An Island Called Home : Returning to Jewish Cuba

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Yiddish-speaking Jews thought Cuba was supposed to be a mere layover on the journey to the United States when they arrived in the island country in the 1920s. They even called it "Hotel Cuba." But then the years passed, and the many Jews who came there from Turkey, Poland, and war-torn Eur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Behar, Ruth
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2007.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Behar, Ruth.
Jews, Cuban.
Jews.
Cuban Americans.
Juifs > Cuba > Biographies.
Americains d'origine cubaine > Biographies.
Jews, Cuban > United States > Biography.
Jews > Cuba > Biography.
Cuban Americans > Biography.
United States.
Cuba.
Cuba > Biographies.
Cuba > Biography.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Yiddish-speaking Jews thought Cuba was supposed to be a mere layover on the journey to the United States when they arrived in the island country in the 1920s. They even called it "Hotel Cuba." But then the years passed, and the many Jews who came there from Turkey, Poland, and war-torn Europe stayed in Cuba. The beloved island ceased to be a hotel, and Cuba eventually became "home." But after Fidel Castro came to power in 1959, the majority of the Jews opposed his communist regime and left in a mass exodus. Though they remade their lives in the United States, they mourned the loss of the Jewis.
Physical Description:1 online resource (320 pages).
ISBN:9780813543864

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