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Humor is the most celebrated of all Jewish responses to modernity. In this book, Ruth Wisse evokes and applauds the genius of spontaneous Jewish joking--as well as the brilliance of comic masterworks by writers like Heinrich Heine, Sholem Aleichem, Isaac Babel, S. Y. Agnon, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and Philip Roth. At the same time, Wisse draws attention to the precarious conditions that call Jewish humor into being--and the price it may exact from its practitioners and audience. Wisse broadly traces modern Jewish humor around the world, teasing out its implications as she explores memorable and telling examples from German, Yiddish, English, Russian, and Hebrew. Among other topics, the book looks at how Jewish humor channeled Jewish learning and wordsmanship into new avenues of creativity, brought relief to liberal non-Jews in repressive societies, and enriched popular culture in the United States. Even as it invites readers to consider the pleasures and profits of Jewish humor, the book asks difficult but fascinating questions: Can the excess and extreme self-ridicule of Jewish humor go too far and backfire in the process? And is "leave 'em laughing" the wisest motto for a people that others have intended to sweep off the stage of history?
Jewish wit and humor --- History and criticism --- Jews --- Humor --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Semites --- Judaism --- History and criticism.
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How far can Jewish life in the South during Reconstruction (1863-1877) be described as German in a period of American Jewry traditionally referred to as 'German Jewish' in historiography? To what extent were Jewish immigrants in the South acculturated to Southern identity and customs? Anton Hieke discusses the experience of Jewish immigrants in the Reconstruction South as exemplified by Georgia and the Carolinas. The book critically explores the shifting identities of German Jewish immigrants, their impact on congregational life, and of their identity as 'Southerners'. The author draws from demographic data of six thousand individuals representing the complete identifiable Jewish minority in Georgia, South and North Carolina from 1860 to 1880. Reconstruction, it is concluded, has to be seen as a formative period for the region's Jewish congregations and Reform Judaism. The study challenges existing views that are claiming German Jews were setting the standard for Jewish life in this period and were perceived as distinct from Jews of another background. Rather Hieke arrives at a conclusion that takes into consideration the migratory movement between North and South.
Jews --- Judaism --- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) --- Regions & Countries - Americas --- History & Archaeology --- United States Local History --- History --- Identity --- History. --- Identity. --- Carpetbag rule (U.S. history, 1865-1877) --- Reconstruction (1865-1877) --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Religion --- Postwar reconstruction --- Religions --- Semites --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Carolina. --- Georgia. --- Integration. --- Jewish Immigration. --- USA.
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Just prior to the rise of Islam in the sixth century AD, southern Arabia was embroiled in a violent conflict between Christian Ethiopians and Jewish Arabs. Though little known today, this was an international war that involved both the Byzantine Empire, which had established Christian churches in Ethiopia, and the Sasanian Empire in Persia, which supported the Jews in what became a proxy war against its longtime foe Byzantium. Our knowledge of these events derives largely from an inscribed marble throne at the Ethiopian port of Adulis, meticulously described by a sixth-century Christian mercha
Jews --- Judaism --- Christianity and other religions --- History --- Relations --- Christianity --- Ḩimyar (Yemen) --- Arabian Peninsula --- Aksum (Kingdom) --- Red Sea Region --- 953.4 --- 953.4 Geschiedenis van Zuid-Arabië: Aden; Hadramaut --- Geschiedenis van Zuid-Arabië: Aden; Hadramaut --- Juifs --- Judaïsme --- Christianisme --- Histoire --- Ḩimyar (Yemen) --- Arabie (Péninsule) --- Aksoum (Royaume) --- Rouge, Région de la mer --- Religion --- Syncretism (Christianity) --- Religions --- Semites --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Axum (Kingdom) --- Ḥimyar (Yemen) --- History. --- Religion.
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Yiddish was the basic Ashkenazi vernacular in the early modern period. The vast majority of the population was not educated and Yiddish books were printed in order to assist them with keeping a solid Jewish life. Being a basically German language and never being a canonical language as Hebrew, Yiddish also functioned as a buffer language between the internal Ashkenazi Jewish culture and the culture of the environment. Studying the paratexts added to printed Yiddish books may teach us about roles of the printed Yiddish word in Ashkenazi society: contents and forms of books, their contextual framework within Ashkenazi culture, the world of Yiddish book producers on the one hand, and the envisaged readership on the other.
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das Generalgouvernement, der östliche Teil des deutsch besetzten Polen, war der zentrale Tatort des Holocaust. Hier lebten nach dem Überfall der Wehrmacht auf die Sowjetunion im Sommer 1941 etwa 2,3 Millionen Juden - meist unter katastrophalen Bedingungen in Gettos oder Zwangsarbeitslagern. Nach der Entscheidung, alle europäischen Juden zu töten, errichteten die deutschen Besatzer seit Anfang 1942 die vier Vernichtungslager der "Aktion Reinhardt", in deren Gaskammern bis Herbst 1943 fast sämtliche Bewohner der Gettos im Generalgouvernement sowie abertausende Juden aus dem übrigen Europa ermordet wurden. Der Band dokumentiert nicht nur Vorbereitung, Planung und Durchführung der Verbrechen, sondern auch den individuellen und kollektiven jüdischen Widerstand in Gettos und Lagern sowie die vielfältigen Reaktionen bei der polnischen Bevölkerung und im Ausland. Die Edition wird 16 zeitlich und territorial gegliederte Bände umfassen. Auf der Basis der Edition realisiert der Bayerische Rundfunk die dokumentarische Höredition "Die Quellen sprechen", die in Staffeln gesendet wird und unter www.die-quellen-sprechen.de nachzuhören ist.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) --- Jews --- Juifs --- Persecutions --- Judenverfolgung --- Judenvernichtung --- Geschichte 1933-1945. --- Geschichte 1939-1945. --- Europa --- Judenverfolgung. --- Judenvernichtung. --- Europa. --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Semites --- Judaism --- Catastrophe, Jewish (1939-1945) --- Destruction of the Jews (1939-1945) --- Extermination, Jewish (1939-1945) --- Holocaust, Nazi --- Ḥurban (1939-1945) --- Ḥurbn (1939-1945) --- Jewish Catastrophe (1939-1945) --- Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945) --- Nazi Holocaust --- Nazi persecution of Jews --- Shoʾah (1939-1945) --- Genocide --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Kindertransports (Rescue operations) --- Nazi persecution --- Atrocities --- Jewish resistance --- Holocaust, Nazi (Jewish Holocaust) --- Nazi Holocaust (Jewish Holocaust) --- Nazi persecution (1939-1945) --- E-books --- Ethnicity --- Poverty --- Destitution --- Wealth --- Basic needs --- Begging --- Poor --- Subsistence economy --- Ethnic identity --- Group identity --- Cultural fusion --- Multiculturalism --- Cultural pluralism --- Bohemia --- Böhmen --- Deutsches Reich --- German Reich --- Holocaust --- Jewish history --- Moravia --- Mähren --- National Socialism --- Nationalsozialismus --- Quellen --- jüdische Geschichte --- persecution of the Jews --- sources --- HISTORY / Holocaust --- Concentration camp --- Konzentrationslager --- Quelle --- Sources --- Todesmarsch --- death march --- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) --- KL Auschwitz --- Oświęcim (Concentration camp) --- Konzentrationslager Auschwitz --- Aousvits (Concentration camp) --- Aushvit︠s︡ (Concentration camp) --- Aušvic (Concentration camp) --- KZ Auschwitz --- Auschwitz I (Concentration camp) --- Concentration camp "Auschwitz" --- CC Auschwitz --- אוישוויץ --- אושוויץ --- אושוויץ (מחנה-ריכוז) --- מחנה אושווינצ׳ים --- Oshṿits (Concentration camp) --- Osvent︠s︡im (Concentration camp) --- Аушвіц (Concentration camp) --- Освенцим (Concentration camp) --- General Government. --- Holocaust. --- Jewish history. --- National Socialism. --- Persecution of the Jews. --- Poland. --- Sources.
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This volume contains the proceedings of the Italia Judaica Jubilee Conference, held at Tel Aviv University 3-5 January, 2010, on the occasion of the jubilee celebration of outstanding scholarship on the history of Italian Jewry. Established in 1960 by Professor Shlomo Simonsohn and scholars from Israel and other countries, the Italia Judaica Project has sponsored documentation and research and organized international conferences, including some as part of the Israeli-Italian cultural agreement. The conference records the success of the project, exploring a broad range of topics related to the culture and history of the Jews in Italy in the Middle Ages and early modern times, such as: Jewish community, economy, literature, medicine and science, and the Arts. This volume contains nineteen of the twenty-seven lectures presented at the conference, including such topics as “International Trade and Italian Jews at the Turn of the Middle Ages,” “The Angevins of Naples and the Jews,” and “Dante and the Literary Identity of Jews in Italy.” The conference was organized by the Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Centre at Tel Aviv University, in cooperation with the Fred W. Lessing Institute for European History and Civilization, the Cymbalista Jewish Heritage Centre, the Faculty of Jewish Studies and the Golda and Israel Koschitzky Department of Jewish History at Bar-Ilan University, and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura.
Jews --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Semites --- Judaism --- History --- Italy --- Italia --- Italian Republic (1946- ) --- Italianska republika --- Italʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Rėspublika --- Italie --- Italien --- Italii︠a︡ --- Italii︠a︡ Respublikasi --- Italiĭsʹka Respublika --- Itālija --- Itālijas Republika --- Italijos Respublika --- Italikē Dēmokratia --- Īṭāliyā --- Italiya Respublikasi --- It'allia --- It'allia Konghwaguk --- İtalya --- İtalya Cumhuriyeti --- Iṭalyah --- Iṭalye --- Itaria --- Itaria Kyōwakoku --- Jumhūrīyah al-Īṭālīyah --- Kgl. Italienische Regierung --- Königliche Italienische Regierung --- Laško --- Lýðveldið Ítalía --- Olasz Köztársaság --- Olaszország --- Regno d'Italia (1861-1946) --- Repubblica italiana (1946- ) --- Republiḳah ha-Iṭalḳit --- Włochy --- Yidali --- Yidali Gongheguo --- Ιταλική Δημοκρατία --- Ιταλία --- Итальянская Республика --- Италианска република --- Италия --- Италия Республикаси --- Італьянская Рэспубліка --- Італія --- Італійська Республіка --- איטאליע --- איטליה --- רפובליקה האיטלקית --- إيطاليا --- جمهورية الإيطالية --- イタリア --- イタリア共和国 --- 意大利 --- 意大利共和国 --- 이탈리아 --- 이탈리아 공화국 --- Sardinia (Italy) --- Ethnic relations
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