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Talmud and Philosophy
Sergey Dolgopolski, Laura Taddeo
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2021-02-24
Talmud and PhilosophyIntroduction: Key Terms and the Main Structure“Talmud” means in Tannaitic Hebrew “learning,” “study,” or more precisely “expoundi...
Talmud, Narrative in the
Mira Wasserman
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2015-09-29
Narrative in the Talmud Introduction Narrative in the Talmud is a relatively new subject for scholarly attention. Neither the Talmud itself no...
The Druze Community in Israel
Rami Zeedan
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2019-02-27
The Druze Community in IsraelIntroductionThe Druze religion began during the reign of the Muslim Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (ruled 996–1021
The Early Modern Yiddish Bible, 1534–1686
Morris M. Faierstein
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2021-05-26
The Early Modern Yiddish Bible, 1534–1686IntroductionThe Bible has been the central text of Judaism since its earliest history. Translations of the Bi...
The General Jewish Workers’ Bund
Jack Jacobs, Gertrud Pickhan
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2020-07-29
The General Jewish Workers’ BundIntroductionThe General Jewish Workers’ Bund, founded illegally, in Vilna, in 1897, ultimately became a significant po...
The Modern Jewish Bible, Facets of
Alan Levenson
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2017-02-28
Facets of The Modern Jewish BibleIntroductionThe modern Jewish Bible, as distinct from the premodern Jewish Bible, and as distinct from the larger wor...
Theater, Israeli
Donny Inbar
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2015-03-10
Israeli Theater Introduction Even though Israel has held a world’s record in theater attendance per capita for decades, the birth of theater i...
Theme, Exodus as a
Stephen C. Russell
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2016-10-27
Exodus as a ThemeIntroductionAccording to the Hebrew Bible’s exodus tradition, the Israelites went free from Egyptian slavery, witnessed the destructi...
Tractate Avodah Zarah (in the Talmud)
Alyssa M. Gray
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2018-02-22
Tractate Avodah Zarah (in the Talmud)Introduction“Avodah Zarah” literally means “strange worship,” the worship of deities other than the God of Israel...
Translation
Naomi Seidman
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2013-10-29
Translation Introduction Given the text-centered nature of Judaism and the multilingualism of Jewish culture, it is no surprise that translati...
Translation in Hebrew Literature, Traditions of
Danielle Drori
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2021-11-23
Traditions of Translation in Hebrew LiteratureIntroductionThe centrality of translation in the history of Hebrew literature cannot be overstated. Scho...
United States
Jonathan D. Sarna, Zev Eleff
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2014-01-13
United States Introduction Jewish communal life in North America began with the arrival of Jewish refugees in New Amsterdam in 1654. By the en...
Vienna
Lisa Silverman
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2015-03-10
ViennaIntroductionJews have long had a vexed relationship with Vienna. They count among the city’s most ardent fans as well as its loudest detractors....
Vilna
Mordechai Zalkin
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2021-03-24
VilnaIntroductionThe Jewish community in Vilna began in the middle of the 16th century, when the Polish king, Zygmunt August, allowed the Jews to sett...
Warsaw
Scott Ury
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Warsaw Introduction Home to the largest concentration of Jews on the European continent for most of the 19th and the first half of the 20th ce...
Weinreich, Max
Kalman Weiser
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2017-05-24
Max WeinreichIntroductionNo figure surpasses Max Weinreich for the depth, breadth, and importance of his contributions to the field of Yiddish studies...
Wissenschaft des Judentums
Amos Bitzan
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2017-06-27
Wissenschaft des JudentumsIntroductionScholars once translated Wissenschaft des Judentums as “Science of Judaism.” Because of the gap between the 19th...
Women and Gender Relations
Judith R. Baskin
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Women and Gender RelationsIntroductionThe recognition that gender plays an overwhelming role in shaping an individual’s socialization, educational and...
World War II Literature, Jewish American
Leah Garrett
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2017-10-25
Jewish American World War II LiteratureIntroductionJewish Americans were central creators of American World War II literature. For instance, nearly al...
Yankev Glatshteyn/Jacob Glatstein
Saul Noam Zaritt
Subject: Jewish Studies »
Date Added: 2018-06-27
Yankev Glatshteyn/Jacob GlatsteinIntroductionJacob Glatstein (b. 1896–d. 1971; also known as Yankev Glatshteyn or Gladstone) was born in Lublin, Polan...
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