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Gershom Scholem in Deutschland Zwischen Seelenverwandtschaft und Sprachlosigkeit Hrsg. v. Gerold Necker, Elke Morlok u. Matthias Morgenstern Die Biographie des in Berlin geborenen und ab 1923 in Jerusalem lebenden Kabbala-Forschers... more
The article discusses the idea of Europe within a section of European Jewry. My aim is to investigate the relationship between the Jewish identity and the perception of Europe through two interpretative guideline: Edgar Morin’s cultural... more
Michael Levi Rodkinson (1845–1904) was a journalist, author, and publisher whose literary projects spanned numerous countries and continents. Hero to some and scoundrel to others, Rodkinson was a polemical figure whose beliefs underwent... more
Ludo Abicht (Université d'Anvers) a publié quatre ouvrages (en Néerlandais) sur la vie juive: "De Joden van Antwerpen", "Mensen in Israël en Palestina", "Humor, Vrijheid en Wijsheid bij de Joden", "De Joden van België".
This article focuses on religion and change in relation to music. Its starting point is the argument that music plays a central role as a driving force for religious change, as has recently been suggested by several researchers of... more
The paper outlines the collecting efforts undertaken by the Jewish Community in Prague and its Museum during the period of 1942–45 as a form of systematic rescue, analyzes the collection’s postwar role, and examines its importance for the... more
A workshop bringing together scholars interested in exploring the potential of the transnational turn for American Jewish studies
http://iijg.org/maps-of-jewish-communities/ "These maps have been created for the International Institute for Jewish Genealogy by Sandra Crystall based on the research of Laurence Leitenberg (La population juive des villes d’Europe.... more