Jewish Pirates Of The Caribbean

Author : Edward Kritzler
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0767919521
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean written by Edward Kritzler and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2009-11-03 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively debut work of history, Edward Kritzler tells the tale of an unlikely group of swashbuckling Jews who ransacked the high seas in the aftermath of the Spanish Inquisition. At the end of the fifteenth century, many Jews had to flee Spain and Portugal. The most adventurous among them took to the seas as freewheeling outlaws. In ships bearing names such as the Prophet Samuel, Queen Esther, and Shield of Abraham, they attacked and plundered the Spanish fleet while forming alliances with other European powers to ensure the safety of Jews living in hiding. Filled with high-sea adventures–including encounters with Captain Morgan and other legendary pirates–Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean reveals a hidden chapter in Jewish history as well as the cruelty, terror, and greed that flourished during the Age of Discovery.

Author : Edward Kritzler
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385528361
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean written by Edward Kritzler and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2008-11-18 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively debut work of history, Edward Kritzler tells the tale of an unlikely group of swashbuckling Jews who ransacked the high seas in the aftermath of the Spanish Inquisition. At the end of the fifteenth century, many Jews had to flee Spain and Portugal. The most adventurous among them took to the seas as freewheeling outlaws. In ships bearing names such as the Prophet Samuel, Queen Esther, and Shield of Abraham, they attacked and plundered the Spanish fleet while forming alliances with other European powers to ensure the safety of Jews living in hiding. Filled with high-sea adventures–including encounters with Captain Morgan and other legendary pirates–Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean reveals a hidden chapter in Jewish history as well as the cruelty, terror, and greed that flourished during the Age of Discovery.

Author : Gary Barwin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0345815513
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yiddish for Pirates written by Gary Barwin and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the years around 1492, Moishe, a Bar Mitzvah boy, leaves home to join a ship's crew, where he meets Aaron, the polyglot parrot who becomes his near-constant companion. But Inquisition Spain is a dangerous time to be Jewish and Moishe joins a band of hidden Jews trying to preserve some forbidden books. He falls in love with a young woman, Sarah; though they are separated by circumstance, Moishe's wanderings are motivated as much by their connection as by his quest for loot and freedom. When all Jews are expelled from Spain, Moishe travels to the Caribbean with the ambitious Christopher Columbus, a self-made man who loves his creator. Moishe eventually becomes a pirate and seeks revenge on the Spanish while seeking the ultimate booty: the Fountain of Youth. Bestseller. Winner of the 2017 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. 2016.

Author : Jane S. Gerber
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1837649448
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Jews in the Caribbean written by Jane S. Gerber and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-28 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Jewish diaspora of the Caribbean constantly redefined itself under changing circumstances. This volume looks at many aspects of this complex past and suggests different ways to understand it: as a Jewish diaspora dispersed under different European colonial empires; as a Jewish body joined together by a set of shared Jewish traditions and historical memories; and as one component in a web of relationships that characterized the Atlantic world.

Author : Edward Kritzler
Publisher : Aurum
ISBN 13 : 9781906779429
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean written by Edward Kritzler and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2009 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of the fifteenth century, the Spanish Inquisition forced many Jews to flee the country. The most adventurous among them took to the high seas as freewheeling outlaws. In ships bearing names such as Prophet Samuel, Queen Esther, and Shield of Abraham, they attacked and plundered the Spanish fleet while forming alliances with other European powers to ensure the safety of Jews living in hiding. Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean is the entertaining saga of a hidden chapter in Jewish history, and of the cruelty, terror and greed that flourished during the Age of Discovery. Among the many daring figures to feature in the book are: ‘the Great Jewish Pirate’ Sinan, Barbarossa’s second-in-command; Rabbi Samuel Palache and his brother, Joseph, who went from commanding pirate ships to founding the first openly Jewish community in the New World; and Abraham Cohen Henriques, and arms dealer who used his cunning and economic muscle to find safe havens for other Jews. Filled with high-seas adventures including encounters with Captain Morgan and other legendary pirates – and detailed portraits of cities stacked high with plunder, such as Port Royal, Jamaica, Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean captures a gritty and glorious era of history from an unusual and eye opening perspective. Edward Kritzler is a historian and a former reporter for USA Today. He lives in Kingston, Jamaica.

Author : Josette C. Goldish
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Once Jews written by Josette C. Goldish and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phrase 'I am Catholic, but I am Jewish' may seem contradictory to some, but in the Caribbean islands and the countries of the Caribbean periphery, there are hundreds if not thousands of individuals who identify themselves in this manner. This book tells their stories.

Author : Mordehay Arbell
Publisher : Gefen Publishing House Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9789652292797
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Jewish Nation of the Caribbean written by Mordehay Arbell and published by Gefen Publishing House Ltd. This book was released on 2002 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Occasionally one comes across a book, which is unexpected, delights and inspires. Surinam, known as the 'Jewish Savannah', where a vibrant Jewish community was granted full and equal rights two hundred years before the Jews of other communities in the region. St Eustatius, where the economically successful Jewish community was plundered during the British occupation in 1781. Curacao, named the 'Mother of Jewish communities in the New World', where a prosperous Jewish community comprised nearly half of Curacao's non-slave population and was the center of Jewish life in the region. For all their economic and local political power, the Jews were little more than pawns in the 200-year struggle for control of the Caribbean by Holland, Great Britain, France and Spain. Eventually growing tired of this chess game, the Jews of the Caribbean drifted into assimilation or immigrated to the United States, where life was more secure. An ideal resource and captivating read for those traveling to the region or people with an interest in Jewish history, this is an exceptional book that brings the Jewish communities of the Caribbean to life, with intensity, and with a heartbeat so strong as to secure their proper and rightful place in recorded Jewish history.

Author : Harry A. Ezratty
Publisher : Park Avenue Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 500 Years in the Jewish Caribbean written by Harry A. Ezratty and published by Park Avenue Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated, annotated and enlarged. Casebound.

Author : Benjamin T. Hudson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195162370
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Viking Pirates and Christian Princes written by Benjamin T. Hudson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies two Viking families who appear in the records of the Atlantic littoral as pagan raiders and reinvent themselves as established Christian rulers.

Author : Mordehay Arbell
Publisher : Canoe Press (IL)
ISBN 13 : 9789768125699
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Portuguese Jews of Jamaica written by Mordehay Arbell and published by Canoe Press (IL). This book was released on 2000 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive account of the Jewish population of Jamaica and its role in the economic and cultural life of the country. Beginning in the 16th century, the author chronicles the Jews' fight for civil rights and freedoms and the ways in which they played a key role in international commerce.