Jewish Heritage in Britain and Ireland: An Architectural Guide
ISBN: 9781848022379 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Britain s tiny Jewish community (about 263,000 people) is the oldest non-Christian minority in the country. In 1656 Jews returned to England after an absence of nearly 400 years and the Jewish community has enjoyed a history of continuous settlement in England since 1656, a record unmatched anywhere else in Europe. Jewish Heritage in Britain and Ireland celebrates in full colour the undiscovered heritage of Anglo-Jewry. First published in 2006, it remains the only comprehensive guide to historic synagogues and sites in the British Isles, based on an authoritative survey carried out with the...
Britain s tiny Jewish community (about 263,000 people) is the oldest non-Christian minority in the country. In 1656 Jews returned to England after an ...
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Dialogue as a Trans-Disciplinary Concept: Martin Buber's Philosophy of Dialogue and Its Contemporary Reception
ISBN: 9783110379150 / Angielski / Twarda / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume of essays takes as its point of departure Martin Buber s principle of dialogue, which he applied as a comprehensive hermeneutic method for the study of various cultural phenomena. The volume critically evaluates the methodological purchase to be gained by the introduction of Buber s conception of dialogue in political theory, psychology and psychiatry, and religious studies. "This volume of essays takes as its point of departure Martin Buber s principle of dialogue, which he applied as a comprehensive hermeneutic method ... |
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The Ethiopian Jewish Exodus: Narratives of the Journey
ISBN: 9781138870154 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Between 1977 and 1985, some 20,000 Ethiopian Jews left their homes in Ethiopia and - motivated by an ancient dream of returning to the land of their ancestors, 'Yerussalem' - embarked on a secret and highly traumatic exodus to Israel. Due to various political circumstances they had to leave their homes in haste, go a long way on foot through unknown country, and stay for a period of one or two years in refugee camps, until they were brought to Israel. The difficult conditions of the journey included racial tensions, attacks by bandits, night travel over mountains, incarceration, illness and...
Between 1977 and 1985, some 20,000 Ethiopian Jews left their homes in Ethiopia and - motivated by an ancient dream of returning to the land of their a...
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216,98 zł |
Dubossary Memorial Yizkor Book (Dubasari, Moldova) - Translation of Dubossary; Sefer Zikaron
ISBN: 9781939561299 / Angielski / Twarda / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Jewish community of Dubossar and surrounding areas had existed for about 300 years, during which time a vibrant Jewish culture developed. Jews were artisans, merchants in grain, wine and fruit; they also grew tobacco. In 1897, there were 5,220 Jews in Dubossary, 43% of the total population. At the beginning of the 20th century, the community operated a Talmud Torah, nine chederim, and four private schools. During the civil war in Russia of 1918-20, Jewish self-defense was organized and the community remained relatively free from the pogroms. There were 3,630 Jews in Dubossary in 1926 (81%...
The Jewish community of Dubossar and surrounding areas had existed for about 300 years, during which time a vibrant Jewish culture developed. Jews wer...
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Jews Against Themselves
ISBN: 9781412856034 / Angielski / Twarda / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume features powerful essays by Edward Alexander on the phenomenon of anti-Zionism on the part of the Jewish intelligentsia. It also analyses the explosive growth of traditional anti-Semitism, especially in Europe, among intellectuals and Muslims. Alexander notes that anti-Zionism has established a presence even in Israel, where it frequently takes the form of intellectuals sympathizing with their country's enemies and perversely apologizing for their own existence. Alexander begins with an examination of the origins of Jewish self-hatred in nineteenth-century Europe. He then... This volume features powerful essays by Edward Alexander on the phenomenon of anti-Zionism on the part of the Jewish intelligentsia. It also analys... |
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656,16 zł |
Let My People Go: The Transnational Politics of Soviet Jewish Emigration During the Cold War
ISBN: 9781412856751 / Angielski / Twarda / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. American Jews' mobilization on behalf of Soviet Jews is typically portrayed as compensation for the community's inability to assist European Jews during World War II. Yet, as Pauline Peretz shows, the role Israel played in setting the agenda for a segment of the American Jewish community was central. Her careful examination of relations between the Jewish state and the Jewish diaspora offers insight into Israel's influence over the American Jewish community and how this influence can be conceptualized. To explain how Jewish emigration moved from a solely Jewish issue to a... American Jews' mobilization on behalf of Soviet Jews is typically portrayed as compensation for the community's inability to assist European Jews d... |
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Jewish Morocco: A History from Pre-Islamic to Postcolonial Times
ISBN: 9781780768496 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The history of Morocco cannot effectively be told without the history of its Jewish inhabitants. Their presence in Northwest Africa pre-dates the rise of Islam and continues to the present day, combining elements of Berber (Amazigh), Arab, Sephardi and European culture. Emily Gottreich examines the history of Jews in Morocco from the pre-Islamic period to post-colonial times, drawing on newly acquired evidence from archival materials in Rabat.
Providing an important reassessment of the impact of the French protectorate over Morocco, the author overturns widely accepted views on Jews'... The history of Morocco cannot effectively be told without the history of its Jewish inhabitants. Their presence in Northwest Africa pre-dates the rise...
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504,74 zł |
Symbolism 14: [Special Focus – Symbols of Diaspora]
ISBN: 9783110407945 / Angielski / Twarda / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Symbolic representation is a crucial subject for and a potent heuristic instrument of diaspora studies. This special focus inquires into the forms and functions of symbols of diaspora both in aesthetic practice and in critical discourse, analyzing and theorizing symbols from Shakespeare to Bollywood as well as in critical writings of theorists of diaspora. What kinds of symbols and symbolic practices, contributors ask, are germane to the representation, both emic and etic, of diasporics and diasporas? How are specific symbols and symbolic practices analyzed across the academic fields... Symbolic representation is a crucial subject for and a potent heuristic instrument of diaspora studies. This special focus inquires into the forms ... |
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Managing Bubbie
ISBN: 9781499126297 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Her devoted family only wants the best for their Bubbie. Mostly they want to ensure that their matriarch's twilight years are spent in comfort, safety, and serenity. But how do you manage an aging, immutably stubborn Holocaust survivor who has risen above the squalor of Poland's ghettos; fled across the war-torn German wilderness; and survived the winter-ravaged Pyrenees alone on foot with three children? You probably don't. "Managing Bubbie" is the heartrending, hilarious family memoir by Russel Lazega that recounts the frequently hectic, ever-exhausting trials of one Jewish family in... Her devoted family only wants the best for their Bubbie. Mostly they want to ensure that their matriarch's twilight years are spent in comfort, saf... |
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Porządek i Historia. Izrael i Objawienie
ISBN: 9788362884360 / Angielski / Miękka / 780 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Wydanie tej książki wypełnia bolesną lukę w polskiej literaturze. O ile nie brakuje nam przekładów klasycznych prac dotyczących problemów współczesnych, o tyle klasyczne filozoficzno-polityczne prace dotyczące przeszłych okresów nierzadko nie są wciąż szerzej znane. Szczególnie odnosi się to do dziejów biblijnego Izraela, który bez wątpienia stanowi jedne z kluczowych filarów europejskiej kultury.
prof. Paweł Śpiewak Eric Voegelin (1901-1985) należy do grona wybitnych i wpływowych uczonych dwudziestego wieku. Na dorobek naukowy Voegelina składa się kilkanaście... Wydanie tej książki wypełnia bolesną lukę w polskiej literaturze. O ile nie brakuje nam przekładów klasycznych prac dotyczących problemów wsp...
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Handbuch der Berliner Vereine und Gesellschaften 1786-1815
ISBN: 9783110416527 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 1069 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dieser Supplementband versammelt Statuten, Gesetze und Konstitutionen, die uber Ziel und Zweck, Struktur und Organisation der im Handbuch portratierten Vereinigungen Auskunft geben. Wahrend die Metatexte im Handbuch analysieren und auswerten, sprechen in diesem Erganzungsband die historischen Quellentexte fur sich, sie werden erstmals in einer Gesamtschau bereitgestellt und ermoglichen so eine vergleichende Analyse. Dieser Supplementband versammelt Statuten, Gesetze und Konstitutionen, die uber Ziel und Zweck, Struktur und Organisation der im Handbuch portratie... |
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Interreligious Theology: Its Value and Mooring in Modern Jewish Philosophy
ISBN: 9783110439311 / Angielski / Twarda / 229 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the first greater attempt to construct a dialogical theology from a Jewish point of view. It contributes to an emerging new theology that promotes the interrelatedness of religions in which encounter, openness, and permanent learning are central. Meir analyses and critically discusses the writings of great contemporary Jewish dialogical thinkers and argues that the values of interreligious theology are moored in their thoughts. This book is the first greater attempt to construct a dialogical theology from a Jewish point of view. It contributes to an emerging new theology t... |
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Jüdisch-christliche Liebesbeziehungen im Werk Leopold Komperts
ISBN: 9783110438017 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 373 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 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,... |
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Handbuch der Berliner Vereine und Gesellschaften 1786–1815
ISBN: 9783050060156 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 1036 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Das Handbuch bietet erstmalig in Form von Lexikonartikeln eine auf umfangreichem Quellenmaterial basierende Zusammenschau von mehr als 130 gesellig-literarischen, kunstausubenden, naturwissenschaftlichen, medizinisch-pharmazeutischen, freimaurerischen, judischen oder national-patriotischen Vereinigungen in Berlin im Zeitraum 1786-1815. Als Erganzung werden ein Gesamt-Mitgliederverzeichnis sowie die Vereins-Statuten gesondert publiziert. Das Handbuch bietet erstmalig in Form von Lexikonartikeln eine auf umfangreichem Quellenmaterial basierende Zusammenschau von mehr als 130 gesellig... |
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Exile & the Prophetic
ISBN: 9780986449437 / Angielski / Miękka / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. I have been traveling to Cape Canaveral and taking photographs on the beach since I was a child. So when I returned to the Cape to live a few years ago, I resumed my avocation. In the intervening years I have been a theologian and a public spokesperson for the renewal of Jewish ethical life in the face of the challenges presented by Jewish behavior in Israel, especially toward the Palestinians. For most of my life I balanced my avocation and vocation but then, lo and behold, the ever-infamous Ken Starr became president of my university. What this says about the future of Higher Education is...
I have been traveling to Cape Canaveral and taking photographs on the beach since I was a child. So when I returned to the Cape to live a few years ag...
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Salvaged Pages: Young Writers' Diaries of the Holocaust
ISBN: 9780300205992 / Angielski / Miękka / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This stirring collection of diaries written by young people, aged twelve to twenty-two years, during the Holocaust has been fully revised and updated. Some of the writers were refugees, others were in hiding or passing as non-Jews, some were imprisoned in ghettos, and nearly all perished before liberation. This seminal National Jewish Book Award winner preserves the impressions, emotions, and eyewitness reportage of young people whose accounts of daily events and often unexpected thoughts, ideas, and feelings serve to deepen and complicate our understanding of life during the Holocaust.
... This stirring collection of diaries written by young people, aged twelve to twenty-two years, during the Holocaust has been fully revised and updated....
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Revisiting Holocaust Representation in the Post-Witness Era
ISBN: 9781137530417 / Angielski / Twarda / 309 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Revisiting Holocaust Representation in the Post-Witness Era shifts focus from discussions on the ethics and limits of representation to the relevance of imagination in Holocaust commemoration. It re-examines ethical, aesthetic and political dilemmas arising from the crucial transfer of memory from the realm of 'living memory' contained by the survivors and their families, to culturally and politically mediated memory practices realised by post-witness generations. Why are artistic imaginative representations of the Holocaust important now? Critical analyses of little discussed artworks,...
Revisiting Holocaust Representation in the Post-Witness Era shifts focus from discussions on the ethics and limits of representation to the relevance ...
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Jewish Responses to Persecution: 1944–1946
ISBN: 9781442243361 / Angielski / Twarda / 590 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With its unique combination of primary sources and historical narrative, Jewish Responses to Persecution: 1944 1946, provides an important new perspective on Holocaust history. Covering the final year of Nazi destruction and the immediate postwar years, it traces the increasingly urgent Jewish struggle for survival, which included armed resistance and organized escape attempts. Shedding light on the personal and public lives of Jews, this book provides compelling insights into a wide range of Jewish experiences during the Holocaust. Jewish individuals and communities suffered through this...
With its unique combination of primary sources and historical narrative, Jewish Responses to Persecution: 1944 1946, provides an important new perspec...
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286,90 zł |
The Myth of the Jewish Menace in World Affairs
ISBN: 9781508673293 / Angielski / Miękka / 44 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The substance of the following three political essays was originally contributed, in the form of independent articles to the Manchester Guardian, the Spectator, and the Daily Telegraph respectively. They have been carefully revised, much amplified, and largely rewritten in order to make a connected argument and avoid repetition. Footnotes of authorities have been added. My grateful acknowledgments are due to the Editors of the Manchester Guardian, the Spectator, and the Daily Telegraph for their kindness in permitting this republication.
The substance of the following three political essays was originally contributed, in the form of independent articles to the Manchester Guardian, the ...
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Collect and Record!: Jewish Holocaust Documentation in Early Postwar Europe
ISBN: 9780190259327 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book describes the vibrant activity of survivors who founded Jewish historical commissions and documentation centers in Europe immediately after the Second World War. In the first postwar decade, these initiatives collected thousands of Nazi documents along with testimonies, memoirs, diaries, songs, poems, and artifacts of Jewish victims. They pioneered in developing a Holocaust historiography that placed the experiences of Jews at the center and used both victim and perpetrator sources to describe the social, economic, and cultural aspects of the everyday life and death of European Jews...
This book describes the vibrant activity of survivors who founded Jewish historical commissions and documentation centers in Europe immediately after ...
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159,26 zł |