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This volume in the series Documentary History of the Jews in Italy illustrates the history of the Jews in Sicily from 1458 to 1477. It is the sequel to the first five volumes and covers the events during the rule of King John. Although John continued the policies of his father Alphonso towards the Jews of the island, there is a distinct deterioration in their position during his times. After years of incitement by the members of the Mendicant Orders, anti-Jewish riots broke out in various parts of the Sicily. The worst of them was the massacre in Modica in 1474. During that period the Jewish minority of Sicily continued to flourish economically and socially. Nearly a thousand documents, many of them published here for the first time, record the fortunes of the Jews and their relationships with the authorities and their Christian neighbours. Much new information has come to light, and many facets of Jewish life in Sicily have been uncovered. The abundance of historical records in the archives of the Crown and of local authorities compares favourably with the relative scarcity of surviving documentation in earlier centuries. Therefore, again, many documents had to be reported in summary form. The volume is provided with additional bibliography and indexes, while the introduction has been relegated to the end of the series on the Jews of the island.
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Xavier Radek is een in Basel woonachtige, geassimileerde niet-joodse jongeman met een missie: hij wil meer weten over het lijden van de joden. Daarom besluit hij de 'vijanden van het geluk' te gaan troosten. Zijn grootvader was een nazi die het handwerk van de dood nog verstond. Zijn vader is een bekende architect, met een voorliefde voor massagesalons. En dan zijn moeder: een hartstochtelijke vrouw die een aquarellerende dictator die zeventig jaar geleden actief was consequent aanduidt als 'Je-weet-wel-wie'. Hoewel zijn ouders Xaviers gedrag afdoen als puberale stoornis, raakt hij bevriend met Awromele, zoon van een rabbijn, die hem adviseert Jiddische lessen te nemen en zich te laten besnijden. Na een problematische besnijdenis raakt Xavier volledig overtuigd van zijn messianistische aspiraties: hij gaat schilderen om te troosten en vertrekt met Awromele naar het Venetië van het Noorden, alwaar hij zich aanmeldt bij de Rietveld Academie, terwijl Awromele werk vindt als vakkenvuller bij Albert Heijn.
Dutch literature --- #A0504G --- Jews --- Jews - Fiction
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This magisterial work chronicles the 350-year history of the Jewish religion in America. Tracing American Judaism from its origins in the colonial era through the present day, Jonathan Sarna explores the ways in which Judaism adapted in this new context. How did American culture-predominantly Protestant and overwhelmingly capitalist-affect Jewish religion and culture? And how did American Jews shape their own communities and faith in the new world?Jonathan Sarna, a preeminent scholar of American Judaism, tells the story of individuals struggling to remain Jewish while also becoming American. He offers a dynamic and timely history of assimilation and revitalization, of faith lost and faith regained.The first comprehensive history of American Judaism in over fifty years, this book is both a celebration of 350 years of Jewish life in America and essential reading for anyone interested in American religion and life.
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Jews --- French literature --- France
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