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Book The Mezuzah in the Madonnna s Foot

Download or read book The Mezuzah in the Madonnna s Foot written by Trudi Alexy and published by HarperSanFrancisco. This book was released on 1994-09-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed in the Progressive's "Best Reading of 1993," these thrilling and harrowing firsthand stories of survivors and their rescuers vividly reveal the secret history of the Jews who found asylum from Hitler's Final Solution under Franco's Fascist regime.

Book The Mezuzah in the Madonna s Foot

Download or read book The Mezuzah in the Madonna s Foot written by Trudi Alexy and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Index to Jewish Periodicals

Download or read book Index to Jewish Periodicals written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An author and subject index to selected and American Anglo-Jewish journals of general and scholarly interests.

Book Recovering Jewishness

    Book Details:
  • Author : Frederick S. Roden
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2016-02-22
  • ISBN : 1440837759
  • Pages : 289 pages

Download or read book Recovering Jewishness written by Frederick S. Roden and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-02-22 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judaism and Jewish life reflect a diversity of identity after the past two centuries of modernization. This work examines how the early reformers of the 19th century and their legacy into the 20th century created a livable, liberal Jewish identity that allowed a reinvention of what it meant to be Jewish—a process that continues today. Many scholars of the modern Jewish identity focus on the ways in which the past two centuries have resulted in the loss of Jewishness: through "assimilation," intermarriage, conversion to other faiths, genocide (in the Holocaust), and decline in religious observance. In this work, author Frederick S. Roden presents a decidedly different perspective: that the changes in Judaism throughout the 19th and 20th centuries resulted in a malleable, welcoming, and expanded Jewish identity—one that has benefited from intermarriage and converts to Judaism. The book examines key issues in the modern definition of Jewish identity: who is and is not considered a Jew, and why; issues of Jewish "authenticity"; and the recent history of the debate. Attention is paid to the experiences of individuals who came to Judaism from outside the tradition: through marrying into Jewish families and/or choosing Judaism as a religion. In his consideration of the tragedy of the Holocaust, the author examines how a totalitarian regime's racial policing of Jewish identity served to awaken a connection with and reconfiguration of what that Jewish identity meant for those who retrospectively realized their Jewishness in the postwar era.

Book Gatherings in Diaspora

    Book Details:
  • Author : Stephen Warner
  • Publisher : Temple University Press
  • Release : 1998-04-23
  • ISBN : 9781439901526
  • Pages : 420 pages

Download or read book Gatherings in Diaspora written by Stephen Warner and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 1998-04-23 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new religious communities of the United States in their churches, mosques, temples, home meetings, and festivals, being built by immigrants.

Book The Holocaust

    Book Details:
  • Author : David M. Crowe
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2018-05-04
  • ISBN : 0429976062
  • Pages : 770 pages

Download or read book The Holocaust written by David M. Crowe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book details the history of the Jews, their two-millennia-old struggle with a larger Christian world, and the historical anti-Semitism that created the environment that helped pave the way for the Holocaust. It helps students develop the interpretative skills in the fields of history and law.

Book Jewish Spain

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  • Author : Tabea Alexa Linhard
  • Publisher : Stanford University Press
  • Release : 2014-06-04
  • ISBN : 0804791880
  • Pages : 245 pages

Download or read book Jewish Spain written by Tabea Alexa Linhard and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-04 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is meant by "Jewish Spain"? The term itself encompasses a series of historical contradictions. No single part of Spain has ever been entirely Jewish. Yet discourses about Jews informed debates on Spanish identity formation long after their 1492 expulsion. The Mediterranean world witnessed a renewed interest in Spanish-speaking Jews in the twentieth century, and it has grappled with shifting attitudes on what it meant to be Jewish and Spanish throughout the century. At the heart of this book are explorations of the contradictions that appear in different forms of cultural memory: literary texts, memoirs, oral histories, biographies, films, and heritage tourism packages. Tabea Alexa Linhard identifies depictions of the difficulties Jews faced in Spain and Northern Morocco in years past as integral to the survival strategies of Spanish Jews, who used them to make sense of the confusing and harrowing circumstances of the Spanish Civil War, the Francoist repression, and World War Two. Jewish Spain takes its place among other works on Muslims, Christians, and Jews by providing a comprehensive analysis of Jewish culture and presence in twentieth-century Spain, reminding us that it is impossible to understand and articulate what Spain was, is, and will be without taking into account both "Muslim Spain" and "Jewish Spain."

Book Sephardic Genealogy

Download or read book Sephardic Genealogy written by Jeffrey S. Malka and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief history of the Jews of Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Amazon, Morocco, etc., their language, evolution of names, and religious traditions. Information on how to start the genealogy of Sephardic families, and the resources available by country.

Book New Mexico s Crypto Jews

Download or read book New Mexico s Crypto Jews written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herz offers a photographic tribute to the descendents of New Mexico's secret Jews.

Book The Witness

Download or read book The Witness written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Catholic Periodical and Literature Index

Download or read book The Catholic Periodical and Literature Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Jewish Woman

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  • Author : Doris B. Gold
  • Publisher : Holmes & Meier Publishers
  • Release : 1996
  • ISBN : 9780930395254
  • Pages : 180 pages

Download or read book The Jewish Woman written by Doris B. Gold and published by Holmes & Meier Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Marranos on the Moradas

Download or read book Marranos on the Moradas written by Norman Toby Simms and published by Academic Studies PRess. This book was released on 2009 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simms redefines the study of two often misunderstood religious groups: the Marranos who claim descent from the persecuted Spanish Jews forced to convert to Catholicism yet who practiced Jewish rituals secretly; and the Penitentes, a Catholic group accused of violent acts of self-flagellation and other forms of masochism.

Book AMIT Magazine

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 420 pages

Download or read book AMIT Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Living Judaism

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  • Author : Wayne D. Dosick
  • Publisher : Harper Collins
  • Release : 2009-10-13
  • ISBN : 0061748536
  • Pages : 512 pages

Download or read book Living Judaism written by Wayne D. Dosick and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Living Judaism, Rabbi Wayne Dosick, Ph.D., author the acclaimed Golden Rules, Dancing with God, and When Life Hurts, offers an engaging and definitive overview of Jewish philosophy and theology, rituals and customs. Combining quality scholarship and sacred spiritual instruction, Living Judaism is a thought-provoking reference and guide for those already steeped in Jewish life, and a comprehensive introduction for those exploring the richness and grandeur of Judaism.

Book The Cumulative Book Index

Download or read book The Cumulative Book Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 2248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A world list of books in the English language.

Book Jews of Spain

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jane S. Gerber
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 1994-01-31
  • ISBN : 0029115744
  • Pages : 392 pages

Download or read book Jews of Spain written by Jane S. Gerber and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1994-01-31 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the Jews of Spain is a remarkable story that begins in the remote past and continues today. For more than a thousand years, Sepharad (the Hebrew word for Spain) was home to a large Jewish community noted for its richness and virtuosity. Summarily expelled in 1492 and forced into exile, their tragedy of expulsion marked the end of one critical phase of their history and the beginning of another. Indeed, in defiance of all logic and expectation, the expulsion of the Jews from Spain became an occasion for renewed creativity. Nor have five hundred years of wandering extinguished the identity of the Sephardic Jews, or diminished the proud memory of the dazzling civilization, which they created on Spanish soil. This book is intended to serve as an introduction and scholarly guide to that history.