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Full-Text Articles in Jewish Studies
The Hagadah Of Pesah In Amazigh Tradition, J. G. A. Saviranta
The Hagadah Of Pesah In Amazigh Tradition, J. G. A. Saviranta
Akseli Saviranta
This document examines the text of the Hagadah of the Jewish festivity of Pesah as celebrated by the North African Amazighs of Tinghir in Morocco. Its beginning presents an overview of the history and the cultures of the Amazigh, Jewish, and Judeo-Amazigh communities in North Africa. The celebration of Pesah, as a milestone in Jewish creed and history, is studied within the North African context and with particular attention to the local Hagadah translations. Among these translations, the Judeo-Amazigh text of Tinghir represents one of the few if not the only known text in existence in a Judeo-Amazigh language. A …
Ins Subject Index: Jewish Refugee Files From Wwi And Wwii, James Gross
Ins Subject Index: Jewish Refugee Files From Wwi And Wwii, James Gross
James Gross
Lecture handout. See attached PowerPoint Lecture. Discussion of Ancestry.com database, "INS Subject Index" to locate records of displaced persons from WW1 and WWII. Database has scanned copy of index card images listing records of displaced persons and/or assisting nonprofit organizations. Images are from National Archives microfilm number T-458.
Social Portraits On Conversos. Baptism And Royal Clemency In Medieval Castille (1492-1502), Marisa Bueno
Social Portraits On Conversos. Baptism And Royal Clemency In Medieval Castille (1492-1502), Marisa Bueno
Marisa Bueno
No abstract provided.
The Usefulness Of Genealogy Newsletters And Blogs, James Gross
The Usefulness Of Genealogy Newsletters And Blogs, James Gross
James Gross
Discuss the usefulness of reading genealogy newsletters and blogs by genealogists. The genealogist can use these resources to help them improve and enhance their existing information seeking skills. These printed and virtual publications can help researchers by making them aware of potentially useful genealogical reference resources.
Advantages Of Joining A Genealogy Society, James Gross
Advantages Of Joining A Genealogy Society, James Gross
James Gross
Discussion of the many advantages gained by joining a genealogy society. One can share and learn useful research tips by engaging with one's peers. Genealogy meetings can be a way to socialize and network with fellow genealogists. Genealogy newsletters and meetings can be good sources of research and reference information.
Dead Or Alive: Researching Israeli Relatives, James Gross
Dead Or Alive: Researching Israeli Relatives, James Gross
James Gross
Article discusses using Google Translate and Facebook as two tools to help in contacting known or possible relatives where the language barrier prevents communication. Examples are given where one or both of these resources were used to help the author, an English speaker, crossed the hebrew language barrier. Google Translate is referenced as a useful language translation tool.
Literary Innovation In Yiddish Sea Travel Narratives, Ken Frieden
Literary Innovation In Yiddish Sea Travel Narratives, Ken Frieden
Ken Frieden
Sea travel was an influential literary genre in Europe in the eighteenth century, and this genre subsequently influenced enlightened and Hasidic Jewish circles. As a result, the genre of sea narratives assumed a significant role in the rise of modern Hebrew and Yiddish literature. This article considers the place of Yiddish sea narratives--adapted from Campe's Reisebeschreibungen and in Hasidic writings--in the early nineteenth century. Both enlightened and Hasidic authors shaped modern Yiddish and Hebrew prose.
Rabbi Ishmael, Meet Jaimini: The Thirteen Middot Of Interpretation In Light Of Comparative Law, Daniel A. Klein
Rabbi Ishmael, Meet Jaimini: The Thirteen Middot Of Interpretation In Light Of Comparative Law, Daniel A. Klein
Daniel A. Klein
No abstract provided.
Mapping Jews: Cartography And Topography In Rome's Ghetto, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Mapping Jews: Cartography And Topography In Rome's Ghetto, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
This paper examines how the Ghetto of Rome was represented in the many view-plans and maps of Rome from the 16th through 18th centuries, and how this mapping both tells us much about the physical appearance of the Ghetto and also how it was perceived by others in particular and presented to others more generally.
Scripturalization And The Aaronide Dynasties, James W. Watts
Scripturalization And The Aaronide Dynasties, James W. Watts
James Watts
Priests claiming descent from Aaron controlled the high priesthood of temples in Jerusalem and on Mount Gerizim in the Second Temple period. These Aaronides were in a position to influence religious developments in this period, especially the scripturalization of the Torah. The priests’ dynastic claims were probably a significant factor in the elevation of the Pentateuch to scriptural status. This claim can be tested by correlating what little we know about the Aaronide dynasties with what little we know about the scripturalization of two different portions of the Hebrew Bible, the Pentateuch and Ezra-Nehemiah.
The Political And Legal Uses Of Scripture, James W. Watts
The Political And Legal Uses Of Scripture, James W. Watts
James Watts
No abstract provided.
Halacha And The Common Law, Arthur Lang
Halacha And The Common Law, Arthur Lang
Arthur Lang
The theoretical basis of halacha differs from that of דיני אמות העלום. Obligations and liability are regulated in halacha by defining the nature of an act, did a particular ma’asa occur, whereas the common law regulates with an eye toward social policy, what consequences were set in motion by an actor. Halacha turns on the act of stealing, the act of eating matzoh, the act of acquisition, the act of homicide, the act of damaging, and the act of marrying, rather than respectively, the interference with property rights, the acknowledgment of a symbol, the contract of sale, the violation of …
Malachi, Ingrid E. Lilly
Two Books Of Ezekiel: P967 And Mt As Variant Literary Editions, Ingrid E. Lilly
Two Books Of Ezekiel: P967 And Mt As Variant Literary Editions, Ingrid E. Lilly
Ingrid E. Lilly
The attached document is the first chapter of the book manuscript
Research Techniques: Review Of Jewishgen's Ftjp Database, James Gross
Research Techniques: Review Of Jewishgen's Ftjp Database, James Gross
James Gross
Brief review and discussion of Jewishgen's FTJP database. Article includes brief discussion on usage and search techniques.
Yiddish In Abramovitsh's Literary Revival Of Hebrew, Ken Frieden
Yiddish In Abramovitsh's Literary Revival Of Hebrew, Ken Frieden
Ken Frieden
No abstract provided.
Isaiah 51:1-6: Fragments Of Zion, Ingrid E. Lilly
Isaiah 51:1-6: Fragments Of Zion, Ingrid E. Lilly
Ingrid E. Lilly
No abstract provided.
Isaiah 56:1, 6-8: An Outsider‟S Pilgrimage To Prayer, Ingrid E. Lilly
Isaiah 56:1, 6-8: An Outsider‟S Pilgrimage To Prayer, Ingrid E. Lilly
Ingrid E. Lilly
No abstract provided.
In Memoriam: Kazimierz Macciej Piechotka (1919-2010), Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
In Memoriam: Kazimierz Macciej Piechotka (1919-2010), Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Remembering the life and work of Polish architect and architectural historian Kazimierz Maciej Piechotka who with his wife Maria reintroduced the world to the marvels of Polish wooden and masonry synagogues in a series of important books and articles beginning Boznice Drewniane (1957) published in English as Wooden Synagogues in 1959. Piechotka, who fought in the Warsaw uprising and spent eight months in a German prisoner of war camp, was also an accomplished architect.
What Is Interest?, Arthur Lang
What Is Interest?, Arthur Lang
Arthur Lang
Interest is the rental fee for the use of money. Interest is biblically prohibited. In order to understand this prohibition, this paper looks at difference between the biblical system of law, halacha, and the common law. It follows the subsequent polity that result logically follows from the proscriptions protecting the debtor. Finally, the paper explains how the prohibition is avoided through the use of various legal technicalities in order to keep a bank in compliance with banking regulations.
Social Networking Websites: A Virtual Playground For Genealogists, James Gross
Social Networking Websites: A Virtual Playground For Genealogists, James Gross
James Gross
Article on the use and usefulness of social networking websites for genealogists. Focuses on using these websites to identify, contact, and interact with distant relatives in this virtual environment. Previously published in 2010, Pastfinder.
Synagogues, Europe: Medieval To Eighteenth Century, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Synagogues, Europe: Medieval To Eighteenth Century, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
No abstract provided.
The Archaeology Of Judaism, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
The Archaeology Of Judaism, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
An introduction to the archaeology of Jewish historic sites in Europe, especially from the Middle Ages. The essay discusses the origin of the field of study and some of the pertinent historical, archaeological, ethical and interpretive developments and issues that have arisen since the 19th century.
Synagogues: Twentieth Century, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Synagogues: Twentieth Century, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
No abstract provided.
Jewish Historic Sites And Monuments In Bulgaria (Part 2), Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Jewish Historic Sites And Monuments In Bulgaria (Part 2), Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
2011 published report of US Commission sponsored survey of Jewish synagogues, former synagogues and cemeteries in Bulgaria carried out in 2005 and 2006, with participation of members of the Jewish community of Bulgaria. The report PDF is in two parts.
Arnold W. Brunner And The New Classical Synagogue In America, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Arnold W. Brunner And The New Classical Synagogue In America, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Arnold W. Brunner (1857–1925), Albert Kahn (1869–1942), and other Jewish architects played an important role in reviving the classical style for American synagogue design at the turn of the twentieth century, putting their stamp on American Jewish identity and American architecture. The American-born Brunner was the preferred architect of New York’s Jewish establishment from the 1880s until his death. He adopted the classical style with his third New York synagogue, Congregation Shearith Israel, dedicated in 1897, and then championed the style in his extensive public writing about synagogue design. The classical style was subsequently widely accepted nationally by Reform congregations, …
The Religious Underpinnings Of The Sotomayor Hearings, Ingrid E. Lilly
The Religious Underpinnings Of The Sotomayor Hearings, Ingrid E. Lilly
Ingrid E. Lilly
No abstract provided.
Care, Conservation And Maintenance Of Historic Jewish Property, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Care, Conservation And Maintenance Of Historic Jewish Property, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Samuel D. Gruber Dr.
Final report of the international seminar held in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 17-19, 2009 that addressed pressing issues of restitution, care, conservation and use of Jewish immovable property in Europe.
Neglected Origins Of Modern Hebrew Prose: Hasidic And Maskilic Travel Narratives, Ken Frieden
Neglected Origins Of Modern Hebrew Prose: Hasidic And Maskilic Travel Narratives, Ken Frieden
Ken Frieden
No abstract provided.
Hamas Controlled Televised News Media: Counter- Peace, Allen Gnanam
Hamas Controlled Televised News Media: Counter- Peace, Allen Gnanam
Allen Gnanam
The hegemonic force of Hamas censored televised news media in Gaza, can not be fully comprehended and appreciated without recognizing the role of propaganda, censorship, and the historical context of the middle east. These 3 interrelated dimensions will be analyzed using functionalism, the mass society theory, the dominant ideology framework, the critical criminology framework, and the symbolic interactionist framework. Through censorship, Hamas news media outlets were able to unilaterally inject culturally relevant propaganda, into the minds of children and citizens. The hypodermic syringe model can be applied to the state controlled news media situation in Gaza, as the people of …