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Jewish Latin America is uncovered
in a new book series.

MATT MILSTEIN
The New Mexico Jewish Link

N

of all Jewish immigrants to
the Western Hemisphere
ended up in New York's
Lower East Side, and the
University of New Mexico Press has
launched a Jewish Latin American
book series in recognition of this.
"Jewish Latin America seems to be
eclipsed or left unknown in the eyes of
American readers," said
series editor and cre-
ator Ilan Stavans.
"I suggested
bringing out a
book series,
the goal being
to show that
it's more than
worthy.
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"We're
working on one
or two titles a
season," said UNM
Press Editor Dana
Asbury. "Ilan is mak-
ing the initial selec-
tions, looking
around, talking to
people. Some have
been commissioned
for the series and
some have been gath-
oN,
ered from previously
completed works."
Hundreds of Jewish
writers exist throughout Latin
America, mostly in Argentina, Mexico
and Brazil.
"We're trying to combine titles that
are out of print and then intertwine
them with new titles," Stavans said.
Recently released titles include
Claper by Venezuelan author Alicia
Freilich. Originally published in
Spanish in 1987, this work tells a
story of Venezuelan Jewish life as nar-
rated by a first-generation immigrant
from Eastern Europe and his South
American-born daughter.
Also out is The Jewish. Gauchos of
the Pampas. Written by Alberto
Gerchunoff and first published in
Spanish in 1910, this book comprises
a series of vignettes about shred life in
Argentina.
Ocher titles include The Prophet and

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La Vida Hispanica

Other Stories, a collection of short sto-
ries by Brazilian author Samuel Rawer,
and The Book of Memories, a novel by
Argentinean writer Ana Maria Shua.
Though not included in UNM
Press' Jewish Latin America series,
Stavans' book The Riddle of Cantin as:
Essays on Hispanic Popular Culture
includes chapters on the Hispanic
Jewish experience.
Diversity is a theme in Stavans'
work and aptly characterizes Latin
American culture, he said.
"Latin American literature has to
do with different religions and
ethnic groups," Stavans said.
"This tradition
really flour-
ished after
the Second
World War,
and differs
from
American
Jewish litera-
ture in that it
follows the
baroque tradi-
tion of
Spanish liter-
ature.
Aside from
Stavans'
English-
written
contribu-
tions, all titles in
the series are translated from
their original Spanish, Portuguese and
Ladino (a Spanish dialect comprising
elements of Hebrew, Greek and
Turkish).
"Jewish writing is very much alive
because Jews try to keep a record of
their tradition in fiction," Stavans said.
Significant numbers of European
Jewish immigrants landed in Latin
American countries such as Mexico,
Chile, Peru, Brazil, Argentina and
Guatemala, among them Stavans family.
Growing up in a Yiddish and
Spanish-speaking community in
Mexico City, Stavans, now a professor
of Jewish and Hispanic studies and
creative writing at Amherst College in
Massachusetts, first started writing in
Yiddish and only later switched to
Spanish and English.
Latin America's Sephardic Jewish