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ABSTRACT This article analyses the only Jewish girls’ school in nineteenth‐century Sweden, Sophiaskolan, and the discussions about girls’ education and Bildung that emerged within the community – including regarding Judaism's ‘Oriental heritage’. The community meetings were a male sphere in which men discussed women's role within Jewish tradition. This
Jens Carlesson Magalhães
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The Late Antique Synagogue in Priene: Its History, Architecture, and Context
The Late Antique Synagogue in Priene: Its History, Architecture, and ContextThis article discusses the history of the Late Antique synagogue at Priene, illuminated by its excavation in 2009–2011.
Mark Wilson, Nadin Burkhardt
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Calling on and thanking God: the role of faith and faith communities in disaster recovery
Abstract Faith and faith communities play a critical role in post‐disaster recovery for at least three reasons. First, faith is a socially shared frame through which individuals understand a disaster and evaluate potential means of recovery. Second, faith is a driver or motivator of post‐disaster recovery, providing inspiration, encouragement, and ...
Virgil Henry Storr +2 more
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Menorah Review (No. 58, Spring/Summer, 2003) [PDF]
The Quest for the Historical Rabbi / Peter J. Haas -- Giants Are Still Human / Kristin Swenson -- The Feminist Corner and the Reference Shelf / Sarah Barbara Watstein -- The Core of Jewish Tradition / Dan Miron -- On Early Synagogues / Matthew Schwartz
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Abstract Effective management of future regional climate risks in interconnected multi‐sectoral systems is complicated by uncertainties in risk drivers within both human and natural systems. Comprehensive yet comprehensible targeted climate risk information exploring these uncertainties is essential for the strategic allocation of limited resources to ...
F. E. Buskop +4 more
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Preservation of Synagogues in Greece: Using Digital Tools to Represent Lost Heritage
In the wake of the Holocaust and the post-war reconstruction of Greece’s historic city centers, many Greek synagogues were demolished, abandoned, or appropriated, erasing centuries of Jewish architectural and communal presence.
Elias Messinas
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Hall of the Oneg Shabbat and Gemilut Hasadim Society [PDF]
The interwar period was an extremely important time for the process of Jewish emancipation and integration into Serbian society, in which Belgrade's Jewish community played a leading role.
Putnik-Prica Vladana, Dautović Vuk
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Menorah Review (No. 77, Summer/Fall, 2012) [PDF]
A Golden Poet of Spain\u27s Golden Age -- Beyond the Second Coming -- Books in Brief: New and Notable -- Cantorial Challenges -- Jewishness in the World: A Chabad Definition -- Moreshet - From the Classics: A 1797 Wedding -- Painful Presence: Jews in ...
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René Girard's Revision and Misapprehension of Psychoanalysis
ABSTRACT René Girard's theories of mimetic desire, religious sacrifice, and violence have been immensely provocative and influential. His ways of framing literary desire and conflict are fascinating, as they illustrate how desire and rivalry unleashed lead to violence and derangement.
Jerry S. Piven
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Holy Communion Is an Artifact of the Future [PDF]
(Excerpt) A bit of reminiscing seems appropriate on this anniversary occasion.2 The Institute of Liturgical Studies was founded by true pioneers in the liturgical movement.
Bouman, Walter R
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