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Full-Text Articles in Jewish Studies
Publishing The Pan-Jewish: The First Hebrew Newspaper And Its Modernities, Philip E. Keisman
Publishing The Pan-Jewish: The First Hebrew Newspaper And Its Modernities, Philip E. Keisman
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Publishing the Pan-Jewish emerges from a question about sites of synthesis between claims of sacred continuity and novel forms of communication. It centers on the first ten years of Hamagid (1856-1866), acknowledged within the historiography as history’s first Hebrew-language newspaper. Eliezer Lipman Silberman, an Orthodox butcher founded Hamagid in East Prussia as a bulwark of his vision of traditional Judaism. The first chapter of this dissertation examines the formal elements of the newspaper as a medium, demonstrating the myriad ways in which it presented novel experiences for its reading public. Chapter two narrates an untold history of the newspaper’s early …
The Merchants At The Casino: Sephardic Elites And Leisure Time In Eighteenth-Century Livorno, Francesca Bregoli
The Merchants At The Casino: Sephardic Elites And Leisure Time In Eighteenth-Century Livorno, Francesca Bregoli
Publications and Research
In 1712,a casino was established in the Jewish neighborhood of the Mediterranean port of Livorno. This venue, which stayed open until 1720, appears unique, as no similar Jewish institutions have been described in comparable communities. This explores the significance of the casino for the relationship of Livornese Jewry with Tuscan culture and the state by investigating internal documents from the Livornese Jewish community (nazione ebrea) in light of analogous Tuscan institutions. By considering an episode in the relatively little studied history of early modern Jewish leisure, we gain insight into values and aspirations of members of one of …
Jewish Germany: An Enduring Presence From The Fourth To The Twenty-First Century, John A. Drobnicki
Jewish Germany: An Enduring Presence From The Fourth To The Twenty-First Century, John A. Drobnicki
Publications and Research
Review of the book Jewish Germany: An enduring presence from the fourth to the twenty-first century.
Soap From Human Fat: The Case Of Professor Spanner, John A. Drobnicki
Soap From Human Fat: The Case Of Professor Spanner, John A. Drobnicki
Publications and Research
Review of the book Soap from Human Fat: The Case of Professor Spanner, by Monika Tomkiewicz and Piotr Semków (Gdynia: Wydawnictwo Róza Wiatrów, 2013).
The Juridical Communities Of Apulia: Communal Identity And Municipal Belonging In The Aragonese Kingdom Of Naples, Vincenzo Selleri
The Juridical Communities Of Apulia: Communal Identity And Municipal Belonging In The Aragonese Kingdom Of Naples, Vincenzo Selleri
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This study intends to make a contribution to the debate concerning Jewish citizenship in Renaissance Europe by suggesting that de jure status does not provide sufficient information on the municipal belonging of individuals and groups. Citizenship in Renaissance Italy was an equivocal concept. Political rights were usually granted on the basis of wealth and “respectability” (measured in terms of lineage, and education). Jews, women, the poor, and “debased” groups may have not enjoyed such rights; nonetheless they were part of the social, economic, and cultural life of the Renaissance city.
Municipal belonging is better assessed by individuals’ de facto enjoyment …
The Bronx Was Brewing: A Digital Resource Of A Lost Industry, Michelle Zimmer
The Bronx Was Brewing: A Digital Resource Of A Lost Industry, Michelle Zimmer
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
The Bronx: a bucolic oasis laden with history, a suburb within city-limits, an urban warzone, and thanks to the recent renaissance, a phoenix of progress rising from the proverbial ashes of the fires that burned through the borough in the 1970’s. But many people are unaware that the Bronx also brewed.
Uncovering the brewing industry of the Bronx tells not only the story of the lost industry, but it also communicates the narrative of the development of the Bronx. The brewers were German immigrants who developed a thriving industry by introducing lager beer to the United States by taking advantage …
From Rochel To Rose And Mendel To Max: First Name Americanization Patterns Among Twentieth-Century Jewish Immigrants To The United States, Jason H. Greenberg
From Rochel To Rose And Mendel To Max: First Name Americanization Patterns Among Twentieth-Century Jewish Immigrants To The United States, Jason H. Greenberg
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
There has been a dearth of investigation into the distribution of and the alterations among Jewish given names. Whereas Jewish surnames are a popular topic of study, first names receive far less analysis. Because Jewish immigrants to the United States frequently changed their names, this thesis can serve as a guide to genealogists and other scholars seeking to trace the paths of Jewish immigrants from Europe. Data was drawn from about 1500 naturalization records from Brooklyn in order to determine the correspondences between the given names featured on passenger lists and their Americanized counterparts. More than three-quarters of surveyed immigrants …
Review Of The Book Harmful And Undesirable: Book Censorship In Nazi Germany, John A. Drobnicki
Review Of The Book Harmful And Undesirable: Book Censorship In Nazi Germany, John A. Drobnicki
Publications and Research
Review of the book Harmful and undesirable: Book censorship in Nazi Germany.
The Jews Of Italy (1650-1815), Francesca Bregoli
The Jews Of Italy (1650-1815), Francesca Bregoli
Publications and Research
No abstract provided.
Hidden Jews Of The Balkans, Joshua A. Futtersak
Hidden Jews Of The Balkans, Joshua A. Futtersak
Capstones
The history of the Jewish people is one filled with trials, triumphs, and often devastation. Many believe themselves to be educated in Jewish history, but we often have blind spots in our research and schooling. This project aims to look at just one region of Jewish history to tell the stories that are not usually told.
The Balkan region is incredibly diverse in its ethnicities and cultures. The history of the Jews in this region expresses that diversity. This project focuses on the unique stories of the Jewish communities in Bosnia, Serbia, and Greece. These stories of survival and perseverance …
Review Of Muslims And Jews In France. History Of A Conflict By Maud S. Mandel, Bryan Turner
Review Of Muslims And Jews In France. History Of A Conflict By Maud S. Mandel, Bryan Turner
Publications and Research
The mood of European scholarship with respect to the recognition and integration of Islam is typically pessimistic. The rise of anti-immigrant and anti-Islam political parties – Golden Dawn in Greece, the Northern League in Italy, Marine Le Penn and the National Front in France, and the English defense league in Britain – have exposed a hitherto hidden or ignored under-current of resentment against foreigners. In the context of these developments, Maud Mandel’s study of Muslims and Jews in France is a welcome corrective to the dominant focus on anti-Islam in the academic literature and in the popular media. The historical …
'Like Iron To A Magnet': Moses Hayim Luzzatto's Quest For Providence, David Sclar
'Like Iron To A Magnet': Moses Hayim Luzzatto's Quest For Providence, David Sclar
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This dissertation is a biographical study of Moses Hayim Luzzatto (1707-1746 or 1747). It presents the social and religious context in which Luzzatto was variously celebrated as the leader of a kabbalistic-messianic confraternity in Padua, condemned as a deviant threat by rabbis in Venice and central and eastern Europe, and accepted by the Portuguese Jewish community after relocating to Amsterdam. Using unpublished archival documents and manuscripts, as well as rare printed books, I seek to reconcile the seemingly incompatible aspects of Luzzatto as 'heretic' and 'hero.'
Chapter one sets the tone for the dissertation by analyzing the original version of …
Review Of The Book The Swastika’S Darkening Shadow: Voices Before The Holocaust, John A. Drobnicki
Review Of The Book The Swastika’S Darkening Shadow: Voices Before The Holocaust, John A. Drobnicki
Publications and Research
Review of the book The swastika’s darkening shadow: Voices before the Holocaust.
Printing, Fundraising, And Jewish Patronage In Eighteenth-Century Livorno, Francesca Bregoli
Printing, Fundraising, And Jewish Patronage In Eighteenth-Century Livorno, Francesca Bregoli
Publications and Research
No abstract provided.
Review Of The Website The Nuremberg Trials Project, John A. Drobnicki
Review Of The Website The Nuremberg Trials Project, John A. Drobnicki
Publications and Research
Review of the website The Nuremberg trials project.
Review Of The Book Fifty Key Thinkers On The Holocaust And Genocide, John A. Drobnicki
Review Of The Book Fifty Key Thinkers On The Holocaust And Genocide, John A. Drobnicki
Publications and Research
Review of the book Fifty key thinkers on the Holocaust and genocide.
Review Of The Book Jewish Responses To Persecution, Vol. I: 1933-1938, John A. Drobnicki
Review Of The Book Jewish Responses To Persecution, Vol. I: 1933-1938, John A. Drobnicki
Publications and Research
Review of the book Jewish responses to persecution, Vol. I: 1933-1938.
Review Of The Database Testaments To The Holocaust, John A. Drobnicki
Review Of The Database Testaments To The Holocaust, John A. Drobnicki
Publications and Research
Review of the database Testaments to the Holocaust.
Review Of The Book Dictionary Of Literary Biography, Vol. 299: Holocaust Novelists, John A. Drobnicki
Review Of The Book Dictionary Of Literary Biography, Vol. 299: Holocaust Novelists, John A. Drobnicki
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Review of the book Dictionary of literary biography, Vol. 299: Holocaust novelists.
Review Of The Book In The Shadow Of The Polish Eagle: The Poles, The Holocaust And Beyond, John A. Drobnicki
Review Of The Book In The Shadow Of The Polish Eagle: The Poles, The Holocaust And Beyond, John A. Drobnicki
Publications and Research
Review of the book In the Shadow of the Polish Eagle: The Poles, the Holocaust and Beyond.
Review Of The Book The Holocaust: Memories, Research, Reference, John A. Drobnicki
Review Of The Book The Holocaust: Memories, Research, Reference, John A. Drobnicki
Publications and Research
Review of the book The Holocaust: Memories, Research, Reference.
Review Of The Book Dictionary Of The Holocaust: Biography, Geography, And Terminology, John A. Drobnicki
Review Of The Book Dictionary Of The Holocaust: Biography, Geography, And Terminology, John A. Drobnicki
Publications and Research
Review of the book Dictionary of the Holocaust: Biography, Geography, and Terminology.