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Micro-Yizkor and Hasidic Memory: A Post-Holocaust Letter from the Margins

Religions
This paper examines a previously unknown anonymous Hebrew letter inserted into a postwar edition of Shem HaGedolim, found in the library of the Jewish University in Budapest.
Isaac Hershkowitz
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L’affinité entre la philosophie et la médecine chez Maïmonide

Yod, 2010
The article focuses on the theme of the affinity between medicine and philosophy in the works of Moses Maimonides (1138 – 1204), the Jewish medieval rabbi and philosopher. The author uses two examples taken from the history of philosophy.
Dita Rukriglova
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The Tabernacle as a Sacred Feminine Space: The Development of Mythical Images from Biblical Literature to Medieval Kabbalah

Religions, 2023
This article compares two biblical accounts: the description of the construction of the Tabernacle (Ex. 25–40), and its connection to the myth of Eve’s creation (Gen. 2).
Ruth Kara-Ivanov Kaniel
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Menorah Review (No. 54, Winter, 2002) [PDF]

, 2002
Halakha, Hermeneutics and History -- Go -- Dialogue in Pursuit of Social Action -- Dream Joggings -- Rabbis, Society and Historiography -- Was Herod a Jew?

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Technical, Cultural and Religious: Risks for Children in Minority Religious Communities as Seen in the Ultra‐Orthodox Jewish Community During COVID‐19

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Child development research predominantly focuses on Western secular contexts and does not adequately consider non‐Western religious contexts. The COVID‐19 pandemic has affected children worldwide in various dimensions, with children from minority populations being disproportionately impacted.
Netanel Gemara
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Entre octroi de la citoyenneté et adoption : les modèles pour penser la conversion au judaïsme à l’époque romaine

Pallas, 2017
This article explores the conceptual models that underlie the ways conversion to Judaism was thought of during the Roman period. In the works of Philo of Alexandria, the prevailing model is that of proselytes as new citizens in the politeia of Israel ...
Katell Berthelot
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The tensions between parenthood rights and child's interests: Israeli court analysis of parents with disabilities

Family Relations, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities establishes the fundamental right to parenthood, yet these rights are frequently violated. Parents with disabilities face disproportionate involvement with child protective services and higher rates of custody loss.
Michal Segal, Ari Reich, Ayelet Gur
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Privilege Versus Right: Vigilantism Against Israel's Palestinian Citizens

Sociology Lens, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article addresses three core questions: What is the social origin of vigilantism? How do vigilantes justify extra‐legal violence and intimidation? What are vigilantism's long‐term effects? The analysis focuses on a period in which Israel's Palestinian‐Arab citizens increased their access to legal rights, social mobility, spatial ...
Gershon Shafir, Beatrice Waterhouse
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Bossy matrons and forced marriages: Talmudic confrontationalism and its philosophical significance

Open Philosophy, 2020
This article introduces the confrontational theology of the rabbinic literature of late antiquity by means of a well-known, yet ill-understood legend.
Fisch Menachem
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Menorah Review (No. 65, Summer/Fall, 2006) [PDF]

, 2006
A Rebbe in Skirts -- By Way of Introduction: Reflections on Israeli Women\u27s Studies: A Reader -- Israeli Literature and Israeli Politics -- More in than Out -- Revisiting Old Themes Through a Contemporary Lens -- The World of Rabbi Nathan ...

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