Enciclopedia Judaica Castellana
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 10,82 MB
Release : 1948
Category : Jews
ISBN :
Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora [3 volumes]
Author : M. Avrum Ehrlich
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1542 pages
File Size : 22,10 MB
Release : 2008-10-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1851098747
Book Description
This three-volume work is a cornerstone resource on the evolution and dynamics of the Jewish Diaspora as it played out around the world—from its beginnings to the present. Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture is the definitive resource on one of world history's most curious phenomenons, encompassing the communities, cultures, ethnicities, and experiences created by the Diaspora in every region of the world where Jews live or Jewish ancestry exists. The encyclopedia is organized in three volumes. The first includes 100 essays on the Jewish Diaspora experience, with coverage ranging from ethnography and demography to philosophy, history, music, and business. The second and third volumes feature hundreds of articles and essays on Diaspora regions, countries, cities, and other locations. With an editorial board of renowned Jewish scholars, and with an extraordinarily accomplished team of contributors, Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora captures the full scope of its subject like no other reference work before it.
Finding Our Fathers
Author : Dan Rottenberg
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 26,80 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780806311517
Book Description
In this work Dan Rottenberg shows how to successfully trace your Jewish family back for generations by probing the memories of living relatives; by examining marriage licenses, gravestones, ship passenger lists, naturalization records, birth and death certificates, and other public documents; and by looking for clues in family traditions and customs.
Sephardim
Author : Paloma Díaz-Mas
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 14,6 MB
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226144832
Book Description
Also examined. Authoritative and completely accessible, Sephardim will appeal to anyone interested in Spanish culture and Jewish civilization. Each chapter ends with a list of recommended reading, and the book includes an extensive bibliography of works in Spanish, French, and English. Fully updated by the author since its publication in Spanish, Sephardim also features notes by the translator that illuminate references which might otherwise be obscure to an.
A Guide to Jewish References in the Mexican Colonial Era, 1521-1821
Author : Seymour B. Liebman
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 49,27 MB
Release : 2015-09-30
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1512817678
Book Description
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Persistence and Flexibility
Author : Walter P. Zenner
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 35,40 MB
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1438424795
Book Description
Using a variety of anthropological approaches, the authors illustrate how the Jewish identity has persisted in the United States despite great subcultural variation and a wide range of adaptations. Within the various essays, attention is given to both mainstream Jews and to the Hasidim, Yemenites, Indian Sephardim, Soviet Emigres, and "Jews for Jesus." Institutions such as the family, the school, and the synagogue, are considered through techniques of participation/ observation and in archeological research. Persistence and Flexibility provides a means of viewing the Jewish community through the prism of key events, or rituals, and symbols.
Bibliographia Karaitica
Author : Barry Dov Walfish
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 892 pages
File Size : 37,54 MB
Release : 2010-12-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004214720
Book Description
Winner of the Association for Jewish Libraries 2012 Judaica Bibliography Award! This is the first comprehensive bibliography on the Karaites and Karaism. Including over 8,000 items in twenty languages, this bibliography, with its extensive annotations, thoroughly documents the present state of Karaite Studies and provides a solid foundation for future research. Special attention has been given to the organizational structure of the bibliography. A detailed table of contents and a complete set of indices enable the reader to easily navigate through the material. Translations of items from non-Western languages increase the bibliography’s utility for the English-speaking reader. Especially noteworthy are the listings of obscure eastern European publications and the analysis of many periodical publications which enable unprecedented access to this material. It is an essential reference tool for Karaite and Jewish Studies. ̋This is an essential guide to any serious study of Karaism or of medieval (and to a large extent, also modern) Jewry. ̋ Shaul Stampfer, Hebrew University of Jerusalem "Bibliographia Karaitica is a major reference work that will remain of great use for Jewish studies scholars working in many areas of specialization long into the future." Fred Astren, San Francisco State University
The Shengold Jewish Encyclopedia
Author : Mordecai Schreiber
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 24,74 MB
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1589797256
Book Description
First published in 1957, this one-volume source for everything Jewish has delighted and instructed several generations in the English-speaking Jewish world. Fully updated through 2007, it provides snapshots and in-depth entries on every important Jewish personality, place, concept, event and value in Israel, the United States, and all other parts of the world.
Sephardic Jews in America
Author : Aviva Ben-Ur
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 39,10 MB
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 0814725198
Book Description
A significant number of Sephardic Jews, tracing their remote origins to Spain and Portugal, immigrated to the United States from Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans from 1880 through the 1920s, joined by a smaller number of Mizrahi Jews arriving from Arab lands. Most Sephardim settled in New York, establishing the leading Judeo-Spanish community outside the Ottoman Empire. With their distinct languages, cultures, and rituals, Sephardim and Arab-speaking Mizrahim were not readily recognized as Jews by their Ashkenazic coreligionists. At the same time, they forged alliances outside Jewish circles with Hispanics and Arabs, with whom they shared significant cultural and linguistic ties. The failure among Ashkenazic Jews to recognize Sephardim and Mizrahim as fellow Jews continues today. More often than not, these Jewish communities are simply absent from portrayals of American Jewry. Drawing on primary sources such as the Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) press, archival documents, and oral histories, Sephardic Jews in America offers the first book-length academic treatment of their history in the United States, from 1654 to the present, focusing on the age of mass immigration.
Trauma, Memory and Identity in Five Jewish Novels from the Southern Cone
Author : Debora Cordeiro Rosa
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 22,95 MB
Release : 2012-04-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0739172980
Book Description
The Jewish presence in Latin America has produced a remarkable body of literature that gives voice to the fascinating experience of Jews in Latin American lands. This book explores how trauma and memory influence the formation of Jewish identity for the fictional Jewish characters of five novels written by Jewish authors born in the Southern Cone.
