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Biblical story; --- Jewish life and customs.

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Hans and Rahel Liebeschütz were a German-Jewish scientific couple. Both grew up in Hamburg during the German Empire and began their scientific careers in the Weimar Republic. Rahel Liebeschütz was the first woman to habilitate at the Medical Faculty of the University of Hamburg. Hans Liebeschütz was a historian and habilitated in Medieval Latin philology in 1929. The transfer of power to the National Socialists meant the end of their academic careers. Nevertheless, they remained in Hamburg until 1938 and experienced with their three children the increasing disenfranchisement of Jews. It was not until 1938/1939 that they emigrated to England, where they remained after the end of the war. Their impressive career and difficult life in the "Third Reich" and in exile are traced from archival and personal sources.

Antisemitism --- Biography --- University history --- Jewish life --- History 20th century

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Taking Stock is a collection of lively, original essays that explore the cultures of enumeration that permeate contemporary and modern Jewish life. Speaking to the profound cultural investment in quantified forms of knowledge and representation--whether discussing the Holocaust or counting the numbers of Israeli and American Jews--these essays reveal a social life of Jewish numbers. As they trace the uses of numerical frameworks, they portray how Jews define, negotiate, and enact matters of Jewish collectivity. The contributors offer productive perspectives into ubiquitous yet often overlooked aspects of the modern Jewish experience.

Counting. --- Jews --- Jewish life --- Counting books --- Arithmetic --- Social life and customs. --- Customs --- Ritual

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"Die Stadt Frankfurt nimmt in der deutsch-jüdischen Geschichte einen einzigartigen Platz ein. Ihre Geschichte wurde--wie die wohl keiner anderen Stadt in Deutschland--geprägt durch ihre jüdischen Bürgerinnen und Bürger. Diese hatten einen wesentlichen Anteil daran, dass Frankfurt zu einer der bedeutendsten Metropolen Deutschlands aufstieg. Frankfurt war aber auch die erste Stadt in Deutschland, die Juden zwang, in einem Ghetto zu leben, und eine der letzten, die diesen Zwang aufhob. Von den etwa 30.000 Juden, die 1933 in Frankfurt lebten, haben nur etwas mehr als 100 den Nationalsozialismus in der Stadt überlebt. Tausende wurden in den Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslagern ermordet, viele weitere mussten fliehen. Der Band widmet sich der Geschichte der Juden in Frankfurt von der Emanzipationszeit bis 1933 und untersucht Frankfurt als herausragendes Beispiel und als zentraler Ort für die deutsche und europäische jüdische Geschichte, für deren kulturelle, soziale und religiöse Entwicklung und für die Beziehungen zwischen Juden und Nichtjuden. Im Mittelpunkt steht dabei die Frage, wie sich Frankfurt zu einer so bedeutenden jüdischen Stadt entwickelt hat, aber auch wie es zu einem Ort der Ausgrenzung und Verfolgung wurde."--

Jews --- History. --- Germany --- Frankfurt am Main. --- Jewish life. --- antisemitism. --- urban history.

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Jewish custom and ritual, or their Hebrew equivalent, minhag, has intrigued rabbis and scholars for generations. The majority of the rabbinical works devoted to minhag primarily encompass lists of sources and reporting of old and new customs. Some have explored the historical development of the minhag. Here, Simcha Fishbane treats minhag from a socio-anthropological perspective. The Shtiebelization of Modern Jewry discusses the theory and model of minhagim using the Mishnah Berurah and the Arukh Hashulkhan, analyzes rabbinic texts concerned with custom, and describes current rituals from a socio-anthropological viewpoint, enabling both scholars and general readers to come to a better understanding of minhagim in Jewish culture.

Judaism --- Jews --- Worship (Judaism) --- Jewish life --- Minhagim --- Commandments (Judaism) --- Customs and practices. --- History --- Liturgy. --- Ritual --- Rituals --- Rites and ceremonies