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Latin American Jewish Studies Association
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Founded in 1982, LAJSA unites scholars in Latin American Jewish Studies. Goals include promoting scholarship, sharing research opportunities, organizing events, publishing findings, and maintaining a member network.
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📢 Nos complace anunciar que ya está disponible en línea el primer volumen de la serie Research in Latin American Jewish Studies, publicado por De Gruyter-Brill en colaboración con LAJSA.

🔗 Pueden comenzar a explorar el volumen aquí:
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
December 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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📚 LAJSA is updating its syllabus registry! ✨

LAJSA maintains on its website a collection of syllabi for courses on Latin American Jewish topics.

🔗 Explore it here:
lajsa.org/resources/sy...

📩 Please send your syllabus to [email protected] so we can include it.
December 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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📣 Salud i beraha: The 9th Annual NY Ladino Day is coming up!

On January 11, 2026, the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan will host this in-person celebration of Ladino language and culture.

The event is curated by J. Mushabac and B. Kirschen.

More info: beta-programs.cjh.org/event/ladino...
December 1, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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📢 Invitación abierta | 2ª sesión del Foro de Investigadores Judíos Latinoamericanos

🗓 11/12/25
🕕 18:00 (Israel)
💻 Zoom

🔗 Enlace de acceso al Zoom:
huji.zoom.us/j/8361685984...
ID de la reunión: 836 1685 9846
Código de acceso: 443781
November 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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📚 New Look Alert!
Our Dissertations & Theses section has a fresh new design 🎉 — with more entries and an easier way to explore them!

Take a look 👉 lajsa.org/resources/di...

If you have new theses to include, please email Naomi Lindstrom at 📩 [email protected]
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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🎓 New Seminar Series | Los Avatares del Prejuicio Hoy / The Manifestations of Prejudice Today

🗓️ Starting November 12, 2025
🕓 4 PM GMT | 11 AM ET | 6 PM IL

🌎 Simultaneous Spanish and English translation.
👉 To attend upcoming lectures, click here: isgap.org/seminar-seri...
November 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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📢 Convocatoria abierta para Milta 7

Ya está abierta la recepción de artículos para el número 7 de la Milta, Revista Iberoamericana de Pensamiento, Cultura y Educación Judía.

🗓 Fecha límite : 5 de diciembre de 2025.

Completa el formulario: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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📚 New Yiddish Collection at UF!

The Price Library of Judaica received Esther Rollansky’s personal library from Buenos Aires, enriching resources on Latin American Jewish culture. A tribute to her lifelong devotion to Yiddish heritage.

#YiddishCulture #JewishStudies #UF
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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📢 ¡Ya está disponible la nueva edición de la Revista Digital del NIEJ - Núcleo Interdisciplinar de Estudos Judaicos (NIEJ) de la UFRJ!

📰 Revista Digital do NIEJ – N° 10
📖 Lee la edición completa aquí:
🔗 share.google/mHuxSQHPcPOd...

En el enlace encontrarás más información!
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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📣 Exposição “Mooca Judaica: histórias e memórias de uma comunidade”

🗓 05/11 a 14/12/2025
📍 Unibes Cultural — São Paulo, SP
⏰ Quarta a domingo, das 12h às 19h
🎟 Entrada gratuita

Uma oportunidade para conhecer as tradições da comunidade judaica na história do bairro.
November 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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📚✨ Presentación de “Sentir dos patrias. La migración judía entre Argentina e Israel” 🇦🇷🇮🇱, una obra del Dr. Adrián Krupnik (U. Tel Aviv).

📅 Jueves 30 de octubre – 19:30 hs
📍 Julián Álvarez 239
🎟️ Actividad presencial con inscripción previa

📩 Para más información o inscribirte: [email protected]
October 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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📚✨ ¡Están todos invitados!

El Foro de Investigadores del Judaísmo Latinoamericano (FORUM AMLAT) presenta: The Holocaust and Latin America: Migration, Resettlement and Memory (Palgrave, 2025)

🗓️ 6/11/2025
🕕 6PM (hora Israel)
💻 Zoom

🔗 Enlace:
huji.zoom.us/j/8241013583...
October 21, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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🕍 Los judíos en la Colonia Roma
📅 Domingo 26 de octubre de 2025 | 🕙 10:00 AM

💰 Donativo mínimo: $500 pesos
📩 Registro previo indispensable: [email protected]

🌐 Más información: www.sinagogajustosierra.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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📚 SIMANIA: Salon Readings

Join us on October 9, 2025 for the presentation of Jeffrey Lesser’s new book:
Living and Dying in São Paulo. Immigrants, Health, and the Built Environment in Brazil (2025).

👉 Pre-sign here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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🎨✨ New Release

"Jewish Latin American Artists: Perspectives from the Global South" (Jewish Latin America, Vol. 19) explores the creativity of Jewish visual artists who shaped 20th- and 21st-century Latin American art.

👉 Learn more: brill.com/display/titl...
October 1, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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🌍 Virtual Roundtable: “October 7th in the University Classroom”
Join LAJSA on Oct 5, 2025 to explore how the events of Oct 7, 2023 shape teaching Jewish & Latin American identities in academia.

📌 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
ℹ️ Info: lajsa.org/virtual-roun...
September 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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📚✨ SIMANÍA: Lecturas de salón ✨📚

🗓️ Fecha: 18 de septiembre de 2025
🕛 Horario: 12 p.m. N.Y. | 13 hs Buenos Aires | 18 hs Berlín | 19 hs Jerusalén
🌐 Evento online en castellano

👉 Inscripción aquí: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 16, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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📚✨ Just Published! ✨📚

🧳🕯️ This groundbreaking book explores the Holocaust’s connections to Latin America through three themes: Migration, Settlement, Memory.

👉 Click here for more info: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
September 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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📣 Call for Proposals: 30th JAHLit Symposium
📅 February 1–3, 2026 | 📍 New Orleans, LA

📝 Deadline: September 28, 2025
📄 Full CFP & submission details: americanjewishexperience.org/jewish-ameri...
📧 Contact: [email protected]
August 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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🌍 “October 7th in the University Classroom”

📌 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
ℹ️ More info: lajsa.org/virtual-roun...

#JewishStudies #LatinAmerica #VirtualRoundtable #LAJSA
August 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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📚✨ El Núcleo de Estudios Judíos invita a la presentación del libro: "National and Transnational Paths of Latin American Jews" (Brill, 2025) de Judit Bokser Liwerant.
🗓 1 de septiembre
📍 Auditorio del IDES (Aráoz 2838, CABA)
⏰ 18 hs
August 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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📢 Call for Papers

2026 Western Jewish Studies Association Conference
🏫 University of Denver | 📍 Denver, CO
📅 March 22–23, 2026

📩 Submit proposals by November 14, 2025 to: [email protected]
🔗 More info: www.wjsa.net/dues.html
August 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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📢 ¡Convocatoria abierta!

Milta – Revista Iberoamericana de Pensamiento, Cultura y Educación Judía invita a enviar artículos para su edición número 6 ✍️

🗓 Hasta el 1 de septiembre
🌎 Español o portugués
📄 Info: revistamilta.org/wp-content/u...
📧 [email protected]
August 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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📢 2nd Seminar for Jewish Museums & Art Professionals in LATAM
🗓 December 3–5, 2025 | São Paulo, Brazil
Topic: Building Bridges – Jewish Cultural Institutions in the Latin American Context

📄 Submit by: August 31
🔗 Apply: forms.gle/penwHhfPPcbX8B1u6
📧 Questions? [email protected]
August 16, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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📖 New from SUP!

Michael Rom’s Brazilian Belonging: Jewish Politics in Cold War Latin America uncovers how Brazilian Jews challenged racial democracy, resisted dictatorship, and shaped new political visions after the return of democracy.

💡 20% off with code ROM20 → www.sup.org/books/jewish...
August 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM