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Pamiętnik Teatralny, 2022 This article discusses Mieczysław Abramowicz’s book Teatr żydowski w Gdańsku 1876–1968 (Jewish Theater in Gdańsk 1876-1968; Gdańsk 2022), which presents a panorama of the amateur and professional theater activity of the Jewish community in Gdańsk and its
Anna Kuligowska-Korzeniewska
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Teatr Kamińskiego w Warszawie – panorama pierwszych lat (1911–1914)
Studia Judaica, 2023 Kamiński Theater in Warsaw: The First Years (1911–1914) The article focuses on the artistic activity of the Kamiński Theater in Warsaw (1/3 Oboźna Street) prior to World War I.
Mirosława M. Bułat
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The Many Nationalities of Tamara Khanum: Friendship of the Peoples at Home, Abroad, and Within
The Russian Review, Volume 82, Issue 3, Page 433-452, July 2023., 2023 Abstract Inspired by scholarship on empire and historical biography, this article examines the life of Soviet entertainer Tamara Khanum (1906–91) and her formation as a socialist intermediary. First, it considers how an ethnic Armenian born in the Uzbek SSR came to represent an image of liberated Eastern femininity to domestic audiences.
Charles D. Shaw
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Religion Compass, Volume 16, Issue 11-12, November-December 2022., 2022 Abstract This article charts the development of the particular genre generally known as “Jewish humor.” It provides and overview of the topic for those interested in the relationship between American Jews and humor and the phenomenon of Jewish humor. It aligns the history of the genre with the history of Jews in America to demonstrate the ways in which
Jennifer Caplan
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Transnational literary exchange in the early modern Low Countries
Renaissance Studies, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 8-26, February 2022., 2022 Abstract Dutch culture in the Golden Age has long attracted the attention of scholars working in early modern European history, and the centrality of the urban culture of the Dutch Republic, especially in Holland, in European and global affairs has been frequently noted.
Jan Bloemendal +2 more
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The Russian Review, Volume 81, Issue 1, Page 45-65, January 2022., 2022 This article examines two novels from the last decade written by Russian‐Jewish writers, Liudmila Ulitskaia's Daniel Stein, Translator and Aleksandr Meilakhs' Red Zion. Both novels feature remarkably similar protagonists, unique for Russian literature: Polish‐born Jews who survive the Shoah and immigrate to Israel.
BRETT WINESTOCK
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Yankev Shternberg and the modernization of Yiddish theatre in interwar Romania [PDF]
Diversitate si Identitate Culturala in Europa, 2021 The end of the First World War brought the theatre audience back to the performance halls. The Yiddish theater, with a few decades of experience and an already assured popularity, was already considered to be the vector for the preservation and ...
Camelia CRĂCIUN
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Politics of Hospitality: African Students at the Hebrew University Medical School in the 1960s
Journal of Historical Sociology, Volume 34, Issue 4, Page 573-586, December 2021., 2021 Abstract From 1961‐1965, the Medical School of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem taught four cohorts of medical students from developing countries, mostly African. This article explores the program through the theory of hospitality. First, we find that hospitality is constructed and enabled by international interests.
Benny Nuriely, Liat Kozma
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Medicalising the Jewish Ritual Bath: Women, Health and Purity in the Late Ottoman Empire
Gender &History, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 683-700, October 2021., 2021 Abstract Menstrual impurity is among the most important religious practices in Jewish lore. Examining two case studies of Judeo–Spanish Ottoman Jewry: discussions of the temperature of the ritual bath water; and purity, hygiene and the collective of the Jewish body, this article demonstrates that menstrual impurity in Ottoman Judaism underwent an ...
Anabella Esperanza
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Teatr żydowski w Polsce: Stan badań
Pamiętnik Teatralny, 1992 The general framework of the history of Jewish theater in Poland must be placed in a trilingual cultural context – Yiddish, Hebrew and Polish. The definition of Yiddish theater encompasses stage productions, both amateur and professional, staged within ...
Michael C. Steinlauf
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