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Aviva Ben-Ur

Caribbean Jews

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“Archival Practices: The Creation Of A Portuguese Jewish Identity", Aviva Ben-Ur Dec 2014

“Archival Practices: The Creation Of A Portuguese Jewish Identity", Aviva Ben-Ur

Aviva Ben-Ur

This article discusses the relationship of Caribbean Jews to their communal archives, focusing on the Dutch colonies of Curaçao and Suriname, homes to the largest Jewish communities in the eighteenth-century Americas.


“Peripheral Inclusion: Communal Belonging In Suriname’S Sephardic Community, Aviva Ben-Ur Dec 2006

“Peripheral Inclusion: Communal Belonging In Suriname’S Sephardic Community, Aviva Ben-Ur

Aviva Ben-Ur

This chapter considers the presence of Eurafricans in the Jewries of early modern Suriname and Curaçao, arguing that these individuals, who formed a separate, organized entity in Suriname by the 1790s, were in various forms members of the Jewish community, although only in terms of "peripheral inclusion."


‘Distingués Des Autres Juifs:’ Les Séfarades Des Caraïbes ('Distinguished From Other Jews:' Sephardim In The Caribbean), Aviva Ben-Ur Dec 2005

‘Distingués Des Autres Juifs:’ Les Séfarades Des Caraïbes ('Distinguished From Other Jews:' Sephardim In The Caribbean), Aviva Ben-Ur

Aviva Ben-Ur

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