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Eve LaPlante

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Discovering Louisa May Alcott’s Jewish history on Portuguese tour

Louisa May Alcott was often told as a child that her dark hair and dark eyes came from her Sephardic Jewish ancestry. Her mother, Abigail May Alcott, who had similar coloring, had learned this from her father, Joseph May, a late 18th-century Boston businessman whose Portuguese Jewish ancestors immigrated to Sussex, England, just before 1500….

By Eve LaPlante Dec 23, 2019 | 7 min read
Culture
A Jewish Art Paradise at the Vatican

A Jew visiting Rome with the hope of finding some aspect of her heritage may be drawn to the synagogue on the banks of the Tiber River, or to wander through the ghetto, perhaps to sample carciofi alla Giudia, Jewish-style artichokes. She is unlikely to consider the Vatican to be a source of Jewish art….

By Eve LaPlante May 26, 2015 | 5 min read
Books
Discovering Louisa May Alcott’s Jewish History on Portuguese Tour

Louisa May Alcott was often told as a child that her dark hair and dark eyes came from her Sephardic Jewish ancestry. Her mother, Abigail May Alcott, who had similar coloring, had learned this from her father, Joseph May, a late 18th-century Boston businessman whose Portuguese Jewish ancestors immigrated to Sussex, England, just before 1500….

By Eve LaPlante May 28, 2013 | 7 min read

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