This book-series, initiated in 1992, has an interdisciplinary orientation; it is published in English and German and comprises research monographs, collections of essays and editions of source texts dealing with German-Jewish literary and cultural history, in particular from the period covering the 18th to 20th centuries.
The closer definition of the term German-Jewish applied to literature and culture is an integral part of its historical development. Primarily, the decisive factor is that from the middle of the 18th century German gradually became the language of choice for Jews,...
This book-series, initiated in 1992, has an interdisciplinary orientation; it is published in English and German and comprises research monographs,...
Bereits im Alter von 13 Jahren lie der 1875 geborene Gronemann "nichts, was mir in die Hande kam, undramatisiert." Spater schrieb der bedeutende deutsch-judische Humorist das erste und einzige Drama fur Martin Bubers nie verwirklichte "jungjudische Buhne" - das Purimspiel Hamans Flucht (1900). Er feierte seinen groten Erfolge als Dramatiker nach seiner 1933 uber Paris erfolgten Flucht aus Berlin in Tel Aviv, wo er der hebraischen Buhne dessen erste groe Komodie schenkte: Der Weise und der Narr erlebte 1942 seine gefeierte Premiere, avancierte nach Gronemanns Tod in der...
Bereits im Alter von 13 Jahren lie der 1875 geborene Gronemann "nichts, was mir in die Hande kam, undramatisiert." Spater schrieb der bedeutende de...
In 2016, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that Max Brod’s posthumous papers which included a collection of Kafka’s manuscripts be transferred to the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem. If Kafka’s writings may be seen to belong to Jewish national culture and if they may be considered part of Israel’s heritage, then their analysis within a Jewish framework should be both viable and valuable. This volume is dedicated to the research of Franz Kafka’s late narrative “The Burrow” and its autobiographical and theological significance. Research is extended to incorporate many fields...
In 2016, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that Max Brod’s posthumous papers which included a collection of Kafka’s manuscripts be transferred to th...