Books

Books recommended by JIMENA staff for readers, students, and educators exploring the history, literature, languages, and traditions of Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews. Browse children’s books, novels, history, Jewish languages, and Sephardic thought.

  • History & Nonfiction

    The Jews of Beirut: The Rise of a Levantine Community, 1860s-1930s

    by Tomer Levi
    A history of the Jewish community of Beirut from the 1860s to the 1930s, tracing its growth through migration, the founding of schools and institutions, and its place in Lebanon's sectarian society.
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