Emory University’s Tenenbaum Family Lecture

“Latinx Jews in their Adopted Homeland: Constructing New Realities and Claiming New Identities”

How do Latinx Jews in the U.S. identify? Can they choose their identity or is it assigned to them? Are their ethnic choices ever strategic or instrumental? Drawing on the experiences of Latinx Jewish immigrants in the United States, the historical roots of Jewish migration streams to Latin America and a sociological comparative perspective, Limonic discusses how group construction is never static, and, in particular, how race, religion, and class are increasingly important mediating factors in defining ethnicity and ethnic identity.

This free, public lecture will take place on Emory University’s campus.