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Liverpool University Press Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 23: Jews in Krakow
Book SynopsisFew Polish cities have evoked more affection from their Jewish inhabitants than Kraków, and this volume brings together the work of leading historians from Israel, Poland, Great Britain, and the United States to explore how this relationship evolved. It takes as its starting point 1772, when Poland was partitioned between the Great Powers and Kraków came under Austrian rule, and examines the relationship between the Jewish minority and the Polish majority in the city in the different stages of its history down to the period of German occupation in the Second World War. An additional perspective is provided by a consideration of how Jewish life in Kraków has been remembered by Holocaust survivors, and how it is portrayed in post-war Polish literature. The main explanation for the specific nature of relations between Poles and Jews in Kraków as it emerges from these studies seems to be that Jewish acculturation to Polish culture was more pronounced in Kraków than anywhere else in Poland. The Jewish community as a whole opened itself up to contemporary currents and participated in the life of the city, above all in its cultural dimension, while nevertheless retaining a highly articulated sense of Jewish identity and unity. This meant that they were able both to defend their interests effectively and to establish links with the rest of the population from a position of strength. An additional important factor appears to have been the more tolerant atmosphere which prevailed in the Austro-Hungarian empire, which meant that ethnic tensions were less acute than elsewhere on the Polish lands. Furthermore, the fact that the city was largely pre-industrial and conservative, and was a spiritual and intellectual centre for both Catholics and Jews, may paradoxically have mitigated ethnic conflict, as did the fact that the two societies—Polish and Jewish—were largely socially separate. While the increase in antisemitism after 1935 and the consequences of the Holocaust are still etched in the minds of many, the city nevertheless has a special place in Jewish hearts and will continue to be remembered as one of the great centres of Jewish culture in east-central Europe. As in other volumes of Polin, the New Views section examines a number of important topics. These include a general investigation of the situation of the Jews in Galicia; an analysis of the position of Jewish slave labourers in the Kielce area under Nazi rule; an investigation into the resurgence after 1944 of the myth of ritual murder; and a discussion of the history of the Jewish settlement in Lower Silesia after the Second World War.Trade Review'Together the essays give a well-rounded view of one of the oldest and largest Jewish communities in Eastern Europe.' Research Book News'This collection of studies on post-1772 Kraków Jewry is an extremely valuable and very readable contribution to the literature . . . Most are by well-known specialists, but not all of them have been widely published in English, which gives added value to this volume . . . corrects many misconceptions about Judaism in modern Poland. The articles can also stand alone, which adds to the utility of the volume for students. The glossary and fine index help to make this book very accessible to non-experts.' Religious Studies ReviewTable of ContentsNote on Place Names Note on Transliteration PART I: JEWS IN KRAKÓW SINCE 1772 Introduction MICHAŁ GALAS AND ANTONY POLONSKY Jewish Primary and Seconday School Education in the Free City of Kraków (1815–1846) ANNA JAKIMYSZYN Changes in the Jewish Community of Kraków in Autonomous Galicia ŁUKASZ TOMASZ SROKA Ambiguities of Assimilation: The Kraków Conservatives and the Jews PHILIP PAJAKOWSKI The History of the Jewish Community of Podgórze BARBARA ZBROJA The Kraków Association of Progressive Jews 1864–1874 HANNA KOZIŃSKA-WITT The Impact of New Ideologies: The Transformation of Kraków Jewry between 1895 and 1914 ANDRZEJ ŻBIKOWSKI Orthodox Jewry in Kraków at the End of the Nineteenth Century RACHEL MANEKIN The Polonization of Jews: Some Examples from Kraków JACEK PURCHLA Jewish Participation in the Elections to Kraków City Council during the Interwar Period (1919–1939) CZESŁAW BRZOZA The Political Thought of Nowy Dziennik in its Early Period: July 1918–February 1919 JANUSZ FAŁOWSKI Between Politics and Spirituality: The Case of Dr Oziasz Thon (1870–1936), Reform Rabbi of Kraków EMANUEL MELZER Soroh Schenirer (1883–1935), Founder of the Beis Yaakov Movement: Her Vision and her Legacy CAROLINE SCHARFER ‘The Borderland’: The Beys Yaakov School in Kraków as a Symbolic Encounter between East and West AGNIESZKA OLESZAK Future Generations: Associations for Jewish Children in Kraków, 1918–1939 SEAN MARTIN Jewish Artists in Interwar Kraków NATASZA STYRNA Jewish Antiquarian Booksellers in Kraków RYSZARD LÖW The Ethnic Panorama of Nazi-Occupied Kraków ANDRZEJ CHWALBA The Jewish Orphanage in Kraków ROMAN ROSDOLSKY The Image of Post-War Kraków in Jewish Writing, 1945–1950 MONIKA STĘPIEŃ {1 table} ‘Kraków was my world. My home was there and my mother; whoever of my family was alive would return to Kraków’ – Kraków in Post-1945 Jewish Literature KATARZYNA ZECHENTER ‘A World before a Catastrophe: Krakow Jews between the Wars’: An Exhibition at Kraków’s International Cultural Centre HANNA KOZIŃSKA-WITT Speech by Rafael Scharf given at the former building of the Jewish High School in Kazimierz PART II: NEW VIEWS Notes on Galician Jews MICHAEL C. STEINLAUF Jewish Slaves in Forced Labour Camps in Kielce, Radom District, September 1942–August 1944 SARA BENDER The Myth of Ritual Murder in Post-War Poland: Pathology and Hypotheses MARCIN ZAREMBA A History of Jewish Settlement in Lower Silesia after the Second World War (1945–1950) EWA WASZKIEWICZ OBITUARY Abe Brumberg MICHAEL ROSENBUSH Glossary Notes on the Contributors Index
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Liverpool University Press The Golden Age of Aragonese Jewry: Community and Society in the Crown of Aragon, 1213-1327
Book SynopsisThe medieval Crown of Aragon reached the peak of its power and influence in the thirteenth century, and Jews took an active part in this expansion. In this detailed and meticulously researched study Yom Tov Assis deals with many important aspects of this period, which was truly a 'Golden Age' in the history of Aragonese and Catalan Jewry, both in terms of their relationship with the Crown and of their own cultural achievements. Professor Assis provides the most extensive treatment yet of Jewish self-government in the Hispanic kingdoms and the mutual interdependence of the Jewish and Christian communities. He describes institutions in very great detail, and examines the acute social problems that arose in the Jewish community and the dissent, polemics, and controversies that divided it. He shows how the proximity of the country to France and Provence on the one hand, and to Castile and Andalusia on the other, made Catalan Jewry a point of contact between Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jewry, demonstrating the effect this had on religious and cultural life, and in particular the consequences of the growing influence in Spain of Franco-German Jewry. The book is based on a very wide variety of primary sources-Jewish and non-Jewish, archival and halakhic material, notarial and royal records-in Latin, Catalan, Aragonese, and Hebrew. By drawing on these extensive sources, the author has been able to create a comprehensive description of the social, religious, and administrative aspects of Jewish life that throws much light on the wider society and economy of that period under the Crown of Aragon. The abundant detailed source notes make this an indispensable work of reference for all scholars of medieval Spanish history.Trade Review‘General readers, as well as specialists, cannot fail to learn from the wide sweep of [the book's] erudition.’ - David Nirenberg, AJS Review‘Significant contribution to medieval Jewish history . . . absorbing and enlightening reading . . . One finishes the book with a satisfying impression of Jewish life in medieval Catalonia and Aragon. In addition to the superb text, bibliography and index, the book's appendices are of great value: maps, a glossary of relevant Hebrew Castilian, Catalan, Aragonese, and Arabic terms, a genealogical chart of sovereigns, and an explanation of the currency with monetary equivalents.’ - Leila Arvin, Jewish Book World‘It is solidly based on both Jewish and non-Jewish sources . . . The picture that emerges from this monumental work (for the two books must be regarded as one for this purpose and together they constitute a worthy and much more complete successor to the pioneering efforts of Jean Régné) does indeed contain many of the elements of a ‘Golden Age’ . . . they contribute significantly to our understanding of some vibrant Jewish communities which have often been neglected . . . the achievement of these books is to be lauded . . . excellent and valuable work.’ - John Edwards, Journal of Jewish Studies‘A much needed distillation of the fruits of scholarship on the Jews in the Crown of Aragon . . . conveys a sense of the variety and creativity of the Jewish experience in the Middle Ages, and of Jewish history as viewed from the inside. When all is said and done, this is an essential book for anyone interested in Jewish life in medieval Spain, or in medieval Europe.’ - Elka Klein, Medieval Review‘A most welcome book, solidly based on vast documentation. It crowns several decades of work by the author in these sources . . . it offers the reader a richly textured understanding of the real context of Jewish life in Iberia during this period.’ - David J. Wasserstein, Mediterranean Historical Review‘The thematic coverage is so broad that no survey can do it justice . . . Assis offers scholars a starting point (and much more) from which they can take up specific areas of interest . . . the fact that he clarifies the terminological confusion that frequently characterizes Hebrew sources is of great importance . . . a wealth of information and commentary that will serve researchers for many years.’- Marc D. Meirson, ZionTable of ContentsThe SourcesAbbreviationsMapsIntroductionThe ‘Golden Age’ The Crown of Aragon The Jews of Catalonia and Aragon before 1213Part 1 The Legal and Political ConditionsThe Status of the Jews in the Crown of Aragon Royal Privileges The Crown, the Church, and the JewsPart 2 Jewish Self-GovernmentThe Jewish Community in the Crown of Aragon The System of Communal Government Elections and Appointments Leaders and Leadership Communal Functionaries and Synagogue Officials The Law and the JudiciaryPart 3 Inter-Communal RelationsRelations between Communities Regional Communal Organization The Catalan Collectas The Collecta in Roussillon Inter-Communal Relations and Organization in Aragon Inter-Communal Organization in ValenciaPart 4 The Jewish QuarterThe Call or Judería The Synagogue and House of Study The Miqve and Public Baths The Slaughterhouse The Bakery The CemeteryPart 5 Jewish SocietySocial Classes Social Welfare and Mutual Aid Family Life Daily Life and Moral Conduct Crime and Violence in the JuderíaPart 6 Religious LifeJewish Religious Trends in the Crown of Aragon: Between Sepharad and Ashkenaz Scholars and Scholarship Religious Supervision Religious Practice, Divine Worship, and the Crown Pious and Synagogal Fraternities Jewish Education in the Crown of AragonConclusionAppendix 1: The monetary system in the medieval Crown of AragonAppendix 2: The sovereigns of the House of Aragon in the Crown of Aragon, Majorca—Roussillon, and Sicily, 1213–1336GlossaryBibliographyIndex
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Liverpool University Press Yiddish Theatre: New Approaches
Book SynopsisThis volume of essays is the first collection of scholarly studies on the Yiddish theatre to appear in English. Drawing on a variety of academic disciplines, it considers the dramatic and musical repertoire of Yiddish theatre and their historical development, popular and critical reception of productions, and the practice and consequences of state censorship. The time-span covered is broad—from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century—as is the geographical range: Cracow, London, Moscow, New York, St Petersburg, Vienna, and Warsaw. Yiddish Theatre not only presents a comprehensive study of the field but also helps illustrate the significance of the Yiddish theatre as a vital form of expression in the Jewish world. Yiddish drama and theatre has had an enormous capacity to entertain audiences on six continents, while at the same time highlighting social, political, religious, and economic concerns of vital interest to the Jewish people. Yiddish Theatre is a valuable resource for scholars, university students, and general readers interested both in Yiddish theatre specifically and related fields such as Jewish literature and culture, east European history and culture, and European and American theatre. The book contains the most comprehensive bibliography to date of sources relating to the Yiddish theatre.CONTRIBUTORS: Ahuva Belkin, Joel Berkowitz Paola Bertolone, Miroslawa M. Bulat, Brigitte Dalinger, Barbara Henry, John Klier, David Mazower, Leonard Prager, Nahma Sandrow, Nina Warnke, Seth L. Wolitz.Trade Review‘A comprehensive study of the field . . . a wonderful read . . . A valuable resource for any person interested in the history of the Yiddish theatre, or anyone interested in Jewish literature and culture, or anyone interested in the history of theatre in general in eastern Europe and America.’ Sara Marcus, AJL Newsletter'There is nothing comparable in English . . . it is a pioneering volume that necessarily lays a foundation and implies an agenda for Yiddish theatre scholarship in the English-speaking world. Because it is the first and as yet only such publication in English, it will repay careful scrutiny in its parts and as a whole.' Michael C. Steinlauf, All about Jewish Theatre‘One the book’s best attributes is the ability of its contributors to place their subjects within larger European contexts . . . the calibre of the contributions is high, demonstrating the degree to which Yiddish theatre is attracting the attention of serious scholars . . . [the book] succeeds not only in its goal of presenting some of the most important new scholarship on Yiddish theatre, but more importantly in helping to bring the study of this integral component of Jewish culture into wider academic circles and into a more complex scholarly discourse.’ Jeffrey Veidlinger, Shofar‘Aside of the high level of papers there are many extra advantages of the book: selection of interesting plates and tables, many interesting texts (written in transcription for the sake of those not knowing Hebrew . . .), and above all detailed bibliography (34 pages) and thorough index.’ Przemyslaw Piekarski, Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia‘A stimulating and encouraging book that I am happy to recommend to the specialist and the curious reader alike . . . It is not only a politically opportune moment to investigate the history of Yiddish theatre . . . but also a time to create a comprehensive study of Jewish theatre, comparable to what has been done in publications on the history and traditions of Jewish film. It is a pleasure to acknowledge that Yiddish Theatre: New Approaches constitutes a very effective step in this direction.’ Yana Meerzon, Modern Language Review'A pioneering volume that necessarily lays a foundation and implies an agenda, for Yiddish theatre scholarship in the English-speaking world. Because it is the first and as yet the only such publication in English, it will repay careful scrutiny, both in its parts and as a whole.' Michael Steinlauf, Modern Jewish Studies‘The volume contains eleven excellent articles and has been produced by a publisher of repute: the Littman Library . . . All in all, Yiddish Theatre: New Approaches is a landmark in the field of Yiddish cultural history. It is a thought-provoking book, which will hopefully inspire new collective volumes and monographs.’ Gennady Estraikh, East European Jewish Affairs‘Carefully and lovingly edited . . . represents a genuinely heroic effort at elevating a genre . . . The scholarship is impeccable, and the contributors all serious scholars.’ S. Gittleman, ChoiceTable of ContentsNote on Transliteration and OrthographyList of PlatesList of TablesIntroduction: Writing the History of the Yiddish Theatre JOEL BERKOWITZI Purimshpil1. The ‘Low’ Culture of the Purimshpil AHUVA BELKINII Repertoire2. Romanticism and the Yiddish Theatre NAHMA SANDROW3. Jewish Plays on the Russian Stage: Moscow and St Petersburg, 1905–1917 BARBARA HENRY4. The Text of Goldfaden’s Di kishefmakherin and the Operetta Tradition PAOLA BERTOLONE5. Shulamis and Bar kokhba: Renewed Jewish Role Models in Goldfaden and Halkin SETH L. WOLITZIII Regional Centres6. Yiddish Theatre in Vienna, 1880–1938 BRIGITTE DALINGER7. Stories in Song: The Melo-deklamatsyes of Joseph Markovitsh DAVID MAZOWER8. From Goldfaden to Goldfaden in Cracow’s Jewish Theatres MIROSLAWA M. BUWATIV Censorship9. ‘Exit, Pursued by a Bear’: Russian Administrators and the Ban on Yiddish Theatre in Imperial Russia JOHN KLIER10. The Censorship of Sholem Asch’s Got fun nekome, London, 1946 LEONARD PRAGERV. Criticism11. The Child Who Wouldn’t Grow Up: Yiddish Theatre and its Critics NINA WARNKENotes on ContributorsBibliographyIndex
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Liverpool University Press Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 2: Jews and
Book SynopsisThe focus is on how the Jews were affected by Polish independence in 1918. Other topics covered include Jan Blonski's article ‘The Poor Poles Look at the Ghetto’; Polish historiography on the privileges granted to the Jews; the decline of the kahal in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; the social perception of Jews in the eighteenth century; representations of Jews in nineteenth-century literature; nineteenth-century synagogues; the Jewish Polish-language press in the interwar period; and antisemitic slogans in Endecja political campaigns. CONTRIBUTOR: Wladyslaw T. Bartoszewski, Research Fellow, St Antony's College, Oxford. Eugene C. Black, Ottilie Springer Professor of History, Brandeis University. Andrzej Bryk, Lecturer, Institute for Constitutional History, Jagiellonian. University, Kraków. Jan Blonski, Professor of the History of Polish Literature, Jagiellonian University, Kraków. Sh. Cygielman, Senior History in Jewish History, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-heva. David Engel, Tel Aviv University. Mieczyslaw Inglot, Professor of Polish Literature, University of Wroclaw. Paul Latawski, Assistant Professor of International Relations, New England College, Arundel. Eli Lederhendler, Lecturer in Jewish History, Tel Aviv University. George J. Lerski, Emeritus Professor of Modern European History, University of Chicago. Józef Lewandowski, Professor of History, Uppsala University. Maria and Kazimierz Pietchotka, architects and architectural historians. Edward Rogerson. Szymon Rudnicki, Docent and Deputy Director, Historical Institute, University of Warsaw. Michael G. Steinlauf, Brandeis University. Daniel Stone, Professor of History, University of Winnipeg. Bernadeta Tendyra, London School of Economics. Anna Zuk, Lecturer, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Marie Curie-Sklodkowska University, Lublin.Table of ContentsStatement from the Editors Symposium: Jews and the Emergence of an Independent Polish State Lucien Wolf and the Making of Poland: Paris, 1919 EUGENE C. BLACK The Dmowski–Namier Feud, 1915-1918 PAUL LATAWSKI History and Myth: Pinsk, April 1919 JOZEF LEWANDOWSKI Polish Diplomacy and the American-Jewish Cmmunity between the Wars DANIEL STONE Dmowski, Paderewski, and American Jews (A Documentary Compliation) GEORGE J. LERSKI Articles The Basic Privileges of the Jews of Great Poland as Reflected in Polish Historiography SH. A. CYGIELMAN The Decline of the Polish–Lithuanian Kahal ELI LEDERHENDLER A Mobile Class. The Subjective Element in the Social Perception of Jews: The Example of Eighteenth-Century Poland ANNA ZUK Polish Synagogues in the Nineteenth Century MARIA and KAZIMIERZ PIECHOTKA The Image of the Jew in Polish Narrative Prose of the Romantic Period MIECZYSLAW INGLOT The Polish–Jewish Daily Press MICHAEL G. STEINLAUF From ‘Numerus Clausus’ to ‘Numerus Nullus’ SZYMON RUDNICKI Documents The Polish Government-in-Exile and the Holocaust: Stanislaw Kot’s Confrontation with Palestinian Jewry, November 1942–January 1943: Selected Documents DAVID ENGEL The Stanislaw Kot Collection, Warsaw BERNADETA TENDYRA Commentary The Poor Poles Look at the Ghetto JAN BLONSKI Polish–Jewish Relations during the Second World War: A Discussion Reviews REVIEW ESSAYS Images of Jewish Poland in the Post-War Polish Cinema EDWARD ROGERSON The Holocaust: Jews and Gentiles. In Memory of the Jews of Pacanów ANDRZEJ BRYK Jews as a Polish Problem WLADYSLAW T. BARTOSZEWSKI BOOK REVIEWS Letter to the Editors Contributors Obituaries
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Liverpool University Press Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 5: New Research, New Views
Book SynopsisThis volume focuses on Polish Jews in Germany; Zionism in Poland; and art and architecture. More specifically, this latter section considers the physical impact of the Jewish presence in Polish towns-in general, and in Gora Kalwaria, home to the Gerer hasidic dynasty; there is also a map of synagogue buildings still standing in 1988 and an inventory showing their current use, and an illustrated article on recent Jewish monuments in Warsaw. Several of the remaining articles relate to Polish or Yiddish literature. Contributors: Monika Adamczyk-Garbowska, Jozef Adelson, Mark Baker, Wladyslaw T. Bartoszewski, Eleonora Bergman, Andrzej S. Ciechanowiecki, Artur Eisenbach, John P. Fox, Jedrzej Giertych, Joseph Goldstein, Karel Grunberg, Jan Jagielski, Stanislaw Jankowski, Paul Latawski, Krystyn Matwijowski, Jadwiga Maurer, Moshe Mishkinsky, Israel Oppenheim, Adam Penkalla, Maria and Kazimierz Pietchotka, Krzysztof Pilarczyk, Tomasz Polanski, Laura Quercioli-Mincer, Chone Shmeruk, Laurence WeinbaumTable of ContentsStatement from the Editors Art and Architecture Gora Kalwaria: The Impact of a Hasidic Cult on the Urban Landscape of a Small Polish Town ELEONORA BERGMAN Jewish Districts in the Spatial Structure of Polish Towns MARIA and KAZIMIERZ PIECHOTKA The Function of Synagogues in the PPR, 1988 ELEONORA BERGMAN and JAN JAGIELSKI MEMORY: The New Monuments commemorating the Struggle and Martyrdom of the Jews of Warsaw STANISLAW JANKOWSKI Polish Jews in Germany The Expulsion of Jews with Polish Citizenship from Bavaria in 1923 JOZEF ADELSON Reichskristallnacht 9 November 1938 and the Ostjuden Perspective to the Nazi Search for a 'Solution' to the Jewish Question JOHN P. FOX The Atrocities against the Jews in the Third Reich as seen by the ENDECJA (1933-1939) KAROL GRUNBERG Zionism in Poland The Beginnings of the Zionist Movement in Congress Poland: The Victory of the Hasidim over the Zionists? JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN The Ideological Background to the Hehaluts Movement in Russia and Poland in the 1920s: Parallels and Divergences ISRAEL OPPENHEIM Jabotinsky and the Poles LAURENCE WEINBAUM Articles Yiddish Literature and Collective Memory: The Case of the Chmielnicki Massacres CHONE SHMERUK The Omission of Jewish Topics in Mickiewicz Scholarship JADWIGA MAURER The Polish Interfaith Alliance ARTUR EISENBACH The Reassessment of Haskala Ideology in the Aftermath of the 1863 Polish Revolt MARK BAKER Polish Socialism and the Jewish Question on the Eve of the Establishment of the Polish Socialist Party (PPR) and Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland MOSHE MISHKINSKY A Voice from the Diaspora: Julian Stryjkowski LAURA QUERCIOLI-MINCER Poles and Poland in I. B. Singer's Fiction MONIKA ADAMCZYK-GARBOWSKA Exchange Letter from JEDRZEJ GIERTYCH to the Editor of Polin The Dmowski-Namier Feud: A Reply to Giertych Notes International Symposium on the Bibliography of Polish Judaic Documents, Krakow, 1998 KRZYSZTOF PILARCZYK The Conference 'Studies on the History of the Jewish Inhabitance of Silesia', Wroclaw, 1998 KRYSTYN MATWIJOWSKI Reviews REVIEW ESSAYS The History of Towns and Burghers in Pre-Partition Poland TOMASZ POLANSKI The 'Genealogical Sketches' of Kazimierz Reychman ANDRZEJ S. CIECHANOWIECKI German Photographic Documentation of Jewish Ghettos in Poland WLADYSLAW T. BARTOSZEWSKI Four Jewish Memoirs from Occupied Poland WLADYSLAW T. BARTOSZEWSKI BOOK REVIEWS Letters to the Editors Contributors Obituary
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Liverpool University Press Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 7: Jewish
Book SynopsisPublished in the year of the fiftieth anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, this volume has a special section with memoirs and other material dealing with aspects of Jewish life in Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Topics covered in other articles include the autobiographies of Salomon Maimon and Jakob Fromer, entitled 'From the Ghetto to Modern Culture'; Jan Czynski and the question of equal rights for all religious faiths; education of Jewish women in the nineteenth century; ritual slaughter as a political issue; and the Jewish press in Krakow in the inter-war years. Contributors: Zygmunt Bauman, Czeslaw Brzoza, Joanna Rostropowicz Clark, Anna Clarke, Adam Galkowski, Jan Marek Gronski, Dora Katzenelson, Mark W. Kiel, Ariel Joseph Kochavi, Jerzy Lewinski, Zenon Nowak, Laura Quercioli, Richie Robertson, Marek Rudnicki, Szymon Rudnicki, Shaul Stampfer, Aharon Weiss, Tomasz Wisniewski, Josef Wrobel, Aleksander ZygaTable of ContentsStatement from the Editors Articles A Brief History of the Jews in Royal Prussia before 1772 ZENON NOWAK From the Ghetto to Modern Culture: The Autobiographies of Salomon Maimon and Jakob Fromer RICHIE ROBERTSON Jan Czynski and the Question of Equality of Rights for all Religious Faiths in Poland ADAM GALKOWSKI Adam Mickiewicz's 'Forty and Four' or the Dangers of Playing with Kabbalahs JOANNA ROSTROPOWICZ CLARK Gender Differentiation and Education of the Jewish Women in Nineteenth-Century Eastern Europe SHAUL STAMPFER Vox Populi, Vox Dei: The Centrality of Peretz in Jewish Folkloristics MARK W. KIEL The Linas-Hatsedek Charitable Fraternity in Bialystok, 1885-1939 TOMASZ WISNIEWSKI The Jewish Press in Krakow, 1918-1939 CZESLAW BRZOZA Ritual Slaughter as a Political Issue SZYMON RUDNICKI Britain and the Jewish Exodus from Poland Following the Second World War ARIEL JOSEPH KOCHAVI Henryk Grynberg Calls Poland to Account JOSEF WROBEL Life in Nazi-Occupied Warsaw Three Ghetto Sketches JAN MAREK GRONSKI My Recollections of the Deportation of Janusz Korczak MAREK RUDNICKI The Death of Adam Czerniakow and Janusz Korczak's Last Journey JERZY LEWINSKI Sister Wanda ANNA CLARKE Notes The Activities of the Democratic Societies and Democratic Party in Defending Jewish Rights in Poland on the Eve of Hitler's Invasion AHARON WEISS Documents Dealing with the History of Jews in Galicia in Lwow Archives DORA KATZENELSON Review Articles The Literary Afterlife of Polish Jewry ZYGMUNT BAUMAN Jewish Themes in 'The Beautiful Mrs Seidenmann' by Andrzej Szczypiorski LAURA QUERCIOLI About the 'Jews-in-Poland' Exhibition, Krakow, 1989 ALEKSANDER ZYGA Contributors
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Liverpool University Press Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 9: Jews, Poles, Socialists: The Failure of an Ideal
Book Synopsis‘The less antisemitism exists among Christians, the easier it will be to unite the social forces . . . and the sooner workers’ solidarity will emerge: solidarity of all who are exploited and wronged . . . Jew, Pole, Lithuanian.’ Józef Pilsudski, 1903 The Socialist ideals of brotherhood, equality, and justice have exercised a strong attraction for many Jews. On the Polish lands, Jews were drawn to Socialism when the liberal promise of integration into the emergent national entities of east and central Europe as Poles or Lithuanians or Russians of the Hebrew faith seemed to be failing. For those Jews seeking emancipation from discrimination and the constraints of a religious community, Socialism offered a tantalizing new route to integration in the wider society. Some Jews saw in Socialism a secularized version of the age-old Jewish messianic longing, while others were driven to the Socialist movement by poverty and the hope that it would supply their material needs. But in Poland as elsewhere in Europe, Socialism failed to transcend national divisions. The articles in this volume of Polin investigate the failure of this ideal and its consequences for Jews on the Polish lands, examining Socialist attitudes to the ‘Jewish question’, the issue of antisemitism, how the growth of Socialism affected relationships between Poles and Jews, and the character of Jewish Socialist groups in Poland. The result is a significant contribution to the history of Jews in Poland. It also sheds light on the history of Socialism in east-central Europe and the complexity of national problems there. Editors and contributors: Israel Bartal, Daniel Blatman, Alina Cala, Stephen D. Corrsin, David Engel, Sylvia Barack Fishman, Gershon Hundert, Ross Kessel, Shmuel Krakowski, Dov Levin, Pawel Machcewicz, Stanislaw Meducki, Erica Nadelhaft, Magdalena Opalska, Richard Pipes, Antony Polonsky, Dina Porat, Teresa Prekerowa, Michal Sliwa, Janusz Sujecki, Jerzy Tomaszewski, Barbara Wachowska.Table of ContentsNote on Transliteration, Names, and Place Names Abbreviations Introduction ANTONY POLONSKY Part I Jews, Poles, Socialists: The Failure of an Ideal Jewish Socialists in the Kingdom of Poland ALINA CALA The Jewish Problem in Polish Socialist Thought MICHAL SLIWA The Relation of the Polish Socialist Party: Proletariat to the Bund and the Jewish Question, 1900–1906 JANUSZ SUJECKI The Jews, the Left, and the State Duma Elections in Warsaw in 1912: Selected Sources translated by STEPHEN D. CORRSIN Jews and the Russian Revolution: A Note RICHARD PIPES The Bund in Poland, 1935–1939 DANIEL BLATMAN Lodz Remained Red: Elections to the City Council of 27 September 1936 BARBARA WACHOWSKA The Jews of Vilna under Soviet Rule, 19 September–28 October 1939 DOV LEVIN The Polish Underground and the Extermination of the Jews SHMUEL KRAKOWSKI The Jewish Underground and the Polish Underground TERESA PREKEROWA The Pogrom in Kielce on 4 July 1946 STANISLAW MEDUCKI Antisemitism in Poland in 1956 PAWEL MACHCEWICZ Part II New Views Dov of Bolechów: A Diarist of the Council of Four Lands in the Eighteenth Century ISRAEL BARTAL A Peaceable Community at Work: The Chevrah of Nasielsk ROSS KESSEL Zionist Pioneering Youth Movements in Poland and their Attitude to Erets Israel during the Holocaust DINA PORAT Resistance through Education: Polish Zionist Youth Movements in Warsaw, 1939–1941 ERICA NADELHAFT The Second Competition of Scholarly Works on Polish–Jewish Themes ALINA CALA Part III Reviews REVIEW ESSAY History, Drama, and Healing: On the Television Play A i B, by Harvey Sarner DAVID ENGEL Inside, Outside: Interpreting Jewish Difference SYLVIA BARACK FISHMAN BOOK REVIEWS BIBLIOGRAPHY OF POLISH–JEWISH STUDIES, 1993 Notes on Contributors Notes on Translators Glossary Index
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Liverpool University Press The Jews of Vienna and the First World War
Book SynopsisThe First World War marked the final chapter in the history of Habsburg Viennese Jewry. In this book, the first study of Viennese Jews in this period, David Rechter explores the community's crises of ideology and identity during the traumatic war years. The book is also a study of modern Jewish politics. Viennese and Austrian Jewish political culture was a unique amalgam, combining the nationalism and radicalism of eastern Europe with the liberalism of the west. During the war, Zionism emerged the victor. The Jewish experience resembled that of other minorities in central and eastern Europe in this period, where ideologies of nationalism and ethnic self-determination became the prevailing norm. Despite this political transformation, Jewish world-views whether liberal, nationalist, or Orthodox survived the war remarkably intact. In analysing how Viennese Jews made the difficult transition from the Habsburg empire to the Austrian Republic, David Rechter offers a case study of Jewish politics and society in the crucible of war and brings to light an unexamined episode of modern Jewish history.Trade Review'A pioneer work in this field ... an excellent book.'- Albert Friedlander, European Judaism‘Excellent.’- Daniel Unowsky, Historical Journal‘A very valuable contribution.’- Maureen Healy, Journal of Modern History‘The research Rechter has carried out in this work is thorough and top-notch. He has mined the archives and mastered the details of the Jewisd political scene in wartime Vienna. This is an invaluable guide to scholars in the field as well as graduate students who wish to understand the politics and the players involved . . . a piece of quality research . . . will serve as a valuable resource for scholars and students of Jewish history.’- Ian Reifowitz, Shofar‘Rechter analyses the effects of the wartime crisis on Jewish thinking with considerable skill, drawing on an impressive range of sources . . . He gives a particularly effective account of the disorientation and dislocation of Viennese Jews at the fall of the Empire and their efforts to forge a new collective vision of their place in stunted post-imperial Austria.’- Bernard Wasserstein, Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsNote on Place-Names List of Abbreviations Introduction 1 The Political Culture of Viennese Jewry 2 The Refugees 3 Warring Youth 4 In Pursuit of Unity 5 A Jewish Revolution Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Claritas Books Islam & Human Rights: A Conversation
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Liverpool University Press The Kabbalistic Culture of Eighteenth-Century Prague: Ezekiel Landau (the 'Noda Biyehudah') and his Contemporaries
Book SynopsisKabbalah, an esoteric lore whose study was traditionally restricted, played a surprisingly prominent and far-reaching role in eighteenth-century Prague. In this book Sharon Flatto uncovers the centrality of this mystical tradition for Prague’s influential Jewish community and its pre-eminent rabbinic authority, Ezekiel Landau, chief rabbi from 1754 to 1793. A towering eighteenth-century rabbinic leader who is best known for his halakhic responsa collection the Noda biyehudah, Landau is generally considered a staunch opponent of esoteric practices and public kabbalistic discourse. Flatto challenges this portrayal, exposing the importance of kabbalah in his work and thought and demonstrating his novel use of teachings from diverse kabbalistic schools. She also identifies the historical events and cultural forces underlying his reluctance to discuss kabbalah publicly, including the rise of the hasidic movement and the acculturation spurred by the 1781 Habsburg Toleranzpatent. In telling this story, the study offers the first systematic overview of the eighteenth-century Jewish community of Prague, and the first critical account of Landau’s life and writings, which continue to shape Jewish law and rabbinic thought to this day. Extensively examining Landau's rabbinic corpus, as well as a variety of archival and published German, Yiddish, and Hebrew sources, it provides a unique glimpse into the spiritual and psychological world of eighteenth-century Prague Jewry. Reconstructing the intellectual world and traditional society in which Landau lived, this study reveals the dominance of rabbinic culture in Prague during this transitional period, the ongoing significance of kabbalistic ideas and practices, and the city’s numerous distinguished figures and institutions. Its analysis of the spiritual trends that animated this culture demonstrates that Prague’s late eighteenth-century rabbinate was more influential, more conservative, and less open to modernization than has been recognized. Debunking the widespread scholarly portrayal of Prague as primarily under the influence of the modernizing West, Flatto shows that this key central European city was shaped more by traditional east European Jewish culture than by Western Enlightenment thought. By unravelling and exploring the many diverse threads that were woven into the fabric of Prague's eighteenth-century Jewish life, the book offers a comprehensive portrayal of rabbinic culture at its height in one of the largest and most important centres of European Jewry.Trade ReviewReviews 'Remarkable intellectual biography . . . a major contribution to the understanding of the diffusion and the role of Kabbalah in Europe in the eighteenth century. The book renews our knowledge of the cultural history of Ashkenazi society and, especially, of the Jewish community of Prague during the premodern period . . . An innovative aspect of Flatto's book is the study of Landau's relationship to mysticism, which was not without some ambivalence . . . an important contribution to the study of the cultural history of Jewish communities in Europe in the eighteenth century. [The book] leads us to reconsider the transformation of Jewish culture, viewed as a complex whole made up of a plurality of influences, of cultural and religious components, and full of contradictions and tensions. This remarkable research demonstrates that the transformation of Jewish society was far from linear.' Jean Baumgart, H-Judaic‛Constructs a map of Landau’s views on kabbalistic matters . . . that changes how we look at eighteenth-century Judaism . . . Flatto’s book is crucial for any attempt to understand eighteenth-century Jews.’ Joseph Davis, Jewish History'A very good book. The scholarship is first rate, with every claim backed up by evidence. The presentation is also excellent, being well organized, clear and above all interesting . . . the author is to be congratulated and the book firmly recommended.' A.H. Lesser, Journal of Modern Jewish Studies'Offers a fascinating picture of Jewish culture in eighteenth-century Prague . . . based on rigorous analyses of texts and a wide-ranging collection of sources. This volume gives the English reader a fine introduction to central European rabbinic culture and sheds new light on hasidism and on modernization in Jewish religion. It does so in a very readable and clear manner.' Shaul Stampfer, Religious Studies Review'Challenges the conventional portrait of Landau as a staunch opponent of esoteric practices and reveals the centrality of kabbalistic thought in this key central European city.' ShofarTable of ContentsNote on Transliteration and Conventions Used in the Text Introduction Part I Jewish Culture in Eighteenth-Century Prague 1 Prague’s Jewish Community 2 Prague’s Rabbinic Culture: Halakhah and Kabbalah 3 Mystical and Modernizing Trends: Prague’s Rabbinic Culture Threatened Part II The Centrality of Kabbalah in Landau’s Thought and Writings Introduction 4 Historiography, Personal History, and Folk Tales 5 The Promotion of Kabbalistic Study, Books, and Customs 6 Tension Part III Kabbalistic Schools in Landau’s Works Introduction 7 The Zohar and Early Mystical Sources 8 The Path to Devekut: Ecstatic and Cordoverian Teachings 9 Lurianic Kabbalah Part IV Key Kabbalistic Doctrines for Landau and Prague Jews Introduction 10 Demons, the Divine Soul, and the Afterlife 11 The Banished Consort: Theurgy and the Exiled Shekhinah Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Hugh Battye A Tale of Two Chinas
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Hybrid Publishers My Mother's Spice Cupboard A Journey from Baghdad to Bombay to Bondi
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Spirituality, Religiousness and Health: From
Book SynopsisThis book provides an overview of the research on spirituality, religiousness and health, including the most important studies, conceptualization, instruments for measurement, types of studies, challenges, and criticisms. It covers essential information on the influence of spirituality and religiousness (S/R) in mental and physical health, and provides guidance for its use in clinical practice. The book discusses the clinical implications of the research findings, including ethical issues, medical/health education, how to take a spiritual history, and challenges in addressing these issues, all based on studies showing the results of incorporating S/R in clinical practice. It contains case reports to facilitate learning, and suggests educational strategies to facilitate teaching S/R to health professionals and students. Table of Contents1. Conceptualizing Spirituality and Religiousness.- 2. Measuring Spirituality and Religiousness in Health Research.- 3. Challenges and Criticisms in the Field of Spirituality, Religiousness and Health.- 4. The Scientific Study of Belief and Pain Modulation: Conceptual Problems.- 5. Spirituality, Religiousness and Mental Health: Scientific Evidence.- 6. Spirituality, Religiousness and Physical Health: Scientific Evidence.- 7. Religious and Spiritual Interventions in Health: Scientific Evidence.- 8. Impact of Religion and Spirituality in Older Persons.- Part II. Clinical Implications of Spirituality, Religiousness and Health.- 9. Religiousness, Spirituality and Health in Secular Society: Need for Spiritual Care in Health care?.- 10. Fostering Well-being: Spirituality and Creativity in Clinical Practice.- 11. Spirituality in Psychiatric Care: an Example of Spirituality Integrated Psychotherapy.- 12. Spiritual Care: the Role of Health Care Chaplaincy.- 13. Understanding Clinical Chaplaincy Approach to Biomedical Ethics: an Imminent Need and a Challenge.- 14. Spiritual Care at the End of Life.- 15. Incorporating and Teaching Spirituality into Medical Education: an Overview of the Field and Possible Educational Strategies.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Key Concepts in the Study of Antisemitism
Book SynopsisThis volume is designed to assist university faculty and students studying and teaching about antisemitism, racism, and other forms of prejudice. In contrast with similar volumes, it is organized around specific concepts instead of chronology or geography. It promotes conversation about antisemitism across disciplinary, geographic, and thematic lines rather than privileging a single methodological paradigm, a specific academic field, or an overarching narrative. Its twenty-one chapters by leading scholars in diverse fields address the relationship to antisemitism of concepts ranging from Anti-Judaism to Zionism. Each chapter not only traces the history and major scholarly debates around a key concept; it also presents an original argument, points to avenues for further research, and exemplifies a method of investigation.Trade Review“The Green/ Sullam volume leads us almost naturally to the last collection under review— in fact a small encyclopedia— edited by Sol Goldberg, Scott Ury, and Kalman Weiser. As befits such a volume, the list of contributors to Key Concepts in the Study of Antisemitism includes not only historians but also philosophers, psychologists, literary scholars, political scientists, jurists, and an anthropologist.” (Shulamit Volkov, Studies in Contemporary Jewry, Vol. 33, 2023)“Key Concepts in the Study of Antisemitism is meant to be a resource and a tool for instructors and researchers around the world who face this very dilemma. Its greatest innovation is in its design. Instead of producing a more usual historical survey of antisemitism through the ages, the editors have solicited a rich and diverse collection of short essays from leading scholars in the field about various concepts associated with the study of antisemitism.” (Paul Hanebrink, Shofar - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies, Vol. 40 (3), 2022)“Rigorous and wholly engaging, Key Concepts in the Study of Antisemitism is the volume I was missing during my postgraduate degree in Jewish studies. … From a student’s perspective too, the work will certainly be a welcome addition to university reading lists … . Key Concepts also makes a compelling intervention in the field. The twenty-one accessible and original chapters encourage curiosity and innovation over rigidity and prescription.” (Emilie Wiedemann, Shofar - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies, Vol. 40 (3), 2022)“The great gain of the volume is that it has brought Antisemitism research out of the epistemic black hole into which the idea of eternal Antisemitism or of the longest hatred has pushed it and threatens to push it again and again. By placing Antisemitic thought and action in their respective contexts, illuminating the constellations in the occurrence of Antisemitism and determining its ambiguities and ruptures, the volume can sharpen the historical judgment of Antisemitism research, make Antisemitism more clearly comprehensible and thus also better combatable.” (Ulrich Wyrwa, Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History, Issue 21, October, 2022)“Key Concepts in the Study of Antisemitism … stands out as such a profound contribution: it sees inquiry as the key to unpacking antisemitism rather than narrow interpretations of potential solutions. … Key Concepts in the Study of Antisemitism is better poised for experts and scholars in the field looking for a field guide to help in study … .” (Shane Burley, Journal of Social Justice, Vol. 10, 2022)“The volume is … directed towards scholars of all disciplines studying antisemitism. This is a strength that makes the anthology an important contribution which promotes cross-disciplinary scholarship. For scholars of both the past and of the present, this work presents insightful historical overviews as well as well-grounded explanations of concepts that yield a solid foundation for further research. … will be used by researchers and students alike to orientate the many concepts that circulate in the study of antisemitism(s).” (Jens Carlesson Magalhães, Nordisk Judaistik, Vol. 33 (1), 2022)“None of its twenty-two contributions runs more than fifteen pages, making each readily digestible. Moreover, there is no redundancy among them. Even someone long engaged in the study of antisemitism could certainly learn from it. … I can also think of numerous times in the past when I wish this book had been available. Admittedly, before opening Key Concepts one may wonder what is left to be said about anti‐ semitism. Quite a lot, it turns out.” (Robert E. Blobaum, H-Net Reviews, h-net.org, September, 2021)Table of Contents1. Introduction- Kalman Weiser 2. Anti-Judaism- Jonathan Elukin3. Anti-Semitism (Historiography)- Jonathan Judaken4. Anti-Zionism- James Loeffler 5. Blood Libel- Hillel J. Kieval6. The Catholic Church- Magda Teter7. Conspiracy Theory- Jovan Byford 8. Emancipation- Frederick C. Beiser 9. Gender- Sara R. Horowitz 10. Ghetto- Daniel B. Schwartz 11. The Holocaust- Richard S. Levy12. Jewish Self-hatred- Sol Goldberg 13. Nationalism- Brian Porter-Szűcs14. Nazism- Doris L. Bergen15. Orientalism- Ivan Kalmar16. Philosemitism- Maurice Samuels 17. Pogrom- Jeffrey Kopstein18. Post-colonialism- Bryan Cheyette19. Racism- Robert Bernasconi20. Secularism- Lena Salaymeh & Shai Lavi21. Sinat Yisrael- Martin Lockshin22. Zionism- Scott Ury
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Hillsong Church: Expansive Pentecostalism, Media,
Book SynopsisThis book highlights the expansion of the influential Pentecostal Hillsong Church global megachurch network from Australia across global cities. Ethnographic research in Amsterdam and New York City shows that global cities harbor nodes in transnational religious networks in which media play a crucial role. By taking a lived religion approach, media is regarded as integral part of everyday practices of interaction, expression and consumption of religion. Key question raised is how processes of mediatization shape, alter and challenge this thriving cosmopolitan expression of Pentecostalism. Current debates in the study of religion are addressed: religious belonging and community in global cities; the interrelation between media technology, religious practices and beliefs; religion, media and social engagement in global cities; media and emerging modes of religious leadership and authority. In this empirical study, pressing societal issues like institutional responses to sexual abuse of children, views on gender roles, misogyny and mediated constructions of femininity are discussed.Trade Review“This book uncovers the penetration of the media-saturated sociocultural environment into the everyday life of Hillsong Church through the religious perspectives and practices of Hillsong Church actors and then explores the intertwining of the media with the Hillsong Church. This book is a catalyst for research in Pentecostal Christianity, globalization and religious mobility, and media–religion relations.” (Wei Xiong, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 48 (4), December, 2022)Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Community Formation in Global Cities.- Time and Presence.- Social Engagement.- Authenticity and Transparency.- Media Protest.- Pentecostal Popular Feminism.- Mediatized Christianity.- Conclusion.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Aboriginal Women, Law and Critical Race Theory:
Book SynopsisThis book explores storytelling as an innovative means of improving understanding of Indigenous people and their histories and struggles including with the law. It uses the Critical Race Theory (‘CRT’) tool of ‘outsider’ or ‘counter’ storytelling to illuminate the practices that have been used by generations of Aboriginal women to create an outlaw culture and to resist their invisibility to law. Legal scholars are yet to use storytelling to bring the experiential knowledge of Aboriginal women to the centre of legal scholarship and yet this book demonstrates how this can be done by way of a new methodology that combines elements of CRT with speculative biography. In one chapter, the author tells the imagined story of Eliza Woree who featured prominently in the backdrop to the decision of the Supreme Court of Queensland in Dempsey v Rigg (1914) but whose voice was erased from the judgements. This accessible book adds a new and innovative dimension to the use of CRT to examine the nexus between race and settler colonialism. It speaks to those interested in Indigenous peoples and the law, Indigenous studies, Indigenous policy, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, feminist studies, race and the law, and cultural studies.Table of ContentsChapter One: Introduction.- Chapter Two: CRT and Settler Colonial Societies.- Chapter Three: Aboriginal Women’s Outlaw Culture.- Chapter Four: The Story of Eliza Woree.- Chapter Five: Conclusion.
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De Gruyter Religionssoziologie
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De Gruyter Briefwechsel (1914-1931)
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De Gruyter Religious Communities and Civil Society in
Book SynopsisThe seemingly vitalizing impact of religiosity on civil society is a research topic that has been extensively looked into, not only in the USA, but increasingly also in a European context. What is missing is an evaluation of the role of institutionalized religious communities, and of circumstances that facilitate or impede their status as civil society organisations. This anthology in two volumes aims at closing this gap by providing case studies regarding political, legal and historical aspects in various European countries. Vol. I provides an introduction and looks at cases in Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as chapters on legal issues and data, and comprehensive bibliography.
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De Gruyter Armenierinnen Und Armenier in Der Türkei:
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De Gruyter Armenian and Jewish Experience between Expulsion
Book Synopsis Jews and Armenians are often perceived as peoples with similar tragic historical experiences. Not only were both groups forced into statelessness and a life outside their homelands for centuries, in the 20th century, in the shadow of war, they were threatened with collective annihilation. Thus far, academic approaches to these two "classical" diasporas have been quite different. Moreover, Armenian and Jewish questions posed during the 19th and 20th centuries have usually been treated separately. The conference “We Will Live After Babylon” that took place in Hanover in February 2019, addressed this gap in research and was one of the first initiatives to deal directly with Jewish and Armenian historical experiences, between expulsion, exile and annihilation, in a comparative framework. The contributions in this volume take on multidisciplinary approaches relating to the conference’s central themes: diaspora, minority issues and genocide.
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De Gruyter Stairway to Paradise: Jews, Blacks, and the
Book SynopsisStairway to Paradise reveals how American Jewish entrepreneurs, musicians, and performers influenced American popular music from the late nineteenth century till the mid-1960s. From blackface minstrelsy, ragtime, blues, jazz, and Broadway musicals, ending with folk and rock 'n' roll. The book follows the writers and artists' real and imaginative relationship with African-American culture's charisma. Stairway to Paradise discusses the artistic and occasionally ideological dialogue that these artists, writers, and entrepreneurs had with African-American artists and culture. Tracing Jewish immigration to the United States and the entry of Jews into the entertainment and cultural industry, the book allocates extensive space to the charged connection between music and politics as reflected in the Jewish-Black Alliance - both in the struggle for social justice and in the music field. It reveals Jewish success in the music industry and the unique and sometimes problematic relationships that characterized this process, as their dominance in this field became a source of blame for exploiting African-American artistic and human capital. Alongside this, the book shows how black-Jewish cooperation, and its fragile alliance, played a role in the hegemonic conflicts involving American culture during the 20th century. Unintentionally, it influenced the process of decline of the influence of the WASP elite during the 1960s. Stairway to Paradise fuses American history and musicology with cultural studies theories. This inter-disciplinary approach regarding race, class, and ethnicity offers an alternative view of more traditional notions regarding understanding American music's evolution.
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De Gruyter Avrom Sutzkever – Still My Word Sings: Poems.
Book SynopsisThe second volume of the series Yiddish Editions & Research, presents the poetry of Avrom Sutzkever (1913–2010), one of the greatest Yiddish writers of the 20th century. The themes of his work span his early childhood in Siberia, youth in Vilna, Lithuania, the catastrophe of the Holocaust, and a new life in Israel. Sutzkever is a modernist poet of great originality whose work is rooted in the cultural heritage of the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe.This ist the first bilingual edition of Sutzkever’s work to present a substantial selection of poetry from all periods of his creative life. A previously unpublished lecture by the poet sheds light on his poetic credo and an literary-biographical essay by the translator, Heather Valencia, together with notes on the poems, make this literary oeuvre accessible to a wide readership.
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De Gruyter Diaspora and Law: Culture, Religion, and
Book SynopsisToday, law is no longer homogenous or unquestioned. Different overlapping legal systems constantly interfere with one another, both on an international level, in complex transnational contexts such as the European Union or human rights law, but also in the context of cultural diversity or conflicts between religious norms and civil institutions, between minorities and the power of the state. On the other hand, the neutrality of law is also under growing pressure, be it from different global transnational players, or from within nation states where calls are made to adapt law to the will of "the people." The heated European debate on the "refugee crisis" has made it manifest that law is more necessary than ever and yet fundamentally contested, perhaps even caught in contradictions and self-limitations. At the same time, the current perspective on legal problems allows us to address issues of diversity and the role of Europe in the globalized world more clearly. The articles of this book take these recent developments and debates as a starting point to discuss from the perspective of different disciplines the pressing question of how to live together in the new millennium and how to figure the long history of law before, besides, and after the dominant paradigm of state law.
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De Gruyter Levinas and Literature: New Directions
Book SynopsisThe posthumous publication of Emmanuel Levinas’s wartime diaries, postwar lectures, and drafts for two novels afford new approaches to understanding the relationship between literature, philosophy, and religion. This volume gathers an international list of experts to examine new questions raised by Levinas’s deep and creative experiment in thinking at the intersection of literature, philosophy, and religion. Chapters address the role and significance of poetry, narrative, and metaphor in accessing the ethical sense of ordinary life; Levinas's critical engagement with authors such as Leon Bloy, Paul Celan, Vassily Grossman, Marcel Proust, and Maurice Blanchot; analyses of Levinas’s draft novels Eros ou Triple opulence and La Dame de chez Wepler; and the application of Levinas's thought in reading contemporary authors such as Ian McEwen and Cormac McCarthy. Contributors include Danielle Cohen-Levinas, Kevin Hart, Eric Hoppenot, Vivian Liska, Jean-Luc Nancy and François-David Sebbah, among others.
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De Gruyter Framing the Sex Scene: A New Take on Israeli Film
Book SynopsisThis book retells the history of Israeli film in the 1960s and 1970s in sex scenes. Through close readings of the first sex scenes in mainstream Israeli movies from this period, it explores the cultural and social contexts in which these movies were made. More specifically, it discusses how notions of collective identity, individual agency, and the public and private spheres are inscribed into and negotiated in sex scenes, especially in light of the historical events that marked these decades. This study thus pushes away from the traditional academic perception of Israeli film and opens up new ways of understanding how it has developed in recent decades. It draws on a growing international body of academic literature on the cinematic representation of sex in order to illuminate the particularities of the Israeli context in the 1960s and 1970s. Apart from film scholars and scholars of Israeli film, this study also addresses readers interested in Israeli cultural history more broadly.
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De Gruyter Purimspiel und Fastnachtspiel
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De Gruyter The Yiddish Stage as a Temporary Home: Dzigan and Shumacher’s Satirical Theater (1927-1980)
Book SynopsisThe Yiddish Theater Stage as a Temporary Home takes us through the fascinating life and career of the most important comic duo in Yiddish Theater, Shimen Dzigan and Isroel Shumacher. Spanning over the course of half a century – from the beginning of their work at the Ararat avant-garde Yiddish theater in Łodz, Poland to their Warsaw theatre – they produced bold, groundbreaking political satire. The book further discusses their wanderings through the Soviet Union during the Second World War and their attempt to revive Jewish culture in Poland after the Holocaust. It finally describes their time in Israel, first as guest performers and later as permanent residents. Despite the restrictions on Yiddish actors in Israel, the duo insisted on performing in their language and succeeded in translating the new Israeli reality into unique and timely satire. In the 1950s, they voiced a unique – among the Hebrew stages – political and cultural critique. Dzigan continued to perform on his own and with other Israeli artists until his death in 1980.
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De Gruyter Theodor Herzl’s Zionist Journey – Exodus and Return
Book Synopsis This book provides in-depth investigation into the secret of Theodor Herzl’s success in changing the fate of the Jewish People. More than a biography, the book delves deep into Herzl’s personality and physique, which left a deep impression on his followers and opposers alike. The book traces Herzl’s transformation from a newspaper editor and playwright into a man of vision and action, the star in a drama he could never write for the stage.
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de Gruyter Der Jüdische Mäzen Und Die Nazis
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De Gruyter Yad Vashem: The Challenge of Shaping a Holocaust Remembrance Site, 1942–1976
Book SynopsisIn this fascinating book, the planning and building of Yad Vashem, Israel's central and most important institution for commemorating the Holocaust, merits an outstanding in-depth account. Following the development of Yad Vashem since 1942, when the idea to commemorate the Holocaust in Eretz-Israel was raised for the first time, the narrative continues until the inauguration of Nathan Rapoport's Warsaw Ghetto Uprising memorial in 1976. The prolonged and complicated planning process of Yad Vashem's various monuments reveals the debates, failures and achievements involved in commemorating the Holocaust. In reading this thought-provoking description, one learns how Israel's leaders aspired both to fulfill a moral debt towards the victims of the Holocaust a well as to make Yad Vashem an exclusive center of Holocaust commemoration both in the Jewish world and beyond.
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