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The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising has become a symbol of heroism throughout the world. A short time before the uprising began, Pawel Frenkel addressed a meeting of the Jewish Military fighters: "Of course we will fight with guns in our hands, and most of us will fall. But we will live on in the lives and hearts of future generations and in the pages of their history.... We will die before our time but we are not doomed. We will be alive for as long as Jewish history lives " On the eve of Passover, April 19, 1943, German forces entered the Warsaw ghetto equipped with tanks, flame throwers, and...

This book explores the phenomenon of Saturnism, namely the belief that the planet Saturn, the seventh known planet in ancient astrology, was appointed upon the Jews, who celebrated the Sabbath, the seventh day of the Jewish week.
Moshe Idel details how the anonymous, late 14th century Sefer Ha-Peliyah was to have disturbing consequences in the Jewish world three centuries later, interweaving luminaries with the cultural, historical, religious, and philosophical concepts of their day, and demonstrating how cultural agents were inadvertently instrumental in the mid-17th-century...

Der immerwährende Krieg - und wie er enden könnte

Von Generation zu Generation wird der Krieg in Palästina weitergetragen. Nach der jüngsten und schlimmsten Eskalation durch den Terrorangriff der Hamas macht sich Hoffnungslosigkeit breit: Wird das immer so weitergehen? Nein, sagt Moshe Zimmermann, der große liberale Historiker. 

Schonungslos - und nicht ohne Bitterkeit - benennt er zunächst die Schuldigen an der Katastrophe: Da ist die Hamas, die Gewalt als einziges Mittel der Politik sieht und Israel auslöschen will. Da sind aber auch die jüdischen Siedler, die...

An educational system of neuromuscular re-education known for its gentle approach, the Feldenkrais Method has been shown to dramatically improve individual functioning by increasing self-awareness and facilitating new patterns of thinking, moving, and feeling. Intended for those who need to improve their movement repertoire for professional reasons--dancers, musicians, martial artists, gymnasts, and athletes--as well as those wishing to reduce pain or limitations in movement, Feldenkrais is based on the idea that learning to move better can improve anyone's overall health on many...

Der immerwährende Krieg - und wie er enden könnte

Von Generation zu Generation wird der Krieg in Palästina weitergetragen. Nach der jüngsten und schlimmsten Eskalation durch den Terrorangriff der Hamas macht sich Hoffnungslosigkeit breit: Wird das immer so weitergehen? Nein, sagt Moshe Zimmermann, der große liberale Historiker. 

Schonungslos - und nicht ohne Bitterkeit - benennt er zunächst die Schuldigen an der Katastrophe: Da ist die Hamas, die Gewalt als einziges Mittel der Politik sieht und Israel auslöschen will. Da sind aber auch die jüdischen Siedler,...

Thousands have found renewed health and increased sensory awareness through the Feldenkrais method as explained in Awareness Through Movement. Here is a way for people of every age to integrate physical and mental development into a new, invigorating wholeness. Feldenkrais provides a modern-day, practical program for the perennial ideal of a healthy mind in a healthy body. His down-to-earth method carefully avoids any mystical component and never obliges any pupil to master abstruse theories. Exercises for posture, eyes, imagination, and more will simultaneously build better body...

Maimonides was the greatest Jewish philosopher and legal scholar of the medieval period, a towering figure who has had a profound and lasting influence on Jewish law, philosophy, and religious consciousness. This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to his life and work, revealing how his philosophical sensibility and outlook informed his interpretation of Jewish tradition.

Moshe Halbertal vividly describes Maimonides's childhood in Muslim Spain, his family's flight to North Africa to escape persecution, and their eventual resettling in Egypt. He draws on...