eraqi Klorman and Ester Muchawsky-Schnapper 1.2 From Cyrus to Khomeini: the Jews of Iran: Miriam Nissimov 1.3 Being Jewish in Turkey: a three-pronged identity strategy: Süheyla Yildiz 1.4 Jews, Muslims, both or neither? The Salonican Dönme: Dilek Akyalçin Kaya

Part 2: Muslim Caucasus and Central Asia Introduction: Irena Vladimirsky 2.1 At the heart of Caucasus: The Mountain Jews: Irena Vladimirsky 2.2 The Jews of Azerbaijan: Chen Bram 2.3 Along the Silk Road: Tashkent and Bukhara: Irena Vladimirsky 2.4 The Jews of Afghanistan: Irena Vladimirsky 2.5 The Ancient Hebrew origins of the Pashtuns of Afghanistan: Carol Mann

Part 3:The Russian East 3.1 The Cantonists Descendants: Ashkenazi Jewish Communities of Central Asia: Irena Vladimirsky 3.2 Karaites in Crimea Emanuela: Trevisan Semi 3.3 Between Christianity and Judaism: The Subbotniks: Irena Vladimirsky 3.4 Birobijan project - History of the Jewish Autonomy on the Russian Far East: Irena Vladimirsky 3.5 The Thirteenth Tribe: The Imaginary Legacy of the Khazars: Mikhail Kizilov

Part 4: Latin America and the Caribbean Introduction: Paul B. Miller 4.1 The Jews of Suriname and Brazil: Aviva Ben-Ur 4.2 Jews of the Caribbean: Paul B. Miller 4.3 Jews of Mexico: Gina Malagold 4.4 Argentina: The Other Promised Land: Raanan Rein 4.5 Jewish Life on the Pacific: the Jews of Peru: Romina Yalonetzky 4.6 The Legacy of Marranism: Aviva Ben-Ur

Part 5: India Introduction: The Jews of India, An Overview: Nathan Katz 5.1 The Bene Israel: Shalva Weil 5.2 The Departure of the Jews of Cochin to Israel: Crossed Memories: Navras J. Aafreedi 5.3 The "Baghdadi" Jews of India, Burma, and Malaya: Nathan Katz 5.4 The Bene Menashe: Yulia Egorova 5.5 The Bene Ephraim: Yulia Egorova

Part 6: Sub-Saharan Africa Introduction: Edith Bruder 6.1 Ethiopian Jews, from Beta Israel to Ethiopian Israelis: Lisa Antéby-Yemini 6.2 The Abayudaya of Uganda: Edith Bruder 6.3 The Lemba of Southern Africa: Magdel Le Roux 6.4 The Igbo of Nigeria: Edith Bruder 6.5 The House of Israel in Ghana: Edith Bruder 6.6 The Jews of Cape Verde: Alma Gottlieb 6.7 The Jews of Madagascar: William F.S. Miles 6.8 'New Jews' in Cameroon and Kenya: Edith Bruder

Part 7: China Introduction: Noam Urbach 7.1 Kaifeng's Sino-Judaism: Noam Urbach 7.2 The Jewish communities of Harbin and Tianjin: Remi Huppert 7.3 The Jews of Shanghai: Noam Urbach 7.4 Jewish Life in Hong Kong: Alina Patru

Part 8: Moving Identities 8.1 Jews on the Move: Images of Cosmopolitan Jews vs. Jewish Nomads: Sander L. Gilman 8.2 Philosemitism from Christian Millenarism to Contemporary Judaizing Movements: Yaakov Ariel 8.3 Paradigms of "Sephardic and Oriental" Jews: Migration, Social Change, and Identification: Sergio DellaPergola 8.4 Genetics, Community, and Identity: Yulia Egorova 8.5 Jewishness as an Evolving Paradigm: The Case of the Bene Menashe: Len Lyons