Jeffrey Lesser's invaluable book tells the poignant and puzzling story of how earlier this century, in spite of the power of anti-Semitic politicians and intellectuals, Jews made their exodus to Brazil, "the land of the future." What motivated the Brazilian government, he asks, to create a secret ba[...]

This book examines the immigration to Brazil of millions of Europeans, Asians, and Middle Easterners beginning in the nineteenth century.[...]