Ashkenazim And Sephardim

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Genre : Religion
Author : Hirsch Jakob Zimmels
Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Release : 1996
File : 380 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0881254916


Sephardim And Ashkenazim

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Sephardic and Ashkenazic Judaism have long been studied separately. Yet, scholars are becoming ever more aware of the need to merge them into a single field of Jewish Studies. This volume opens new perspectives and bridges traditional gaps. The authors are not simply contributing to their respective fields of Sephardic or Ashkenazic Studies. Rather, they all include both Sephardic and Ashkenazic perspectives as they reflect on different aspects of encounters and reconsider traditional narratives. Subjects range from medieval and early modern Sephardic and Ashkenazic constructions of identities, influences, and entanglements in the fields of religious art, halakhah, kabbalah, messianism, and charity to modern Ashkenazic Sephardism and Sephardic admiration for Ashkenazic culture. For reasons of coherency, the contributions all focus on European contexts between the fourteenth and the nineteenth centuries.

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Genre : History
Author : Sina Rauschenbach
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release : 2020-11-09
File : 275 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783110695410


When Reason Fails

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A nation's fighting forces are often believed to embody a country's qualities of determination, resourcefulness, and courage. This study examines the influences of these qualities from the viewpoint of the American Army in Vietnam, the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the Israeli Army throughout its struggle in the Middle East. It is a provocative look at corporate military character--operations, personalities, organizations, administrative policies, training, social factors, technology, strategy, and tactics--all elements that are woven tightly together to explain why national armies perform in the manner that they do. Goodspeed uses these historical case studies as the basis of his analysis, then explores the social, technical, and organizational issues that future armies will likely face. He assesses the future of modern warfare in technical terms in the context of mass, mobility, firepower, and communications. The Duke of Wellington once scoffed, Tell the history of a battle? One might as well describe the history of a ball. This book takes the Iron Duke's advice to heart and seeks to explain modern military victory and defeat in terms of corporate military character, a complex and fragile mosaic, one in which national temperament is only a minor feature. In so doing, it takes on a subject long veiled in myth and invention. The social, political, and technical blueprints for the conduct of wars in the 21st century are already well established. Goodspeed illustrates these patterns by showing how armies have coped in the most influential campaigns of modern times and in this light assesses the key factors driving change for future wars.

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Genre : History
Author : Michael Goodspeed
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release : 2001-12-30
File : 232 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780313070082


How To Speak Jewish

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Chura reveals the origin and meaning of Jewish words, Jewish customs, festivals, foods (including recipes), and just about everything else Jewish.

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Genre : Religion
Author : Joanie Chura
Publisher : Xulon Press
Release : 2007-10
File : 194 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781604771992


Encyclopedia Of Jewish Folklore And Traditions

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This multicultural reference work on Jewish folklore, legends, customs, and other elements of folklife is the first of its kind.

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Genre : Political Science
Author : Raphael Patai
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2015-03-26
File : 1641 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781317471707


Where Heaven Touches Earth

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Paints a panorama of Jerusalem in all her glory, from medieval times and the era of the Crusaders, through the poverty-stricken Jewish communities of the last centuries and their strength and heroism, ending with a look at Jerusalem today. Carefully researched, with stories, biographies, an index, charts, and photographs.

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Genre : Jerusalem
Author : Dovid Rossoff
Publisher : Feldheim Publishers
Release : 2001
File : 684 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0873068793


Understanding Israel Today

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Understanding Israel Today is an accurate and contemporary presentation that explores the Middle Eastern nation of Israel with a focus on the country as it is today: current issues, culture, and lifestyle. The book is written in an easy-to-read enjoyable narrative form for elementary readers 8-11,. The Israel title includes a native recipe and craft for students to create. Elementary students are encouraged to consider evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. Series titles have been developed to address many of the Common Core specific goals, higher level thinking skills, and progressive learning strategies for middle grade and junior high level students.

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Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Author : Ashkenazi Melisa Carr
Publisher : Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Release : 2014-11
File : 66 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781612286730


Jews In The World Of The Renaissance

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Genre : Religion
Author : Moses Avigdor Shulvass
Publisher : BRILL
Release : 2023-08-28
File : 383 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9789004670396


Sephardism

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In this book, Sephardism is defined not as an expression of Sephardic identity but as a politicized literary metaphor. Since the nineteenth century, this metaphor has occurred with extraordinary frequency in works by authors from a variety of ethnicities, religions, and nationalities in Europe, the Americas, North Africa, Israel, and even India. Sephardism asks why Gentile and Jewish writers and cultural figures have chosen to draw upon the medieval Sephardic experience to express their concerns about dissidents and minorities in modern nations? To what extent does their use of Sephardism overlap with other politicized discourses such as orientalism, hispanism, and medievalism, which also emerged from a clash between authoritarian, progressive, and romantic ideologies? This book brings a new approach to Sephardic Studies by situating it at a crossroads between Jewish Studies and Hispanic Studies in ways that enhance our appreciation of how historical fiction and political history have shaped, and were shaped by, historical attitudes toward Jews and their representation.

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Genre : Religion
Author : Yael Halevi-Wise
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Release : 2012-04-11
File : 380 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780804781718


Immigration And Ethnic Formation In A Deeply Divided Society

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This book provides a new critical perspective on questions of immigration and society in Israel through a detailed analysis of ethnic formation, identity patterns, political behavior, and cultural orientation among the 1990s immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Majid Al Haj
Publisher : BRILL
Release : 2004
File : 268 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9004136258