Over Shabbat, I got the chance to read the first four articles in Gerbers "Jews in the Caribbean."My first reaction is that if the rest of the book is as fun as the first part, this will be a great read. It really tries to come at the subject from a wide range of perspectives: from the Metropoles and the colonies, from communal history to historiography, from established scholars and people new to the field. It is willing to contemplate unfortunate aspects of Western Sephardi behavior, such as bitter infighting and participation in the slave trade.Anyone who is interested in Western Sephardi history will find it a read well worth it.