The Grandees: America's Sephardic EliteThe Sephardic Jews began a tradition of wealth, pride, and exclusiveness that continues to this day. Stephen Birmingham sheds light on this segment of Jewish society who viewed other Jews as peasants and ardently shunned all publicity. It is the story of over three centuries of power and achievement, scandal and folly, elegant lifestyles, and sometimes flamboyant personalities - a story only Stephen Birmingham could tell with characteristic spellbinding skill. |
Contents
The Book | 1 |
Who Are They? | 10 |
Not Jewels But Jews | 23 |
The TwentyThree | 49 |
These Godless Rascals | 61 |
Little Victories | 67 |
Gomez the Onions Begin to Smell | 74 |
Make Your Way to the Windward Coast of Africa | 100 |
The New Jews Versus the Old | 227 |
The U S Navy Surrenders at Last | 233 |
The Jewish Episcopalians | 259 |
Nathans Dont CheatBut Do They Kill? | 273 |
Cardozos Dont Cry | 292 |
The Embattled Sisters | 310 |
Foul Deeds | 320 |
An Altogether Different Sort | 330 |
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