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Book Mi Mochito Sephardim from Northern New Mexico

Download or read book Mi Mochito Sephardim from Northern New Mexico written by Jo Roybal Izay and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What a delightful book! Jo Izay is an able story teller, which is quite an art. The book had me in stitches with mi Mochito's recitation of "history." The character mi Mochito is unique and shares an incredibly hilarious view of historic events. The book takes place in the northeast mountains of New Mexico where a few hundred years ago Sephardic Jews went to escape the inquisition. Although the book is ostensibly fiction, it does give much very interesting accurate historical information about what happened to these people and how they intermarried with, e.g., Indians, other Jews, etc, yet kept the rudiments of their religious practices to this very day. There is so much to be learned about, e.g., the penitentes, Indians "Los Mormones", language (Spanish, Ladino, English, Latin, Hebrew, etc), that anyone interested in cultures will find the book fascinating. The relationship between the Catholic priest and the Rabbi is fascinating and humorous. In my opinion, the book should be in the library of every synagogue and every student of cultures. And, it's funny! Bert Robinson Baton Rouge, LA

Book El Mochito Sephardim

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jo Roybal Izay
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2008-02-01
  • ISBN : 9781434359285
  • Pages : 248 pages

Download or read book El Mochito Sephardim written by Jo Roybal Izay and published by . This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book El Mochito Sephardim

    Book Details:
  • Author :
  • Publisher : AuthorHouse
  • Release :
  • ISBN : 1463463537
  • Pages : 250 pages

Download or read book El Mochito Sephardim written by and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book My El Mochito Sephardim

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jo Roybal Izay
  • Publisher : Booksurge Publishing
  • Release : 2009-12-21
  • ISBN : 9781439261934
  • Pages : 238 pages

Download or read book My El Mochito Sephardim written by Jo Roybal Izay and published by Booksurge Publishing. This book was released on 2009-12-21 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Most folks are unaware that Spanish Jews still live in the mountains of northern New Mexico. Known as the Sephardim, they survived the Spanish Inquisition. ... [This] is a heartwarming story narrated by young Yisraela Benavidez and her best friend, El Mochito, who is an inocente adopted by the Benavidez family. The old man sees the world with the innocence of a child and his delightful stories provide doorways into his unique understanding of reality. This reality is a blending of multiple layers of truth and fantasy that is at times humorous, at times whimsical, and always educational. The old man is considered by all who know him to be a gift from G-d."--Publisher's statement, p. [4] of cover.

Book Se  or Gamblin  Rabbi

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jo Roybal Izay
  • Publisher : Trafford Publishing
  • Release : 2012-06
  • ISBN : 1466921544
  • Pages : 345 pages

Download or read book Se or Gamblin Rabbi written by Jo Roybal Izay and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1850, when the United States acquired New Mexico as a territory the gringos began to steal their Spanish land grants and tried to kill the Indians and acquire the Indian reservations. The two minorities became allies and their enemy became the United States Government. In the 1800s, young Benjamin Benavidez who had a photographic memory, a winning personality and an outstanding singing voice saw first-hand what the U.S. Government was doing. He studied night and day, took the Bar and passed it. He was a lawyer. Judges and lawyers were all gringos and there was no way he could fight them in court so he did the next best thing. He mastered Poker and began playing with the rich and powerful gringos, the judges and lawyers in Santa Fe. From there he branched out throughout the US. With his winning personality, he made friends with the rich and powerful. The Gamblin' Rabbi always won honestly if he could, but never lost. He simply serenaded the losers. Also known as Don Benjamin Benavidez, he married a Navajo woman. They had three sons. The greatest obstacle that Senor Gamblin' Rabbi stumbled over and over again is the promise he made to his dying mother that at least one of his sons would marry a Ladina. The sons didn't care about their father's promise. They were going to choose their own wives. The promise brought the gambler more heartaches and tears than he bargained for."

Book Se  or Gamblin    Rabbi

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jo Roybal Izay
  • Publisher : Trafford Publishing
  • Release : 2012-06-25
  • ISBN : 1466921552
  • Pages : 345 pages

Download or read book Se or Gamblin Rabbi written by Jo Roybal Izay and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-25 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1850, when the United States acquired New Mexico as a territory the gringos began to steal their Spanish land grants and tried to kill the Indians and acquire the Indian reservations. The two minorities became allies and their enemy became the United States Government. In the 1800s, young Benjamin Benavidez who had a photographic memory, a winning personality and an outstanding singing voice saw first-hand what the U.S. Government was doing. He studied night and day, took the Bar and passed it. He was a lawyer. Judges and lawyers were all gringos and there was no way he could fight them in court so he did the next best thing. He mastered Poker and began playing with the rich and powerful gringos, the judges and lawyers in Santa Fe. From there he branched out throughout the US. With his winning personality, he made friends with the rich and powerful. The Gamblin Rabbi always won honestly if he could, but never lost. He simply serenaded the losers. Also known as Don Benjamin Benavidez, he married a Navajo woman. They had three sons. The greatest obstacle that Seor Gamblin Rabbi stumbled over and over again is the promise he made to his dying mother that at least one of his sons would marry a Ladina. The sons didnt care about their fathers promise. They were going to choose their own wives. The promise brought the gambler more heartaches and tears than he bargained for.

Book The Pastry Chef s Companion

Download or read book The Pastry Chef s Companion written by Glenn Rinsky and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-02-28 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 4,800 terms and definitions from around the world plus ten appendices filled with helpful resources, The Pastry Chef's Companion combines the best features of a dictionary and an encyclopedia. In addition to the current terminology of every component of pastry, baking, and confectionary arts, this book provides important information about the origin and historical background of many of the terms. Moreover, it offers coverage of flavor trends, industry practices, key success factors, a resources list, illustrations, and phonetic pronunciations.

Book Deportable and Disposable

Download or read book Deportable and Disposable written by Lisa A. Flores and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2021-02-04 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1920s, the US government passed legislation against undocumented entry into the country, and as a result the figure of the “illegal alien” took form in the national discourse. In this book, Lisa A. Flores explores the history of our language about Mexican immigrants and exposes how our words made these migrants “illegal.” Deportable and Disposable brings a rhetorical lens to a question that has predominantly concerned historians: how do differently situated immigrant populations come to belong within the national space of whiteness, and thus of American-ness? Flores presents a genealogy of our immigration discourse through four stereotypes: the “illegal alien,” a foreigner and criminal who quickly became associated with Mexican migrants; the “bracero,” a docile Mexican contract laborer; the “zoot suiter,” a delinquent Mexican American youth engaged in gang culture; and the “wetback,” an unwanted migrant who entered the country by swimming across the Rio Grande. By showing how these figures were constructed, Flores provides insight into the ways in which we racialize language and how we can transform our political rhetoric to ensure immigrant populations come to belong as part of the country, as Americans. Timely, thoughtful, and eye-opening, Deportable and Disposable initiates a necessary conversation about the relationship between racial rhetoric and the literal and figurative borders of the nation. This powerful book will inform policy makers, scholars, activists, and anyone else interested in race, rhetoric, and immigration in the United States.

Book Youth  Identity  Power

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carlos Muñoz
  • Publisher : Verso
  • Release : 1989
  • ISBN : 9780860919131
  • Pages : 236 pages

Download or read book Youth Identity Power written by Carlos Muñoz and published by Verso. This book was released on 1989 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Youth, Identity, Power is a study of the origins and development of Chicano radicalism in America. Written by a leader of the Chicano Student Movement of the 1960s who also played a role in the creation of the wider Chicano Power Movement, this is the first fill-length work to appear on the subject. It fills an important gap in the history of political protest in the United States. The author places the Chicano movement in the wider context of the political development of Mexicans and their descendants in the US, tracing the emergence of Chicano student activists in the 1930s and their initial challenge to the dominant racial and class ideologies of the time. Munoz then documents the rise and fall of the Chicano Power Movement, situating the student protests of the sixties within the changing political scene of the time, and assessing the movement's contribution to the cultural development of the Chicano population as a whole. He concludes with an account of Chicano politics in the 1980s. Youth, Identity, Power was named an Outstanding Book on Human Rights in the United States by the Gustavus Myers Center in 1990.

Book Piloting Palm

Download or read book Piloting Palm written by Andrea Butter and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2002-02-18 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive behind-the-scenes story of the visionary team that launched the handheld industry. Palm insider Andrea Butter and New York Times columnist David Pogue -- with full, exclusive cooperation of the company's founders and more than fifty key Palm and Handspring executives -- tell the riveting tale of the start of an industry constantly in the headlines. The origins of this volatile industry began with the tiny team who beat staggering odds to turn the PalmPilot into a billion-dollar market and later took their ultimate vision to Handspring, now Palm's most powerful rival. Many of today's current events relating to the competition in this industry are forecasted in this important business drama. The authors take an unprecedented look at how the visionary founders of the industry led one of the most successful startups in history to succeed against all odds-including a shoestring budget, shortsighted corporate partners, and competition from Microsoft. The roller-coaster ride is full of insight into the bungles of venture capitalists, the allure and pitfalls of partnerships with giant corporations, and the steely determination needed to maintain entrepreneurial and visionary independence. With gripping accounts of the last-minute crises that almost torpedoed the PalmPilot on the eve of its unveiling, and the triumphant, unprecedented reception of Palm in the marketplace, as well as the glimpses into the future of this industry, this book is as entertaining as it is instructional. Key revelations include: * The principles of business, economy, and product design that led Palm to succeed where billion-dollar corporations like Apple, Motorola, and Casio had failed. * Important moments in technological development of the handheld such as the secret "Easter egg," a software surprise planted in the Palm software that nearly sank launch plans. * Unique insight into the showdown with Microsoft, and 3Com's tragic decision not to make Palm independent that led Palm's founder Jeff Hanwkins and CEO Donna Dubinsky to take their vision elsewhere. * The ongoing competition between Palm and Handspring. The new rivals to contend with including Sony.

Book The Dutch  I Presume

    Book Details:
  • Author : Martijn de Rooi
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2014
  • ISBN : 9789076214177
  • Pages : 144 pages

Download or read book The Dutch I Presume written by Martijn de Rooi and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engelstalig, op buitenlanders gericht boek, met informatie in woord en beeld over Nederland, de Nederlandse cultuur en de Nederlanders.

Book Amsterdam

    Book Details:
  • Author : Manfred Wolf
  • Publisher : Traveler's Literary Companions
  • Release : 2001
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 264 pages

Download or read book Amsterdam written by Manfred Wolf and published by Traveler's Literary Companions. This book was released on 2001 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel to one of the most dynamic cities in the world in the company of the finest writers. Twenty stories by writers from Amsterdam are set around the canals, the red light district, Central Station, cafes and working-class neighborhoods. Many stories appear in English for the first time. Contributors include Harry Mulisch, Cees Nooteboom, Marga Minco, and Bas Heijne among others. 1 map.

Book Yvain

    Book Details:
  • Author : Chretien de Troyes
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 1987-09-10
  • ISBN : 0300038380
  • Pages : 244 pages

Download or read book Yvain written by Chretien de Troyes and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1987-09-10 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A twelfth-century poem by the creator of the Arthurian romance describes the courageous exploits and triumphs of a brave lord who tries to win back his deserted wife's love

Book The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion   Cooking Manual

Download or read book The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion Cooking Manual written by Frank Castronovo and published by Artisan Books. This book was released on 2010-06-14 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Brooklyn's sizzling restaurant scene, the hottest cookbook of the season... From urban singles to families with kids, local residents to the Hollywood set, everyone flocks to Frankies Spuntino—a tin-ceilinged, brick-walled restaurant in Brooklyn's Carroll Gardens—for food that is "completely satisfying" (wrote Frank Bruni in The New York Times). The two Franks, both veterans of gourmet kitchens, created a menu filled with new classics: Italian American comfort food re-imagined with great ingredients and greenmarket sides. This witty cookbook, with its gilded edges and embossed cover, may look old-fashioned, but the recipes are just we want to eat now. The entire Frankies menu is adapted here for the home cook—from small bites including Cremini Mushroom and Truffle Oil Crostini, to such salads as Escarole with Sliced Onion & Walnuts, to hearty main dishes including homemade Cavatelli with Hot Sausage & Browned Butter. With shortcuts and insider tricks gleaned from years in gourmet kitchens, easy tutorials on making fresh pasta or tying braciola, and an amusing discourse on Brooklyn-style Sunday "sauce" (ragu), The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion & Kitchen Manual will seduce both experienced home cooks and a younger audience that is newer to the kitchen.

Book Fresh from the Farm 6pk

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rigby
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 9781418914219
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Fresh from the Farm 6pk written by Rigby and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Xenophobe s Guide to the Dutch

Download or read book The Xenophobe s Guide to the Dutch written by Rodney Bolt and published by Oval Projects. This book was released on 2008-07-25 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to understanding the Dutch that goes beyound the tulips and windmills to reveal their real personality and peculiarities.