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АрхитектонThe article is dedicated to the Trieste Synagogue (1906-1912) as an example of Italian synagogue architecture of the Risorgimento (1870-1910) and pan–European Jewish emancipation period.
Kolotygina Maria V.
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Jewish Popular Music in Galicia: Karol Rathaus’ Recollections of Chune Wolfsthal
Musicology Today, 2023 Eminent Polish composer Karol Rathaus (1895–1954) left behind an essay dedicated to his uncle Chune Wolfsthal (1851–1924). In this text, Rathaus recalls his childhood and adolescent years in (Austria-Hungary’s crown land of ) Galicia.
Guzy-Pasiak Jolanta
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Layers of powers: societies and institutions in Europe [PDF]
, 2010 Historians and social scientists have offered many and varied definitions of the term “community”. This chapter focuses on specific examples of face-to-face or local communities in order to test the possibilities and limits of the two major analytical ...
Amelang, J. +4 more
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Violence, Volition, and Volatility: The Embodied Subjectivity of Women in Cults
Symbolic Interaction, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 113-133, February 2026.This paper explores the embodied experience of 25 women who are former cult members. By delving into the stories of three protagonists, we examine how these women engaged with and possibly redefined the cult's socially constructed notion of womanhood.
Shirly Bar‐Lev, Michal Morag
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Modern Genizot: “Sacred Trash” Reconsidered [PDF]
Muzeológia a Kultúrne Dedičstvo, 2019 For many years, the Jewish Museum in Prague has been documenting and researching a large collection of genizah finds from Bohemia and Moravia. This collection contains once-used Jewish ritual objects of various age (16th–19th century), especially texts
Lenka Uličná
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Good Public Theology is Twilight Theology. A Constructive Deconstruction of Public Theology
International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 1, Page 56-74, January 2026.Abstract The article outlines the basic features of a good public theology that is inspired by Paul’s description of the situation of the church and Christians: ‘The night has passed, the day is not far distant’ (Rom 13:12). In his analysis of the present, the author identifies eight specific challenges of contemporary culture – challenges that have so
Günter Thomas
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Was a Sacred Curtain (Parokhet) Depicted on Portable Shrines in the Ancient Near East?
Religions, 2020 The Parokhet, or sacred curtain, was an important item of cultic paraphernalia in the ancient Near East. It is known from the Sumerian and Akkadian texts, the biblical tradition, the Second Temple in Jerusalem, Greek temples, and synagogues of the Roman ...
Madeleine Mumcuoglu, Yosef Garfinkel
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Israel in Jewish Community Centers [PDF]
, 1997 An exploration of Jewish Community Centers, their historical significance, and the pivotal role they continue to play in engaging the community in meaningful and substantive "up-to-date" Israel ...
Mark Charendoff, Richard Juran
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American Journal of Community Psychology, Volume 76, Issue 3-4, Page 423-435, December 2025.Abstract While the relationship between community violence exposure and maladaptive outcomes has been established, the dynamic between violence exposure and resilience factors in youth is not well understood. The current study utilizes a community‐based participatory research (CBPR) framework and employs a novel mixed‐methods approach integrating ...
Kyle C. Deane +6 more
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Israel in Bureaus of Jewish Education [PDF]
, 1998 A report on the track record of bureaus in Israel education, and recommendations for partnerships with other community organizations to allow BJEs to be successful in intensifying, disseminating, and improving Israel education throughout North ...
Daniel J. Margolis, Shlomo Shimon
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