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and a nationalist, who refused to compromise his radical political views. He advocated an “integral and cruel” form of Zionism, which called for an end to the Diaspora and the emigration of the Jewish ... people to Erets-Israel (Ungerfeld 1967; Yagar 1983, 18–34) . In many ways, he shared the Jewish-nationalist philosophy of publicist Jacob Klatzkin (1882–1948), Figure 1. Left to right: Abraham Schwadron
. He was also an expert in philosophy as one of Prof. Leo Strauss’s stellar students, whose mastery of the primary and secondary literature extended from classical Greek philosophy through medieval ... Hebrew philosophy up to general European philosophy (in its original Latin and subsequent vernacular forms). He mastered numerous languages and literatures, ancient and modern alike, in a inimitable
innovative juridical and political vocabulary that was developed to support the demand that the Jewish people as a whole would serve as successor to this heirless property. The emergence of the so-called ... of political Zionism from a few years earlier. Ascribing a dogmatic “negation of exile” attitude to a Jewish thinker who not only decided to live in the Diaspora, but also worked closely with Baron
World War, a period when political parties and labor unions were organized. In 1904, a mutual aid society, Arbeter-fareyn Kemfer [the Fighters’ Labor Union], started up, which included a library and a ... small theater troupe at its core. The library had its quarters at 27, rue des Ecouffes, in the heart of the Marais district. FOUNDING In 1922, immigrants of various political stripes—Communists
population shifts, demographic transformations, and political upheavals. In the 1950s the JPL in Montreal went from being a private library to a civic library. Zachary Baker discusses this transformation based ... receive answers on a broad range of topics including the survivor’s experiences before, after and during the war, or his attitudes and philosophy. Evaluation results show that most user questions can be
thematic order—starting from the Bible and its commentaries, to the Talmud, then prayer, philosophy, sermon, history, and science—a sort of ranking of Jewish lore from the explicitly divine message from the
organizational history and on documenting AIU schools that existed outside of France since 1860. It also documents the traditions of North African Jews, their efforts towards political and economic emancipation ... acquisition of Yiddish libraries of other political movements and the broadening of library users’ interests, this influence has died out. Today, the Medem Library remains committed to non-religious principles
: “curiosity, adventure, and hope”. I find the work of this “universalist spirit” as inspiring today as it must have been for the Jewish kids it was intended for during ever-darkening political times. The boy ... 1950: Addenda And Corrigenda,” Studies in Bibliography 59 ( 2015 ): 319 - 321 . doi: 10 .1353/sib. 2015 . 0002 . 2 Shoshana Persitz, an instrumental figure in the cultural, educational, and political
Europe. The Jewish possessions created a series of difficulties, diplomatic as well as economical and administrative. But as it soon turned out, first and foremost they created a political problem, deeply ... century, and it had impact on many different areas, including politics, psychology, sociology, ethics, philosophy, and religion. As such, it is not surprising to find that there is a great deal of Holocaust
. This is not unprecedented. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, one of the most highly-regarded reference works in its field today, includes a transparent process by which entries currently being ... to be about 200 Yiddish writers included, along with numerous actors and theatrical groups, literary and political movements, periodicals, and organizations. (The divisional editor for Yiddish
in this article as Elazar or the System). It covers its historical development, along with the philosophy behind it, reinforced by the role of the Jewish library community. Reasons for making changes ... suggested this change after polling librarians and users of the System. Notes (clarification): 620-]ewish Political Structure and Governance (2nd ed.) This section includes materials on Jewish National and
following each subsequent wave of emigration to Israel and elsewhere whenever political and/or economic disturbances occurred in Turkey, resulted in the small, homogeneous community that remains today, whose ... enterprise produced numerous books3—some four thousands of them according to his own account (Kırk Yıllık Kitapçı! 1936). His publications, beginning with Târih-i Siyasî (Political History) by Turkish
Hotel, as part of the panel "Library Col exampleof an extremistgroup is Louis lecting Policies: The Social, Political and Farrakhan's Nation of Islam. This 10,000HistoricalContext." memberorganization
a “double-edged observation” by the British essayist and political figure Joseph Addison: The Jews are so disseminated through all the trading Parts of the World that they are become the Instruments ... evolution of Jewish commercial, political, social, and religious life in the transatlantic world in which Addison lived” (p. 2). As the essays in this volume suggest, social and economic historians are likely
corrupting religious and political content and the potential cause of sinful behavior like viewing pornography. Nonetheless, we still find a balancing act being struck between the need to limit access and
society at large, have lost less political 'banalization' than today.... begging, not having a place to rest his throughthe deaths of countlesscompas Grossmanin her plain talk broughtall the emaciated body
stances, using marriage as well as work, the camp, while the text and expressions and responds with anger. Despite pithy education, and political action as a way are laced with hope. Jane Yolen's novel
and experience as a political organizer subsequently found new social and cultural outlets when he founded the Harry Friedman Society for Judaica Collectors and served on the Acquisitions Committee of
closely with Bernard Heller, a Visiting Professor of Jewish Ethics and the Philosophy of Religion, Henry Slonimsky, Professor of Ethics and Philosophy and later Dean of the school, and Harry Orlinsky
espousing a user-centered philosophy, works in the only multidisciplinary university in northern Israel. The library staff provides service to a multicultural student population of 18,000, including Jewish
