First published in 1994 as Tropical Synagogues: Short Stories by Jewish-Latin American Writers, Ilan Stavans's classic anthology is expanded and updated in this new edition.

Contents: 

Introduction /; by Ilan Stavans --; Argentina.; Camacho's wedding feast /; Alberto Gerchunoff ; translated from the Spanish by Prudencio de Pereda --; In honor of Yom Kippur/; Samuel Rollansky ; translated from the Yiddish by Alan Astro --; A man and his parrot /; José Rabinovich ; translated from the Yiddish by Debbie Nathan --; Innocent spirit /; Alicia Steinberg; translated from the Spanish by Andrea G. Labinger --; Celeste's heart /; Aída Bortnik ; translated from the Spanish by Alberto Manguel --; Remembrances of things future /; Mario Szichman; translated from the Spanish by Iván Zatz --; A nice boy from a good family /; Ana María Shúa ; translated from the Spanish by Andrea G. Labinger --; The closed coffin /; Marcelo Birmajer; translated from the Spanish by Sharon Wood --; Colombia.; Temptation /; Salomón Bbriansky ; translated from the Yiddish by Moisés Mermelstein --; Chile.; Solomon Licht /; Yoyne Obodovski; translated from the Yiddish by Moisés Mermelstein --; Asylum /; Ariel Dorfman --; Peru.; The conversion /; Isaac Goldemberg ; translated from the Spanish by Hardie St. Martin --; Mexico.; Genealogies /; Margo Glantz ; translated from the Spanish by Susan Basnett --; From like a bride /; Rosa Nissán; translated from the Spanish by Dick Gerdes --; In the name of the name /; Angelina Muníz-Huberman ; translated from the Spanish by Lois Parkinson Zamora --; The invisible hour /; Esther Seligson ; translated from the Spanish by Ilan Stavans --; Xerox man /; Ilan Stavans --; Uruguay.; The bar mitzvah speech /; Salomon Zytner ; translated from the Yiddish by Debbie Nathan --; Venezuela.; Papa's friends /; Elisa Lerner ; translated from the Spanish by Amy Prince --; From claper /; Alicia Freilich ; translated from the Spanish by Joan E. Friedman --; Cuba.; Jesus /; Pinkhes Berniker ; translated from the Yiddish by Alan Aastro --; Guatemala.; Bottles /; Alcina Lubitch Domecq ; translated from the Spanish by Ilan Stavans --; Kindergarten /; Victor Perera --; Brazil.; Love /; Clarice Lispector ; translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Ponteiro --; Inside my dirty head : the Holocaust /; Moacyr Scliar ; translated from the Portuguese by Eloah P. Giacomelli --; Appendix.; The mythical Jew of Jorge Luis Borges.; Emma Zunz ;; Death and the compass /; Jorge Luis Borges ; translated from the Spanish by Donald A. Yates --; The secret miracle /; Jorge Luis Borges ; translated from the Spanish by Harriet De Onís.