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“Getting Along” in Parkchester: A New Era in Jewish–Irish Relations in New York City 1940–1970
Religions, 2018 The history of conflict between New York City’s Irish Americans and east European Jews dates back to the close of the 19th century. They disputed over jobs, union memberships, housing, and frequently over politics.
Jeffrey S. Gurock
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The Lulav: Early Modern Polemical Ethnographies and the Art of Fencing
Religions, 2021 In recent years, scholars have devoted a great deal of attention to the history of scholarship in general and, more specifically, to the emergence of critical historical and anthropological literature from and within ecclesiastical scholarship.
Ahuvia Goren
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Studia Litteraria et Historica, 2017 Who, what, when, where, and why is Polish Jewry? Envisioning, constructing, and possessing Polish Jewry This article examines the different ways that various communities of scholars imagine, research and teach about “Polish Jewry.” Focusing on ...
Scott Ury
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Jewish Historiography: An Overview [PDF]
Edinost in Dialog, 2023 The article is bringing forth a synthetic overview of Jewish historiography throughout the history, starting already with a brief focus on the Biblical background and Jewish Hellenistic historiography.
Klemen Jelinčič Boeta
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Conversion Practices Among Ethiopian Jews and Their Transformation in Recent Generations
ReligionsAmong Ethiopian Jews, as among all other Jewish communities throughout history, the process of conversion to Judaism, and attitudes toward converts, were shaped by the circumstances of time and place.
Shay Yasu, Yoel Marciano
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Beyond Chance? Herzl, Hechler, and Ideological Convergence in Early Political Zionism
ReligionsThis article argues that the influential role played by the Reverend William Hechler in the early Zionist movement cannot be understood apart from the transnational evangelical networks within which he operated.
Ariel Lionard Feldestein, Katrin Levy
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The Naomi Cook Book: A Narrative of Canadian Jewish Integration
Canadian Jewish Studies, 2020 Canadian Jewish integration was a social process that took place in the political sphere, but was also driven by everyday practices such as preparing and consuming food.
Gesa Trojan
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Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, 2010 (Extract) Let us begin with a thought experiment. What would Judaism look like today had Maimonides not lived? Had he not created the first systematic and comprehensive code of Jewish law (Mishneh Torah) would his successors in that project, R.
Menachem Kellner
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Somatic items used in depression assessments can potentially overlap with symptoms related to physical illness, including systemic sclerosis (SSc). No studies have looked at whether somatic depression items may be influenced by diffuse versus limited SSc disease subtypes, which are associated with varying degrees of symptom presentation.
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Jewish History beyond the Jewish People [PDF]
AJS Review, 2018 Abstract This article proposes a new set of critical historical practices, with the aim of constructing Jewishness into an interpretive historical mode. Jewish history is most commonly understood as the history of the Jewish people and its territories.
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