Jewish Faith in a Changing World: A Modern Introduction to the World and Ideas of Classical Jewish Philosophy
ISBN: 9781936235681 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ever since the first encounter between Judaism and the western world in the second century BCE, Jewish thinkers like Maimonides, Gersonides, R. Moses Hayyim Luzzatto, and Rabbi A. I. Kook have grappled with issues of Jewish faith and modernity. The works they published, which comprise Jewish classical philosophy, were products of the highest intellectual caliber, and no question of faith, no matter how embarrassing or heretical, was overlooked. In this book Raphael Shuchat presents the reader with some of the main and timeless issues of Jewish philosophy over the ages and updates them to...
Ever since the first encounter between Judaism and the western world in the second century BCE, Jewish thinkers like Maimonides, Gersonides, R. Moses ...
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The Shtiebelization of Modern Jewry: Studies in Custom and Ritual in the Judaic Tradition: Social-Anthropological Perspectives
ISBN: 9781936235773 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jewish custom and ritual, or their Hebrew equivalent, minhag, has intrigued rabbis and scholars for generations. The majority of the rabbinical works devoted to minhag primarily encompass lists of sources and reporting of old and new customs. Some have explored the historical development of the minhag. Here, Simcha Fishbane treats minhag from a socio-anthropological perspective. The Shtiebelization of Modern Jewry discusses the theory and model of minhagim using the Mishnah Berurah and the Arukh Hashulkhan, analyzes rabbinic texts concerned with custom, and describes current rituals from a...
Jewish custom and ritual, or their Hebrew equivalent, minhag, has intrigued rabbis and scholars for generations. The majority of the rabbinical works ...
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Der Berliner "Jüdische Salon" Um 1800: Emanzipation in Der Debatte
ISBN: 9783110271409 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 609 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume, which draws on new sources, presents the Jewish salons of Berlin around 1800 as a lively and at the same time fragile network of communication. The salon society of 1794/95, the book's year of focus, reveals a culture of sociality in which highly diverse venues could become 'salons' and it puts the salons' guests and hostesses (back) in the limelight. Selected profiles of the correspondence, which sometimes lasted for decades and has now been reconstructed, allow an examination of turning points in the perception of Jewish hostesses and of possible interactions between salons... This volume, which draws on new sources, presents the Jewish salons of Berlin around 1800 as a lively and at the same time fragile network of commu... |
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Die Sprache der Judenfeindschaft im 21. Jahrhundert
ISBN: 9783110277685 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Wie artikuliert sich im 21. Jahrhundert judenfeindliches Gedankengut? Und wann ist eine Auerung antisemitisch? Mit diesen Fragen beschaftigen sich die Sprach- und Kognitionswissenschaftlerin Monika Schwarz-Friesel und der Historiker Jehuda Reinharz anhand einer datenreichen Untersuchung des aktuellen judenfeindlichen Sprachgebrauchs. Die detaillierte Analyse der diversen Manifestationsformen von direktem und indirektem Verbal-Antisemitismus zeigt, welche geistigen Konzepte und emotionalen Ressentiments judeophoben Einstellungen zugrundeliegen. Diese auern sich in uralten Klischees und... Wie artikuliert sich im 21. Jahrhundert judenfeindliches Gedankengut? Und wann ist eine Auerung antisemitisch? Mit diesen Fragen beschaftigen sich ... |
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478,18 zł |
The Art of War
ISBN: 9788182743243 / Angielski / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Independence Park: The Lives of Gay Men in Israel
ISBN: 9780804736190 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Independence Park, Tel Aviv, is the best-known meeting place for gay men in Israel; Independence Park, Jerusalem, is perhaps the second-best-known; and the hope for independence is the dominant theme of this wide-ranging collection of personal narratives told in the voices of twelve gay men representing a cross-section of contemporary Israeli society. The speakers are Jew and Arab, ranging in age from 22 to 72. They include students and teachers, a waiter, a prostitute, a journalist, and a janitor. Some are married to women, some are -married- to men, some are single; their families come from...
Independence Park, Tel Aviv, is the best-known meeting place for gay men in Israel; Independence Park, Jerusalem, is perhaps the second-best-known; an...
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726,05 zł |
Czechs, Germans, Jews? National Identity and the Jews of Bohemia
ISBN: 9780857454744 / Angielski / Twarda / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "In her well-researched volume, Čapkovauses a broad range of archival and published sources and shows a mastery of the secondary literature, including theoretical materials... Subtly argued and effectively based in the real-life experience of individuals, this book is a fine contribution to the study and understanding of central European Jewry. Fluidly translated; 20 well-chosen illustrations. Highly recommended." - Choice "A masterful examination of the dynamics of Jewish integration in-and into-interwar Czechoslovakia, complicated by the dilemma of competing national identifications....
"In her well-researched volume, Čapkovauses a broad range of archival and published sources and shows a mastery of the secondary literature, incl...
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502,65 zł |
Jews and Theater in an Intercultural Context
ISBN: 9789004227170 / Angielski / Twarda / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jewish theater practitioners, playwrights, critics, financiers and audiences have played an enormous role in the development of the European and American theater. Jews and Theater in an Intercultural Context, a collection of essays by an international cadre of theater scholars, addresses this subject. Focusing on the role of Jews and Jewishness in the theatrical field it discusses the representation of Jews on the American, European, and South American stage, with a strong emphasis on twentieth century theater and the contemporary theatrical scene.
Jewish theater practitioners, playwrights, critics, financiers and audiences have played an enormous role in the development of the European and Ameri...
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Bilder des Jüdischen
ISBN: 9783110276459 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Die Frage, was 'typisch' judisch ist, steht im reziproken Verhaltnis von judischem Selbstverstandnis und Fremdzuschreibungen. Problematisch wird sie, wenn sie mit antisemitischen Zuschreibungen und Stereotypisierungen verknupft wird. Im Zentrum des Bandes stehen Entwurfe 'des' Judischen im deutschsprachigen Raum, wobei fiktionale Bilder ebenso wie Selbstzeugnisse und wissenschaftliche Diskurse Gegenstand der Beitrage sind. Themen sind u.a. die Abgrenzung zwischen judischen Gruppierungen in Deutschland, Reaktionen auf antisemitische Zuschreibungen sowie die Rolle von Shoah und Exil im... Die Frage, was 'typisch' judisch ist, steht im reziproken Verhaltnis von judischem Selbstverstandnis und Fremdzuschreibungen. Problematisch wird si... |
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Die Shoah im Spiegel öffentlicher Konflikte in Polen
ISBN: 9783110274370 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 255 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The memory of the Shoah remains a contentious issue in Poland to this day. Since the mid-1980s, public discourse has repeatedly focussed on the issue of how to deal with the National Socialists' destruction of the Jews. This has raised accusations that the Polish people bore an element of moral or active guilt during World War Two which, however, conflict with the country's long-established perception of itself as a community of heroes and victims. The author examines the question of how Polish society is handling this contradiction and what effect the discussions have on the opinions... The memory of the Shoah remains a contentious issue in Poland to this day. Since the mid-1980s, public discourse has repeatedly focussed on the iss... |
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Heinrich Heine und die Diaspora
ISBN: 9783110271737 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Welche Bedeutung hatte die diasporische Existenz fur Heinrich Heine- sowohl fur sein Werk als auch fur sein Selbstverstandnis als Schriftsteller? In seinem Werk wird der Wandel von einem religiosen zu einem sakularen Verstandnis der judischen Diaspora, so wie er fur das 19. Jahrhundert typisch ist, beispielhaft nachgezeichnet. Die Einfuhrung dieser neuen Perspektive in die deutsche Literatur steht nicht zuletzt fur das judische Selbstbewusstsein des politischen Schriftstellers in der Zeit Heines. Welche Bedeutung hatte die diasporische Existenz fur Heinrich Heine- sowohl fur sein Werk als auch fur sein Selbstverstandnis als Schriftsteller? I... |
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Symbiosis and Ambivalence: Poles and Jews in a Small Galician Town
ISBN: 9781571817945 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ..". a well-researched historical anthropological case study ... One of its major value has to doe with a successful integration of economic history into anthropological interpretation." - Focaal
"This study gives a more nuanced picture of the stereotypical views of Polish attitudes towards Jews, which cannot be reduced to a simple form of anti-Semitism." - L'Homme In Poland and elsewhere there has been a noticeable increase of interest in various aspects of the Polish-Jewish past which can be explained, the author argues, in terms of a broader intellectual need to explore the "blank... ..". a well-researched historical anthropological case study ... One of its major value has to doe with a successful integration of economic history i...
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Survival and Trials of Revival: Psychodynamic Studies of Holocaust Survivors and Their Families in Israel and the Diaspora
ISBN: 9781936235896 / Angielski / Twarda / 375 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers psychodynamic studies of Holocaust survivors and their families in Israel and the Diaspora. It is a most moving account of the desperate struggles of these survivors to overcome their horrendous experiences in the ghettos and concentration camps and their subsequent attempts to revive their lives after the Second World War. Hillel Klein, the author, was himself one of these Holocaust survivors. Later, as a psychoanalyst, Klein interviewed survivors in Israel and the United States of America and evaluated the consequences of the Holocaust and its aftermath from a...
This book offers psychodynamic studies of Holocaust survivors and their families in Israel and the Diaspora. It is a most moving account of the desper...
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From Fashion to Politics: Hadassah and Jewish American Women in the Post World War II Era
ISBN: 9781618111593 / Angielski / Twarda / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hadassah, the Women's Zionist organization of America, has wielded power in the halls of American political institutions and in the minds of many Jews in the United States. This book enriches our understanding of both modern Jewish history and American women's history. Hadassah is important not only for what it tells us about women but also for what it reveals about Jewish history and politics, about Zionism, and about America. In the post-World War II era, Hadassah played a significant role in shaping Jewish women's political action and identity. Widely known for its work in Israel, Hadassah...
Hadassah, the Women's Zionist organization of America, has wielded power in the halls of American political institutions and in the minds of many Jews...
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The British Left and Zionism: History of a Divorce
ISBN: 9780719088131 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How did the various currents of the British left respond to two competing nationalisms seeking to found a state in Palestine? The Labour Party from 1917 onwards helped to popularise the Zionist project as a social democratic experiment that would bring progress to the Middle East. The party's colonial experts largely ignored the sectarian practices of the Labour Zionist movement, which through its trade union and kibbutzim, sought to build an exclusively Jewish economy. The British Communist party alone provided a critique of Labour Zionism but in 1947 in line with the Soviet Union's... How did the various currents of the British left respond to two competing nationalisms seeking to found a state in Palestine? The Labour Party from... |
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The British Left and Zionism: History of a Divorce
ISBN: 9780719088124 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The changes and divisions on the left over the Israel-Palestine conflict forms the central theme of this archive based study. While the Labour Party's supported establishing a Jewish state in Palestine, as a modernising force, the communist movement opposed it, on the grounds that it facilitated imperial influence in the Middle East. In 1947, however, the British Communist Party rallied to the Zionist cause, leaving the Palestinian cause with no effective protagonists in Britain. The left's sympathy, at the time, was overwhelmingly with the Israeli state, considering its establishment a... The changes and divisions on the left over the Israel-Palestine conflict forms the central theme of this archive based study. While the Labour Part... |
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A Kosher Christmas: 'Tis the Season to Be Jewish
ISBN: 9780813553801 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Christmas is not everybody's favorite holiday. Historically, Jews in America, whether participating in or refraining from recognizing Christmas, have devised a multitude of unique strategies to respond to the holiday season. Their response is a mixed one: do we participate, try to ignore the holiday entirely, or create our own traditions and make the season an enjoyable time? This book, the first on the subject of Jews and Christmas in the United States, portrays how Jews are shaping the public and private character of Christmas by transforming December into a joyous holiday season... Christmas is not everybody's favorite holiday. Historically, Jews in America, whether participating in or refraining from recognizing Christmas, ha... |
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Marginal at the Center: The Life Story of a Public Sociologist
ISBN: 9780857457202 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A self-proclaimed guerrilla fighter for ideas, Baruch Kimmerling was an outspoken critic, a prolific writer, and a "public" sociologist. While he lived at the center of the Israeli society in which he was involved as both a scientist and a concerned citizen, he nevertheless felt marginal because of his unconventional worldview, his empathy for the oppressed, and his exceptional sense of universal justice, which were at odds with prevailing views. In this autobiography, the author, who was born in Transylvania in 1939 with cerebral palsy, describes how he and his family escaped the Nazis... A self-proclaimed guerrilla fighter for ideas, Baruch Kimmerling was an outspoken critic, a prolific writer, and a "public" sociologist. While he ... |
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141,91 zł |
Granddaughters of the Holocaust: Never Forgetting What They Didn't Experience
ISBN: 9781936235889 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Granddaughters of the Holocaust: Never Forgetting What They Didn't Experience delves into the intergenerational transmission of trauma to the granddaughters of Holocaust survivors. Although members of this generation did not endure the horrors of the Holocaust directly, they absorbed the experiences of both their parents and grandparents. Ten women participated in psychoanalytic interviews about their inheritance of Holocaust knowledge and memory, and their responses to this legacy. These women provided startling evidence for the embodiment of Holocaust residue in the ways they approached...
Granddaughters of the Holocaust: Never Forgetting What They Didn't Experience delves into the intergenerational transmission of trauma to the granddau...
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The Life of Glückel of Hameln: A Memoir
ISBN: 9780827609433 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gluckel of Hameln was a marvel of her time: an accomplished businesswoman as well as the mother of twelve. Devastated by the death of her beloved husband in 1689, she proceeded to write the riveting memoir that would become a timeless classic, revealing much about Jewish life in seventeenth-century Germany. This volume also features an introduction by translator Beth-Zion Abrahams that provides a fuller background of the author's life and tells how Gluckel came to write the memoir that would provide insight for centuries to come into Jewish, European, and women's history. Gluckel (1646-1724)...
Gluckel of Hameln was a marvel of her time: an accomplished businesswoman as well as the mother of twelve. Devastated by the death of her beloved husb...
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81,19 zł |