Books

JIMENA Staff’s Suggested Books in Sephardic and Mizrahi Studies

Children’s Books
The Rabbi’s Cat
by Joann Sfar
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Sephardic History
The Road to Redemption: The Jews of the Yemen 1900-1950
by Tudor Parfitt
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Sephardic History
The Schocken Book of Modern Sephardic Literature
by Ilan Stavans
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Children’s Books
The Secret Shofar of Barcelona
by Jacqueline Dembar Greene (Author), Doug Chayka (Illustrator)
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Sephardic Thought
The Sephardic Book of Why
by Rabbi Ilan Acoca
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Children’s Books
The Sephardic Children’s Haggadah Shel Pesach
by Ellis J. Safdeye
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Sephardic History
The Sephardic World – Le Monde Sépharade (French)
by Shmuel Trigano
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Children’s Books
The Story of the Baba Sali
by Sarah Feldbrand
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Novels
The White Islands / Las Islas Blancas
by Marjorie Agosín
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Sephardic History
The Woman Who Defied Kings: The Life and Times of Dona Gracia Nasi
by Andrée Aelion Brooks
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Sephardic History
The Women of Israel: Characters and Sketches from the Holy Scriptures and Jewish History
by Grace Aguilar
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Children’s Books
The Wooden Sword: A Jewish Folktale from Afghanistan
by Carol Liddiment and Ann Redisch Stampler
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