Sephardic Jews in America: A Diasporic History by Aviva Ben-Ur National Jewish Book Award Winner But when he arrives not

But when he arrives not a single candle is lit

she found herself unable to conform to her religious upbringing and soon

Her great-great-grandparents

This translation by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub brings the extraordinary memoirs of an important Yiddish writer to English-language readers for the first time

Jewish community and family

Sephardic Jews in America: A Diasporic History by Aviva Ben-Ur National Jewish Book Award Winner But when he arrives notA significant number of Sephardic Jews, tracing their remote origins to Spain and Portugal, immigrated to the United States from Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans from 1880 through the 1920s, joined by a smaller number of Mizrahi Jews arriving from Arab lands. Most Sephardim settled in New York, establishing the leading Judeo Spanish community outside the Ottoman Empire. With their distinct languages, cultures, and rituals, Sephardim and Arab speaking