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Hesed in Ruth: A Frail Moral Tool in an Inflexible Social Structure
Scholars have paid much attention to the attribute of hesed in the book of Ruth, pinpointing it as a pivotal feature and the main message of the book. However, the protagonists in the tale do not seem to exhibit hesed out of free will or as part of their
Gili Kugler, Ohad Magori
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„Ősi hittel, becsülettel a hazáért”
A Magyar Cserkészszövetség 1933 júniusában jegyezte be tagjai közé a 479. számú Szőgyi László cserkészcsapatot. 1941 novemberében a szövetség kizárta tagjai közül a zsidó cserkészcsapatokat, így nyolc év működés után a győrieket is. A 479.
Kata Vörös
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In Ashkenazi Jewish communities, it is customary to promise a donation to charitable causes after being called up to the Torah on Shabbat and on holidays—there is even a Yiddish term for it: shnodern.
Viktória Bányai +1 more
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Failure as the ideal model of artistic success in late Russian Modernist culture [PDF]
The article traces the evolution of Russian modernism’s value system at different historical stages of that cultural formation, taking as an example the notion of artistic success.
Leonid Livak
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The article analyses the ways of presenting plots of Jewish history in textbooks created for secondary Jewish educational institutions of the Russian Empire in the early 20th century.
Norkina Ekaterina Sergeevna
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The impact of cancer therapy on cognition in the elderly
Cancer and cancer therapy-related cognitive impairment (formerly known as chemobrain or chemo-fog) are often described in the literature. In the past, studies have failed to prove the existence of cancer therapy-related cognitive dysfunction.
Victoria eMandilaras +13 more
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Jewish Wedding Rings with Miniature Architecture from Medieval Europe
Among the various types of medieval rings, Jewish wedding rings with miniature architecture have a special significance due to their special form, their importance in the Jewish wedding ceremony and their long tradition that extends from the Middle Ages ...
Maria Stürzebecher
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Family Network of an Emerging Jewish Intelligentsia (Cracow, 1850-1918)
Mass genealogy of Jewish community in Cracow in 19th and early 20th century provides extraordinary opportunity to investigate the process of creating a new social class: society of traditional merchants and peddlers produced modern attorneys and doctors.
Marek Jerzy Minakowski
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Regulating and resisting queer creativity: community-engaged arts practice in the neoliberal city [PDF]
This article draws from and advances urban studies literature on ‘creative city’ policies by exploring the contradictory role of queer arts practice in contemporary placemarketing strategies.
McLean, Heather
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Apocalyptic Literature and the Study of Early Jewish Mysticism [PDF]
This chapter examines apocalyptic literature within the framework of “early Jewish mysticism” and compares early Jewish and Christian apocalyptic writings with rabbinic and Hekhalot materials.
Patrick McCullough, Ra\'anan Boustan
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