Kosher Feijoada and Other Paradoxes of Jewish Life in São Paulo

by Misha Klein

Book Overview

Being Jewish in Brazil--the world's largest Catholic country--is fraught with paradoxes, and living in S o Paulo only amplifies these vivid contradictions. The metropolis is home to Jews from over 60 countries of origin, and to the Hebraica, the world's largest Jewish athletic and social club.

Jewish identity is rooted in layered experiences of historical and contemporary dispersal and border crossings. Brazil is famously tolerant of difference...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081306211X
• ISBN13: 9780813062112
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"