References:
A Sampler
The classic biography
- Cecil Roth, Doña Gracia of the House of Nasi,
Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia, 1977
Biographical
sketches can be found in
- Elinor Slater and Robert Slater, Great Jewish Women,
Jonathan David Publishers, Middle Village, NY, 1998
- Naomi Pasachoff and Robert J. Littman, Jewish History in 100
Nutshells, Jason Aaronson, Northvale, N.J., 1996
- Nicholas de Lange, ed., The Illustrated History of the Jewish
People, Harcourt Brace, New York, 1997
Sephardic history
- Jane S. Gerber, The Jews of Spain, The Free Press, New
York, 1992
- Norman Stillman, The Jews of Arab Lands: A History and
Sourcebook, Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia,
1979
- Chaim Raphael, The Road from Babylon, Harper and Row, New
York, 1985
- Jane Frances Amler, Christopher Columbus's Jewish Roots,
Jason Aronson, New York 1991
- Cecil Roth, A History of the Marranos, New York, 1966.
Sephardic Culture
- Marc D. Angel, The Rhythms of Jewish Living: A Sephardic
Approach, Sepher-Hermon Press, New York, 1986
- Al Passy, Sephardic Folk Dictionary, privately published;
contact
apassy@aol.com
Victor Perera, The Cross and the
Pear Tree: A Sephardic Journey, University of California Press,
1996
Pamela Grau Twena The Sephardic Table : The Vibrant Cooking of
the Mediterranean Jews-A Personal Collection of Recipes from the
Middle East, North Africa and India , Houghton-Mifflin, New York,
1998
For children
- Norman H. Finkelstein, The Other 1492: Jewish Settlement
in the New World, Scribners, New York
- Deborah Spector Siegel. The Cross by Day, the Mezuzzah by
Night, Jewish Publication Society; Philadelphia, 1999
- Kenneth Roseman, The Cardinal’s Snuffbox, Union of
American Hebrew Congregations, New York
Links to many Sephardic sites:
http://www.haruth.com/Sephardic_Stuff.htm
The European Sephardic Institute
http://www.sefarad.org/