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What Now? Military Peace Activism in the Wake of the Vietnam War

Peace &Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article defines military peace activism as peace activism related to military manpower policy and military personnel, including active, reserve, potential, and former servicemembers. It argues that when the US war in Vietnam and the draft that supported it ended, antiwar activists who worked with GIs had to reframe their work, as the ...
Amy J. Rutenberg
wiley   +1 more source

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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Notation in Early Modern Language Teaching

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the use of musical notation as a pedagogical tool in early modern language teaching, focusing on Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and briefly, Turkish. While musical notation is typically associated with performance and composition, the sources discussed here demonstrate its broader application as a visual and conceptual system for ...
Elisabeth Giselbrecht
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The Faint Traces of the Jewish Mystical Tradition: The Kabbalah in 15–18Th-Century Architecture

Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment
This article investigates the influence of the Kabbalah on Jewish architecture and synagogal art. Due to the destruction of the Eastern European kabbalist-related architecture and the preservation of only two indisputably “kabbalist” synagogues, the ...
MALEC Tomasz Eugeniusz
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A prospective examination of the role of psychosocial factors as mediators between childhood maltreatment and cognitive impairment in late midlife

Alzheimer's &Dementia: Behavior &Socioeconomics of Aging, Volume 2, Issue 3, September 2026.
Abstract INTRODUCTION Childhood maltreatment is associated with increased risk for cognitive impairment. We examined whether psychosocial factors (socioeconomic status, education, depression, social support, social isolation) explained this relationship. METHODS In a prospective longitudinal study, children with documented histories of maltreatment and
Molly Maxfield, Kellie Courtney, Cathy Spatz Widom   +2 more
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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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The Tree of Life Synagogue Attack: A Terrorist Radicalization Assessment Protocol‐18 Examination of Pre‐Attack Warnings and Post‐Attack Contagion and Copycat Effects

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, Volume 44, Issue 4, Page 619-635, July/August 2026.
ABSTRACT This is a retrospective case study of an antisemitic lone actor terrorist who completed the deadliest attack against the Jewish community in American history. The analysis through the lens of the Terrorist Radicalization Assessment Protocol (TRAP‐18) finds that 72% of the warning indicators were present, including four proximal warning ...
Molly Amman, Julia Kupper, J. Reid Meloy
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Judaism and the Rise of Christianity: A Roman Perspective

Tyndale Bulletin, 1994
Romans did not see Christianity as part of Judaism. They objected to Jewish proselytisation but did not link Christians with it. In Rome (under Nero) Christians presented an unrelated novelty. Their name is a Latin formation, implying public factionalism.
E. A. Judge
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The Invention of Christian Tradition: “Apocrypha,” Imperial Policy, and Anti-Jewish Propaganda

Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2010
The NT apocrypha and other late popular literature, often claiming to purvey rediscovered old documents describing anti-Jewish actions, aimed to influence public opinion and to oppose the state's policies that protected synagogues.
Paul C. Dilley
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Analysis of Youth Physical Activity Promotion in a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Synagogues. [PDF]

Contemp Jew, 2021
Kahan D, McKenzie TL, Satnick M.
europepmc   +1 more source