This collection of 11 papers, edited by Bejarano (Hebrew U. of Jerusalem, Israel) and Aizenberg (emeritus, Marymount College, US), comparatively examines the Jewish Sephardic communities of the Americas (North and South) as a transnational diaspora. Collectively, the papers trace the Sephardim's paths of immigration to the Americas and the development of their cultures in a variety of origin and settlement contexts; how various communities navigated the tensions between assimilation and Zionism; and cultural transitions in language, literature, and music. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)