JESHURUN

jĕshyooˈrən, in the Bible, affectionate name for Israel. It is also spelled Jesurun.

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books on: Jeshurun  - 263 results

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Persistence and Flexibility: Anthropological Perspectives on the American Jewish Experience
Book by Walter P. Zenner; State University of New York Press, 1988
Subjects: Immigrants--United States, Jews--United States--Identity, Jews--United States--Social Life And Customs, United States--Ethnic Relations
...Judaism. The original members of Bnai Jeshurun were predominantly Western Ashkenazim...Streets were deeded to Congregation Bnai Jeshurun see Figure 1 . Their temple building...lots in 1893. In 1924 Congregation Bnai Jeshurun built a new temple at 20th and South...
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A Modern Heretic and a Traditional Community: Mordecai M. Kaplan, Orthodoxy, and American Judaism
Book by Jeffrey S. Gurock, Jacob J. Schacter; Columbia University Press, 1997
Subjects: Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem--1881-, Orthodox Judaism--New York (State)--New York--Relations--Nontraditional Jews, Rabbis--United States--Biography, Reconstructionist Judaism
...Meetings of the Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, 1903 to 1927 hereafter KJ Minutes...1903 By-Laws of the Cong. Kehilath Jeshurun were printed in a separate pamphlet...of New York's Congregation B'nai Jeshurun from 1901 1906 and then, when the congregation...
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Saint Jerome's Hebrew Questions on Genesis
Book by Saint Jerome, Saint Robert Hayward; Clarendon Press, 1995
Subjects: Bible--O.T--Genesis--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc
...by a rare description of the Jews as Jeshurun, which LXX translated as beloved but...Field, ii. 519, on Isa. 44: 2 . Jeshurun occurs also in Deut. 33: 5 in the expression and He was king in Jeshurun: once more LXX translated as beloved...
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From Tradition to Commentary: Torah and Its Interpretation in the Midrash Sifre to Deuteronomy
Book by Steven D. Fraade; State University of New York Press, 1991
Subjects: Bible--O.T--Deuteronomy--Commentaries, Sifrei--Deuteronomy--Commentaries
...Gathered 346 A "He God became King in Jeshurun" Deut. 33:sa : When Israel are united...as it is said, "He became King in Jeshurun." When? "When the heads of the people...interpretation of "He became King in Jeshurun" : When the Patriarch appoints elders...
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Church and Synagogue Affiliation: Theory, Research, and Practice
Book by Amy L. Sales, Gary A. Tobin; Greenwood Press, 1995
Subjects: Church Membership--Study And Teaching, Synagogues--Membership--Study And Teaching
CHAPTER 10 Congregation Bnai Jeshurun: The Power of a Relevant Message Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer Bnai Jeshurun was the first Ashkenazic synagogue established...1984, the board of trustees of Bnai Jeshurun, hopeful the same congregational growth...
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journal articles on: Jeshurun  - 27 results

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The Path to Reform Judaism: An Examination of Religious Leadership in Cincinnati, 1841-1855
Journal article by Karla Goldman; American Jewish History, Vol. 90, 2002
Subjects: Church renewal--History, Jewish history--History, Jewish law, Jews--History, Leadership--Religious aspects, Religious reform--History, Synagogues--History
...last time, in the name of K. K. Bnai Jeshurun, that we despise you and your pretensions...569-572 (38.) "Congregation Bnai Jeshurun, Cincinnati," Occident 11:1 (April, 1853): 63-71. "Congregation Bnai Jeshurun, Cincinnati," Occident 11:3 (June...
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In God We Trust: Salaries and Income of American Orthodox Rabbis, 1881-1934
Journal article by Kimmy Caplan; American Jewish History, Vol. 86, 1998
Subjects: Orthodox Judaism--Officials and employees, Rabbis--Compensation and benefits
...an offer from congregation Kahal Adath Jeshurun in New York. The salary of the chosen...Minkovskys salary at congregation Kahal Adath Jeshurun in New York averaged $2,500 per year...Kaplan who served congregation Kehilath Jeshurun of Yorkville, New York, during the...
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The Architecture of the Bimah in American Synagogues: Framing the Ritual *
Journal article by Lee Shai Weissbach; American Jewish History, Vol. 91, 2003
Subjects: Synagogues--Design and construction
...speak (figure 9). At Clevelands Bnai Jeshurun, the Temple on the Heights, again a...of the Conservative congregation Adath Jeshurun in Philadelphia, for instance, the...the situation at the Conservative Adath Jeshurun synagogue in Louisville, a building...
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Malaysia: Fifty Years of Diplomacy
Journal article by Johan Saravanamuttu; Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 30, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Malaysia: Fifty Years of Diplomacy (Book)--Book reviews
...Saravanamuttu Malaysia: Fifty Years of Diplomacy. By Chandran Jeshurun. Kuala Lumpur: The Other Press, 2007. Hardcover: 458pp...changing tide of regionalism and globalization. Dr Chandran Jeshurun has written a book that stands out not only as an excellent...
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Lancelot Andrewes, Plagiarism, and Pedagogy at Hampton Court in 1606
Journal article by P. J. Klemp; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 77, 1998
Subjects: Andrewes, Lancelot--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Buckeridge, John--Conduct of life, Preaching--History, Sermons--Political aspects, United Kingdom--History, 1603-1714 (Stuarts)
...moves through this string of equivalences for the Hebrew "Jeshurun" or "the Upright One,"(17) he reaches the astounding...Bible (Oxford U. Press, 1991), Deuteronomy 32:15n. "Jeshurun" is a poetic name for Israel (Isaiah 44:1-2n). (18...
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magazine articles on: Jeshurun  - 17 results

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Torah and Incarnation: Torah Learning, Rabbi Meir Y. Soloveichik Explains, Bridges the Gap between Man and God
Magazine article by Rabbi Meir Y. Soloveichik; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, October 2010
Subjects: Existence of God--Comparative analysis, Jewish life--Management, Jewish way of life--Management, Judaism--Customs and practices, Judaism--Management, Torah scrolls--Interpretation and construction
...into an Eden as Jews return to the Torah, making it present in action and study. Israel communes with Gods infinite mind and lives in his eternity. Meir Y. Soloveichik is associate rabbi at Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun in New York.
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The American Synagogue Organ: a Brief Account: Part One: the Jacksonian Period to the Progressive Era
Magazine article by Sebastian Glück; The Tracker, Vol. 50, Summer 2006
...becomes "Beth Ahawah". If we couple this convolution with seemingly endless variant spellings, such as Bene Jeshrun, Bnai Jeshurun, and Bnai Yeshurun, it is difficult to know if listings are being duplicated, or whether one is overlooking important information...
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Segev, Khalidi Discuss Oslo, Intifadas
Magazine article; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. XX, February 2001
Subjects: History, International relations, Israel, Khalidi, Rashid, New York, NY, Peace, Politics, Segev, Tom
...INTIFADAS At a Nov. 18 event sponsored by New York Citys Upper West Side Jewish Community Center and the Congregation Bnai Jeshurun, author and Haaretz columnist Tom Segev and Professor Rashid Khalidi of the University of Chicago spoke on "The Road to Peace...
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The American Synagogue Organ: a Brief Account: Part Two: from the Great Fair to the Great War
Magazine article by Sebastian M. Glück; The Tracker, Vol. 55, Spring 2011
...structure, the Ernest M. Skinner Companys first organ for a synagogue was Opus 219," a threemanual instrument for Temple Bnai Jeshurun (Sons of Righteousness) in Newark, New Jersey. The contract as signed by Ernest M. Skinner on April ?, 1915, promised...
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God's First Love: The Theology of Michael Wyschogrod
Magazine article by Meir Y. Soloveichik; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, November 2009
Subjects: Divine love--Analysis, God--Analysis, God--Love, Judaism--Analysis, The Body of Faith (Nonfiction work)--Authorship, Theologians--Works, Wyschogrod, Michael--Works
...reject relativism on the one hand and instinctive anti-Christianity on the other, it is, I believe, Michael Wyschogrod who has shown us the way. MEIR Y. SOLOVEICHIK is Associate Rabbi at Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun in New York.
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newspaper articles on: Jeshurun  - 4 results

 
 
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A Call to All the Tribes of Israel; Elie Wiesel's 1968 Thanksgiving Speech Reinspired America's Jews
Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), November 25, 2010
Subjects: Wiesel, Elie
...on Thanksgiving Day 1968 at Kehilath Jeshurun, one of the largest Orthodox synagogues...grateful? Mr. Wiesel asked the Kehilath Jeshurun audience of 500-plus. Shall we be...Joseph Lookstein, wrote in the Kehilath Jeshurun newsletter, Elie Wiesel returned to...
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We Congratulate the University of Southern Queensland Graduands for 2010
Newspaper article; The Chronicle (Toowoomba, Australia), September 11, 2010
...Master of Health Ward, Raelene Marie Master of Information Technology (Professional) Brown, Peter Leslie; Chattumalla, Jeshurun Sundaram; Damacharla, Gautam; Gao, Xu; Guo, Zhi; Hibbert, Ivan Davidson; Kripa Baiju,; Madaka, Shivashankar Rao...
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1,672 Examinees Pass Licensure Test for Civil Engineering
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 28, 2008
...University of the Philippines-Los Banos, Lemuel Agie Garcia Sacan, Eastern Visayas State University (LIT)-Tacloban, and Jeshurun I. Dacules Severo, Carlos C. Hilado Memorial State College- Talisay, 98.95; Sandy Mae Aujero Gaspay, University of...
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Morris Gordon, 90, Rabbi, Counselor
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 29, 2005
...the Medal of Honor to him. After serving in the Army Air Forces, Mr. Gordon became the spiritual leader of Temple Adath Jeshurun in Minneapolis, where he befriended the citys young mayor - Hubert H. Humphrey. Mr. Humphrey went on to be elected a U...


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encyclopedia articles on: Jeshurun  - 2 results

 
 
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Jeshurun
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JESHURUN jeshyoo r n, in the Bible, affectionate name for Israel. It is also spelled Jesurun. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Jesurun
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JESURUN jesyoo r n, variant of Jeshurun . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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