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Judaism and the Rise of Christianity: A Roman Perspective
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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Menorah Review (No. 47, Fall, 1999) [PDF]
Physician-Assisted Suicide -- What Price Prejudice? -- The American Synagogue: Now and Then -- Amelek -- Picks and Pans from the Feminist\u27s Corner -- King David -- A Good Life Now and Then -- Noteworthy ...
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How to make social cohesion work. Bertelsmann Stiftung Speech 2019 [PDF]
The megatrends of globalization and digitalization pose challenges for social cohesion. Many people are concerned about their economic future, and right-wing populists are leveraging the internet to spread oversimplified messages and fuel fears.
Saul, John Ralston
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Persecution perpetuated: The medieval origins of anti-semitic violence in Nazi Germany [PDF]
How persistent are cultural traits? This paper uses data on anti-Semitism in Germany and finds continuity at the local level over more than half a millennium.
Joachim Voth, Nico Voigtländer
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The Invention of Christian Tradition: “Apocrypha,” Imperial Policy, and Anti-Jewish Propaganda
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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Israel in Jewish Community Centers [PDF]
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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From Farmers to Merchants, Voluntary Conversion and Diaspora: A Human Capital Interpretation of Jewish History [PDF]
From the end of the second century C.E., Judaism enforced a religious norm requiring any Jewish father to educate his children. We present evidence supporting our thesis that this exogenous change in the religious and social norm had a major influence on
Maristella Botticini, Zvi Eckstein
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The Fate of Lithuanian Jews’ Assets during the Second World War
The cultural assets of Lithuanian Jews were registered by the staff of Rosenberg headquarters whose branches were established in Vilnius and Kaunas.
Valentinas Brandišauskas
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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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Building of Peace and Reconciliation
Two projects were opened on October 30, 1995 in Dresden under the patronage of both presidents Václav Havel, President of the Czech Republic, and Roman Herzog, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, with the aim to be a step towards furthering ...
Vera Vohlídalová
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