Introduction- Going Beyond, Going Against: New Studies on Jewish Latin Americans

Abstract

Going beyond, going against—this research dossier on Jewish Latin Ameri-cans aims to fill lacunae and map new areas in Jewish Latin American historio- graphy, bibliography and cultural studies. It covers a broad range, illustrating the vitality and innovativeness of contemporary scholarship. Going beyond—our aim is to insert less heard voices into the conversation on Jewish Latin Americans, voices of women, Sephardim, and philosophers, voices of crypto-Jews and artists. We want to go beyond the more commonly heard sounds coming from established communal, institutional sources to pre- sent a fuller range of Jewish Latin American experiences. We emphasize these experiences as Latin American, an integral part of the area’s history and culture. Publishing this collection of texts in a journal of Latin American studies like EIAL therefore seems appropriate.