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Thermoluminescence dating of a mikveh in Ichenhausen, Germany

open access: yesJournal of Environmental Radioactivity, 2008
A vaulted basement found at the rabbi's residential house which was oriented according to the requirements of a mikveh has created a controversy in the architectural history of the Ichenhausen Synagogue (Germany). The rabbi's residential house is known to have been built in 1781 during the replacement of the old Synagogue that had existed since 1687 ...
I. Veronese   +3 more
exaly   +8 more sources

The Covenant Renewal Ceremony as the Main Function of Qumran

open access: yesReligions, 2021
Unlike any other group or philosophy in ancient Judaism, the yaḥad sect obliged all members of the sect to leave their places of residence all over the country and gather in the sect’s central site to participate in a special annual ceremony of renewal ...
Daniel Vainstub
doaj   +1 more source

De valkuilen van de historische sensatie Een pleidooi voor nuchter ‘getrennt marschieren’ inzake archeologisch-historische contradicties

open access: yesBMGN: Low Countries Historical Review, 2015
The Danger of Historical Sensation: A Plea for a Sober ‘getrennt marschieren’ regarding Archaeological-Historical Contradictions Three issues will be discussed in this article – the castle of Amsterdam (1994-1995), the mikveh of Venlo and the King’s ...
R.M.R. van Oosten
doaj   +1 more source

Mikveh Israel Agricultural School

open access: yesMediterranean Journal of Humanities, 2023
Alliance Israelite Universelle, established in the capital of France, Paris, in 1860, embarked on a rapid schooling activity in the Middle East. The schools opened in cities such as Tangier (Morocco), Thessaloniki and Istanbul were followed by the Mikveh Israel Agricultural School opened in Jaffa in 1870.
openaire   +3 more sources

In the name of pluralism : fighting the (perceived) ultraorthodox penetration in the Baka neighborhood of Jerusalem [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In Jerusalem the term pluralism recently received an alternative meaning—non-Haredi. Conflicts between the “pluralist” and the Ultra-Orthodox populations regarding the character of city neighborhoods are quite frequent.
Zaban, Hila
core   +1 more source

Here They Are: Beta Israel [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
To say that Americans have pre-conceived notions and over-arching generalizations about other nations in this world is a phrase put lightly and is in no way a secret.
Adrienne Lawson
core   +1 more source

El micvé de la darrera sinagoga medieval de Girona [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In 1415, Girona’s Jewish community was confined to an enclosure physically separated from the rest of the city by a wall. It was in that scaled-down Jewish quarter that the aljama (a Spanish term of Arabic origin used in old official documents to ...
Colomer, Joel   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Developing a methodological tool for exploring sense of safety in religious spaces

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology
Emotions are a fundamental part of human existence, a power that massively affects our thinking and actions. Even after the affective turn in social sciences, religion is to a very large extent overlooked in the sociology of emotions. Then, psychological
Anne Birgitta Pessi   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of Judaism in the Jewish community after the Holocaust [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Through conflicts of opinions inside the Bratislava Jewish religious community, the author monitors changed relations toward Judaism after the Holocaust. The current form of the community was due to Regulation 231-1945 concerning “the arrangement of the
Salner, Peter
core   +1 more source

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