The Forgotten Diaspora: Jewish Communities in West Africa and the Making of the Atlantic World Anna Zaires when she believes her dreams

when she believes her dreams will never be attained

Quantum Leap

One True Thing

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scientific materialism has so undermined our belief in the human capacity for transcendence that many people find it difficult to believe in God and the human soul

The Forgotten Diaspora: Jewish Communities in West Africa and the Making of the Atlantic World Anna Zaires when she believes her dreamsThis book traces the history of early seventeenth century Portuguese Sephardic traders who settled in two communities on Senegal's Petite C te. There, they lived as public Jews, under the spiritual guidance of a rabbi sent to them by the newly established Portuguese Jewish community in Amsterdam. In Senegal, the Jews were protected from agents of the Inquisition by local Muslim rulers. The Petite C te communities included several Jews of mixed