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Ruth Behar

Anthropologist and writer · b. 1956

One Sephardic or Mizrahi parent · ProbableIsrael & the Diaspora Today

Havana-born anthropologist and writer whose father's family were Sephardic Jews. Her books explore Jewish Cuba and the immigrant experience.

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