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Kelmė and Vaiguva Jewish Communities and Their Perishing in 1941
Genocidas ir Rezistencija, 2011 It is believed that Jews settled in Kelmė in the 15th century and in Vaiguva in the 18th century. In 1897, 2,710 of the 3,914 residents of Kelmė were Jews.
Stanislovas Buchaveckas
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“Right on, Vashti!”: Minor Characters and Performance Choices in the Synagogal Megillah Reading
Religions, 2023 Every Purim, synagogues read the biblical Book of Esther aloud in liturgy, a tradition that exemplifies how synagogue performance practices elaborate on, revise, and refine minor characters in the text.
Jonathan Homrighausen
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A Couple's Religious Affiliation Status and Charitable Giving: A Closer Look
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how religious dynamics in a household are connected to its giving patterns. Specifically, we test how a married or cohabitating heterosexual couple's religious affiliation status relates to the likelihood of donation by tracking the shifts using a three‐tiered classification: (1) general giving, (2) giving to religious and ...
Young‐Joo Lee, David P. King
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Revival of Pharaonic Architecture in Synagogues and Masonic Temples: Identity or Inspiration?
Disegnare con, 2020 The ancient Egyptian architectural elements and motifs had a deep religious philosophy, which is connected to their beliefs in resurrection. This religious philosophy made it difficult to revive those pharaonic architectural symbols, which symbolize ...
Sara Abdoh
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Refuge, 1983 While my wife and I were on a recent visit to the USSR, we visited with several refusenik families. These people were all members of the Jewish religion and were being helped, in some form or other, by synagogues and/or other Jewish organizations ...
Paul H. Klein, Lloyd Jones
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Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Vatican II's declaration on the Jews, absolving them from collective guilt of deicide, marked a significant turning point in Catholic theology. Arab governments tended to perceive this development as evidence that Catholics (or Christians generally) were taking the side of Zionist Jews in the Arab‐Israeli conflict.
Amir Krispel
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Le Yiddishland newyorkais: la mémoire enracinée (The Yiddishland New Yorker: the Ingrained Memory)
PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies, 2015 More than two million Jews emigrated from Eastern Europe to the USA between 1880 and 1910. Most of them settled in New York City, in the immigrant district of the Lower East Side.
Annie Ousset-Krief
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Lessons From Mapping Jewish Education [PDF]
, 2007 Based on two previous reports on the foundation's support for Jewish education, explores implications and lessons for the role of national agencies and the need for long-term planning, fundraising, innovation, adapting to local contexts, and other ...
Amy L. Sales
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Judaism, Philo, and Hegel's Theology
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Hegel displays consistent interest in Judaism, but his presentation seems to differ widely between his earlier and later writings. Contemporary scholarly interpretations of this apparent change also differ widely. In this article, I present the interpretive problem as one of continuity‐discontinuity, and place the major scholarly treatments ...
Reed Frey, C.O.
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Schools That Work: What We Can Learn From Good Jewish Supplementary Schools [PDF]
, 2009 Based on a study of ten effective schools, examines the characteristics in leadership, teaching staff, curriculum, experiential programs, and educational offerings for families that contribute to effectiveness.
Jack Wertheimer
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