Questioning Jewish Caribbean Identity

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 -- Who Is a Jew -- Introduction -- The Caribbean Jew -- The Jewish State and the Law of Return -- The Diasporic Experience - Scattered on the Seas -- The New World - Assimilation and Survival -- French - Haiti -- Dutch - Suriname and Curaçao -- Curacao -- The Spanish - Santo Domingo and Cuba -- Cuba -- English - Barbados and Jamaica -- Barbados -- Jamaica -- The Role of the Jews in the Caribbean -- Chapter 2 -- Jewish Identity -- A Personal Psychology and Philosophy of Identity -- Identity and the Selves -- Identification -- The Role of the Other -- Hyphenated Realities -- Sexual Identity -- Culture -- Creolisation -- Chapter 3 -- The Caribbean Experience -- Jew by Religion -- Jewish Mother-Jewish Father -- Abrahm Ben Emanuel's Story -- Jewish Father-Gentile Mother -- Seth's Story -- Jewish by Conversion -- Miriam's Story -- Rueben's Story -- Jewish By Culture -- Chapter 4 -- Modern Adaptations -- The Rastafari -- Rastafari & Judaism -- From Zion to Rasta and Rasta to Zion -- Chabad in the Caribbean -- Chapter 5 -- Jewish Lives, Jewish Loves -- Forbidden Love -- The Present Situation -- Ab rahm Ben Emanuel & Shoshana -- Seth and Linda -- Chapter 6 -- Conclusion -- 100% Jewish 100% Caribbean -- The Eternal Bond - The Mind, Body and Soul -- The Future of Judaism in The Caribbean -- References -- About the Author -- Index -- Blank Page -- Blank Page