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Nathan Birnbaum
Jess J. Olson
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2021-01-12
Nathan BirnbaumIntroductionNathan Birnbaum (b. 1864–d. 1937), also known by the pseudonym Mathias Acher (“another Mathias”), was a journalist, theoris...
New York City
Eli Lederhendler
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
New York City Introduction Cities, port cities in particular, have played a crucial role in the reconstitution of traditional Jewish culture s...
North Africa
Rachel Simon
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2014-08-26
North Africa Introduction Jewish communities have existed in North Africa (comprising Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco) since Antiq...
Orthodoxy
Ilan Fuchs
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2019-11-26
OrthodoxyIntroductionThe term Orthodox comes from the Greek, meaning “the right idea.” In Jewish communities, Orthodoxy is used to identify a theologi...
Orthodoxy, Post-World War II
Kimmy Caplan
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2016-10-27
Post-World War II OrthodoxyIntroductionAs the Second World War came to a close in the spring of 1945, the scope of destruction within Jewish society t...
Palestine/Israel, Yiddish in
Yael Chaver
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2018-03-28
Yiddish in Palestine/IsraelIntroductionYiddish, the language of most European Jews (Ashkenazis) was spoken by Jews from Europe who began settling in P...
Palestinian Talmud/Yerushalmi
Leib Moscovitz
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2017-04-27
Palestinian Talmud/YerushalmiIntroductionThe Palestinian Talmud (“Talmud Yerushalmi” in Hebrew; henceforth PT), is a rabbinic compendium of Palestinia...
Philo of Alexandria
Maren R. Niehoff
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2014-09-29
Philo of Alexandria Introduction Philo of Alexandria (c. 20 BCE–45 ce) is the first Jewish philosopher and Bible commentator, whose works have...
Piyyut
Laura Lieber
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Piyyut Introduction A piyyut (also spelled piyut; plural piyyutim) is a poem created to substitute for, adorn, or preface a passage from the J...
Poetry in Spain, Hebrew
Tova Rosen, Uriah Kfir
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Hebrew Poetry in SpainIntroductionHebrew poetry began flourishing in mid-10th-century Spain (Sefarad, the ancient Jewish name for Spain) and survived ...
Poland Until The Late 18th Century
Gershon David Hundert
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Poland Until the Late 18th Century Introduction The earliest incontestable evidence of Jewish presence in Polish lands dates from the 12th cen...
Poland, 1800-1939
Scott Ury
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2015-03-30
Poland, 1800–1939IntroductionJews in modern Poland have attracted a great deal of scholarly and popular attention over the years. This ongoing academi...
Poland, Hasidism in
Marcin Wodzinski
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2016-08-30
Hasidism in PolandIntroductionHasidism is a mystical pietistic movement that originated in the 18th-century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and by the ...
Politics and Political Leaders, Israeli
Guy Ben-Porat
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Israeli Politics and Political Leaders Introduction Israeli politics has been characterized since the 1990s as both overloaded with social sch...
Politics, Modern Jewish
James Loeffler
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2017-03-30
Modern Jewish PoliticsIntroductionModern Jewish politics comprises several overlapping fields of Jewish political activity in the era roughly between ...
Prayer and Liturgy
Stefan C. Reif
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2014-06-30
Prayer and Liturgy Introduction Some two millennia ago, the liturgies of the Jerusalem Temple, which were generally ceremonial rather than ver...
Purity and Impurity in Ancient Israel and Early Judaism
Thomas Kazen
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2019-02-27
Purity and Impurity in Ancient Israel and Early JudaismIntroductionConcepts of purity and impurity are virtually global and can be found in most relig...
Rabbi Yeheil Michel Epstein and his Arukh Hashulchan
Michael J. Broyde
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2021-09-22
Rabbi Yeheil Michel Epstein and his Arukh HashulchanIntroductionYechiel Mikhel Epstein (also Yeheil Michel Epstein, b. 1829–d. 1908) was among the mos...
Rashi's Commentary on the Bible
Devorah Schoenfeld
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2016-05-26
Rashi’s Commentary On The BibleIntroductionRabbi Solomon ben Isaac (b. 1040–d. 1106), commonly known by his acronym Rashi, was the single most influen...
Reform Judaism
Michael A. Meyer
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Reform Judaism Introduction Reform Judaism is one of the three major Jewish religious denominations. Also known as Liberal or Progressive Juda...
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