Reading list for Travelers to Cuba 

Recommended Reading from Jewish Cuba: http://jewishcuba.org/books.html

1. Corrales,  Maritza, The Chosen Island: Jews in Cuba (Paperback)   Available on Amazon.com

2. Behar, Ruth, An Island Called Home:Returning to Jewish Cuba, with photographs by Humerto Mayol. ISBN 978-0-8135-4189-1  $29.95  Ruth Behar is an Anthropologist who was born in Cuba and raised in the U.S.A.   This fascinating and entertaining book is full of photos as well as useful information

3. Bettinger-López, Caroline, Cuban-Jewish Journeys: Searching for Identity, Home, and History in Miami

4. Bettinger-López, Caroline, Cuban-Jewish Journeys -from Turkey to Miami The beginning is very useful for travelers 3 Articles on History and Culture: http://.jewishcuba.org or http://jewishcuba.org/siteindex1.html

5. Timerman, Jacobo, Cuba, A Journey, 1990, Travelouge (Author is a Jewish Argentine journalist/writer/archivist)

6. Levine, Robert M., Tropical Diaspora, The Jewish Experience in Cuba, 1993

7. Margalit Bejarano with Haim Avni, editor La Comunidad Hebrea de Cuba: La memoria y la historia (Instituto Abraham Harman de Judaísmo Contemporáneo, Universidad Hebrea de Jerusalén, 1996) ISBN 965-90054-0-7 Available from Sephardic Congregation of Florida - Torat Moshe 1200 Normandy Drive Miami Beach, FL 33141-3600 tel: 305-861-6308 fax: 305-868-6124 In English go to American Jewish Congress Magazine COPYRIGHT 2002

8.Obejas, Achy, DAYS OF AWE , Ballantine Press

9. Timerman, Jacobo, Cuba, A Journey, 1990, Travelogue (Author is a Jewish Argentine journalist/writer/archivist)

10. Daniels, Errol. Cuba: A Jewish Journey. Isbn 0-9744399-0-8 A book of Jewish photographic subjects 2002-3. Newly published www.errolphotos.com

11. Oltuski, Enrique, Vida Clandestina:MY life in the Cuban Revolution. 2002. Isbn: 0787966584

 Fiction and Fictionalized History: Those starred deal with Jewish subjects.

1. Garcia, Christina, Dreaming in Cuban, 1992

2. Garcia, Christina, The Aguero Sisters, a novel 1997

3. Hijuelos, Oscar, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, 1989.

*4. The Last Minyan In Havana (fictionalized autobiography that is easy reading and very informative); Paperback website: www.cuba-books.com

*5. Heisler-Samuels, Betty, Under the Ceiba Tree. Paperback. website: www.cuba-books.com

6. Gimbal, Wendy, Havana Dreams, a Story of Cuba,1998.

Guidebooks --There are many others but these will get you started:

1. Lonely Planet travel Survival Kit

2. Baker, Christopher P., Cuba Handbook; Paperback

3. Biondi, Joan (Editor), Perrottet, Tony (Editor), Insight Guides, Cuba. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995

4. Cole, Andrew, Cuba, Pearl of the Caribbean, 1995.

Fallon, Stephen, Guide to Cuba, 1995.

6. Fodors(Editor), Fodor's Cuba (2nd Edition) Paperback

Ryan, Alan (Editor), Malone, Christa (Editor), The Reader's Companion to Cuba (1st Ed); Paperback

8. Williams, Diane, Diving and Snorkeling Guide to Cuba, 1996

Misc Topics-History, Scholarly Works, Travelogues and Photo Essays:

1. Levine, Robert M., Tropical Diaspora, The Jewish Experience in Cuba,1993

2. Miller, Tom, Trading with the Enemy, 1992. Travelogue

3. Nichele, Franc and Renaudeau, Michel,Cuba, Evergreen 1999

4. Randall, Margaret, Cuban Women Now, 1974.

5. Sapieha, Nicolas, Old Havana, Cuba, 1990

6. Baker, Christopher P., Mi Moto Fidel:Motorcycling through Castro’s Cuba, National Geographic Adventure Press,2001. Travelogue. Fun Reading ISBN: 0-7922-6422-3

Codrescu, Andrei, Graham, David (Photographer); Ay Cuba

Hunt, Christopher Waiting for Fidel; Paperback

Vicki Gold Levi and Steven Heller, Cuba Style: Graphics from the Golden Age of Design, Princeton Architectural, 2001

Sapieha, Nicolas, Old