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Books on: jews

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Jews in the South

Book by Leonard Dinnerstein, Mary Dale Palsson; Louisiana State University Press, 1973

Subjects:

Jews--Southern States

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Jews in the South Jews in the South Edited by Leonard Dinnerstein and Mary Dale Palsson...75 Benjamin Kaplan Jews and Negro Slavery in the Old South, 1789-1865 89...
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Jews in Poland-Lithuania in the Eighteenth Century: A Genealogy of Modernity

Book by Gershon David Hundert; University of California Press, 2004

Subjects:

Hasidism--Europe, Eastern--History--18th Century, Jews--Lithuania--Economic Conditions--18th Century, Jews--Lithuania--History--18th Century, Jews--Lithuania--Social Conditions--18th Century, Jews--Poland--Economic Conditions--18th Century, Jews--Poland--History--18th Century, Jews--Poland--Social Conditions--18th Century, Lithuania--Ethnic Relations, Mysticism--Judaism--History--18th Century, Poland--Ethnic Relations

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

""Jews in Poland-Lithuania in the Eighteenth Century provides a wide-ranging synthesis of the current scholarship on Polish-Lithuanian Jewry. Gershon David Hundert's control of the secondary literature is magnificent: he incorporates the findings of over a century of research up to and including the ...
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""Jews in Poland-Lithuania in the Eighteenth Century provides a wide-ranging synthesis of the current scholarship on Polish-Lithuanian Jewry. Gershon David Hundert's control of the secondary literature is magnificent: he incorporates the findings of over a century of research up to and including the most recent works in every relevant language. Only a handful of scholars in the world today could approach this level of mastery."--Benjamin Nathans, author of "Beyond the Pale: The Jewish Encounter with Late Imperial Russia
"Gershon David Hundert's "Jews in Poland-Lithuania in the Eighteenth Century is likely to be viewed as the standard scholarly survey of the topic of 'classic' Polish Jewry for years to come."--Moshe Rosman, author of "Founder of Hasidism: A Quest for the Historical Ba'al Shem Tov
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Jews in America

Book by Hasia R. Diner; Oxford University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Jews--United States--History--Juvenile Literature, Judaism--United States--History--Juvenile Literature, United States--Ethnic Relations--Juvenile Literature

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Jews in America Hasia R. Diner OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Jews in America JON BUTLER HARRY S. STOUT GENERAL EDITORS Jews in America Hasia R. Diner OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS New York Oxford For my young...
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Jews and Arabs: Their Contacts through the Ages

Book by S. D. Goitein; Schocken Books, 1974

Subjects:

Jewish-Arab Relations--History, Jews--Islamic Empire

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

JEWS AND ARABS JEWS AND ARABS Their Contacts Through the Ages S. D. GOITEIN Revised...46 5. THE ACTUAL AND LEGAL POSITION OF THE JEWS UNDER ARABIC ISLAM 62 6. THE ECONOMIC...
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Jews and Gender in Liberation France

Book by K. H. Adler; Cambridge University Press, 2003

Subjects:

France--Ethnic Relations, France--History--1945-1958, France--History--German Occupation, 1940-1945, France--Social Conditions--20th Century, Jews--France--Social Conditions--20th Century, Women--France--Social Conditions--20th Century, World War, 1939-1945--Jews--France, World War, 1939-1945--Women--France

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Jews and Gender i 11 Liberation France ?. H. ?rDL?l?. This page intentionally left blank Jews and Gender in Liberation France This book takes a new...exponents were profoundly imbued with reductive beliefs about Jews and women that were familiar during Vichy. K. H. ADLER...

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Journal Articles on: jews

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Jews in China: A Dialogue in Slow-Motion

Journal article by Ho Wan-Li; Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Vol. 40, 2003

Subjects:

Confucianism--History, Confucianism--Research, Jews--Research, Judaism--History, Judaism--Research

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Jews in China: A Dialogue in Slow-Motion. by Ho Wan-Li...viable centuries-long syncretism. This essay examines the Jews of Kaifeng in China from the rise of their community in the...near demise. My focus will be to inquire whether the Chinese Jews did, in fact, live at peace with their Chinese neighbors...
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John Foxe and the Jews [*]

Journal article by Sharon Achinstein; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 54, 2001

Subjects:

English literature, 1485-1603 (English Renaissance period)--Religious aspects, Foxe, John--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jews in literature--16th century, Jews, British--16th century

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Literature, Entire Library

John Foxe and the Jews *. by SHARON ACHINSTEIN It is little known that John Foxes Book of Martyrs included stories of Jews. Contradictory and complex, Foxes writings on Jews show how a powerful writer conceived of the place of...
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The Vengeance of the Jews Was Stronger Than Their Avarice: Modern Historians and the Persian Conquest of Jerusalem in 614

Journal article by Elliott Horowitz; Jewish Social Studies, Vol. 4, 1998

Subjects:

Jews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

"The Vengeance of the Jews Was Stronger Than Their Avarice": Modern...Jerusalem in 614 Elliott Horowitz "The Jews are the mildest of men, passionately hostile...appearance in English that "Sartre has cut the Jews off from their past," and he alleged that...
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The Counseling Profession's Relationship to Jews and the Issues That Concern Them: More Than a Case of Selective Awareness

Journal article by Stephen G. Weinrach; Journal of Counseling and Development, Vol. 80, 2002

Subjects:

Antisemitism--Analysis, Counseling--Social aspects, Cross-cultural counseling--Practice, Jews--Psychology and mental health

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...counseling professions relationship to Jews and the issues that concern them: more...awareness. by Stephen G. Weinrach Jews, especially in America, by all outward...rooted, in part, in oppression, although Jews in twenty-first century America typically...
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Jews in the Fleury Playbook

Journal article by Theresa Tinkle; Comparative Drama, Vol. 38, 2004

Subjects:

Antisemitism--History, Jews--History, Manuscripts, Medieval--Criticism and interpretation, Medieval manuscripts--Criticism and interpretation, Religion and drama--Criticism and interpretation, Religious drama--Criticism and interpretation, The Fleury Playbook (Play)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

Jews in the Fleury Playbook. by Theresa Tinkle If the Saracens are to be detested ... how much more are the Jews to be execrated and hated who, utterly insensible to Christ...the Venerable (1) ... the quality of hostility against Jews cannot be determined by premises about Jews, for it is a...

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Magazine Articles on: jews

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Jews, Christians, and Civil Society

Magazine article by David Novak; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, February 2002

Subjects:

Christianity and other religions--Judaism, Christians--Social aspects, Civil society--Religious aspects, Jews--Social aspects, Religion--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Jews, Christians, and civil society. by David Novak...predicted the radical change in the relationship between Jews and Christians since Western civilization narrowly escaped...World War. Having narrowly escaped physical annihilation, Jews have had to look at the world surrounding us anew. There...
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Russian Jews and Post-Soviet Alternatives

Magazine article by Dmitry Shlapentokh; World and I, Vol. 15, April 2000

Subjects:

Antisemitism--Russia, Jewish persecution, Jews, Russian--Persecutions, Russian Jews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Russian Jews and Post-Soviet Alternatives. by Dmitry Shlapentokh...drawn the focus of the government. This is the case with Jews. Understanding the Russian elites approach to Jews and their position in society is important because it is...
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Jews and Compassionate Conservatism

Magazine article by Murray Friedman, Alan Mittleman; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, January 2002

Subjects:

Church and state--Social aspects, Conservatism--Social aspects, Jews--Political activity, Public policy (Law)--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Jews and compassionate conservatism by Murray Friedman...with intense criticism by various groups, but above all by Jews and Jewish organizations, many of whom worried that charitable...understand the motivations of those who voice them. American Jews, for their part, may need to reconsider their views on church-state...
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Jackson, the Jews, and the Democrats

Magazine article by Milton Himmelfarb, James Howard Meredith; National Review, Vol. 40, November 7, 1988

Subjects:

African American-Jewish relations, African Americans--International relations, Interfaith relations--International relations, Jackson, Jesse--Political activity, Jews in the United States--Political activity, Jews--International relations

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Jackson, the Jews, and the Democrats. by Milton Himmelfarb , James Howard Meredith...Exposing and uprooting anti-Semitism should be a major concern for Jews and non-Jews alike, but where should the concern be focused? On the Republicans-considering...
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Jews and Catholics: Beyond Apologies

Magazine article by David Novak; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, January 1999

Subjects:

Catholic Church--Relations with Judaism, Christians--Social aspects, Jews--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Jews and Catholics: Beyond Apologies. by David Novak...of the Churchs Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, and introduced by Pope John Paul II himself (see FT, May...extermination that resulted in the murder of six million Jews. The question must thus be raised on both sides: Just what...

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Newspaper Articles on: jews

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Russian Law Targets Jews and Christians Alike

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 3, 1997

Subjects:

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews, Yeltsin, Boris

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Russian law targets Jews and Christians alike The Union of Councils for Soviet Jews applauds your Oct. 1 editorial "In Russia, a question...documents current popular and official hatred of Jews. The fact that Moscows rabbis were afraid to...
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Jews for Jesus to Hit Streets of D.C. Evangelism Effort Stirring Debate

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 10, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Jews for Jesus to Hit Streets of D.C. Evangelism Effort Stirring...Julia Duin, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Dozens of evangelists with Jews for Jesus will hit the streets of Washington starting next...and college campuses aimed at the Washington areas 215,000 Jews. More than 600 people took an evangelism-training course...
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Iranian Jews Barely Hanging on under Hard-Liners

Newspaper article by Ben Barber; The Washington Times, August 9, 2000

Subjects:

Iran, Israel

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Iranian Jews barely hanging on under hard-liners...Iran - The convictions last month of 10 Jews who were accused of spying for Israel appears...survived in Iran for 2,500 years. Many of the Jews left in Iran are quietly preparing to sell...
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Messianic Jews Caught between Two Worlds

Newspaper article by Julia Duin; The Washington Times, April 26, 2000

Subjects:

Israel

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Messianic Jews caught between two worlds by Julia...Shelves lined with books like "Witnessing to Jews," and "You Bring the Bagels, Ill Bring the...Southern Baptist group. A son of Bulgarian Jews who immigrated to Israel in 1948, he converted...
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Jews for Jesus Criticizes Evangelicals; Pressure to Mute Gospel Cited

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 6, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Jews for Jesus Criticizes Evangelicals; Pressure to Mute Gospel...evangelism seem unacceptable," David Brickner, president of Jews for Jesus, wrote in a six-page letter titled "The War on...evangelistic efforts, I have never felt called to single out the Jews as Jews." Mr. Brickner wrote, "That comment ... is still...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: jews

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Jews

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

JEWS from Judah , traditionally, descendants of Judah, the...considerable debate. There were approximately 17.8 million Jews in the world in 1990, with 8 million in the Americas (of...many centuries before the Christian era. Under Ramses II the Jews were severely persecuted and, finally, Moses led them out...
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Jew's-Harp

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

JEWS-HARP or jews-harp, musical instrument of ancient lineage composed of a small metal...between the teeth and the metal tongue is plucked with the fingers. Each jews-harp can produce only one tone, the quality of which may be varied by...
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Anti-Semitism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...m, an ti , form of prejudice against Jews , ranging from antipathy to violent hatred...restrictions (see ghetto ). However, since Jews were generally restricted to the pursuit...Holocaust After the emancipation of the Jews, brought about by the Enlightenment of...
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Holocaust

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...of persecution and extermination of European Jews by Nazi Germany. Although anti-Semitism in Europe has a long history, persecution of German Jews began with Hitlers rise to power in 1933. Jews were disenfranchised, then terrorized in anti-Jewish...
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Judaism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...and practices and the way of life of the Jews . The term itself was first used by Hellenized Jews to describe their religious practice, but it...Alexander the Great once again brought the Jews into contact with new ideas, most significantly...

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