Search Results - "Journal of modern Jewish studies"

UNESCO heritage, remembrance, and contemporary identity: festivities of Jewish culture in small towns in the Czech Republic by Skořepová, Zita

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Effigies, religion and reversals in the celebration of Purim by Cochin Jews by Weil, Shalva

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Attitudes of the Chilean Right toward Jews: from acceptable undesirables to respected businessmen: by Gustavo Guzman, Leiden, Brill, 2022, 300 pp., 25 Euro (ebook), ISBN 9789004521094 by Stern, Claudia

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The genesis of and internal tensions in the halakhic philosophy of Yeshayahu Leibowitz by Ackerman, Ari

“…The main focus of scholarship on Yeshayahu Leibowitz's philosophy and social criticism has been on his books and articles that were composed after his…”
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Midge and Esty: performing extraordinary Jewish womanhood in twenty-first century television by Slodounik, Rebekah

“…The two main characters in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017) and Unorthodox (2020), Midge and Esty, traverse, circumvent, and subvert norms of behaviour that…”
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King Zog and the Jews in Albania before World War II by Malaj, Visar

“…Ahmet Zog was the "King of the Albanians" from September 1928 until April 1939, when the country was invaded by fascist Italy. During his reign Albania…”
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In search of Zion: reconsidering the political category of Zionist utopias by Ragaù, Stefania

“…This article focuses on the so-called Zionist utopias in order to reconsider these unprecedented Jewish utopian novels, which arose in the late nineteenth…”
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Resonating repentance: selichot and the performance of Mizrahi identity in the Israeli public sphere by Wood, Abigail, Zentner, Naomi Cohn

“…The present article explores the revitalization of the Sephardi selichot (penitential prayers) custom in recent decades in Israel. From melodies that formed…”
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United we stand, divided we fall. Union organization and political activism among Jewish woodworkers in early-twentieth-century Buenos Aires by Koppmann, Walter L.

“…This article focuses on the formation of the working class in Argentina, specifically within the Jewish East-European sector of the furniture industry during…”
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Live chickens on the balcony and fish in the bathtub: private upkeep of Jewish traditions in the post-war Soviet Union by Prashizky, Anna

“…This article sheds light on the clandestine maintenance of Jewish traditions in the Soviet Union after World War II, focusing on Ashkenazi Jews in the European…”
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From ghetto to swamps? Lasting Nazi fake news about sending deported Jews to drain the Pripet Marshes by Łotysz, Sławomir

“…Beginning in October 1941, a rumour circulated in the occupied territories and in the press of the free world that Jews deported from the ghettos were being…”
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"A heart crushed into a thousand pieces, yet full of joy": the hybrid emotional ideal for approaching suffering and grief in the Hasidic commentary to the Zohar by Sachs- Shmueli, Leore

“…This study examines the Hasidic interpretation of the Zohar, focusing specifically on the genre of Hasidic commentaries to the Zohar. Hasidic interpreters…”
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Cartooning from the right: Israel's Religious Zionist cartoonists and the judicial overhaul by Reingold, Matt

“…Political cartoons are valuable cultural artifacts which not only capture moments in time but also offer the illustrator's insight into those moments. This…”
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Shadows of identity: the experience of Jewish soldiers in the Ukrainian military by Iermakov, Nadia, Stern, Nehemia, Ben-Shalom, Uzi

“…This article delves into the study of Jewish identity within the Ukrainian army, providing a detailed exploration of the experiences of soldiers with Jewish…”
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A Sephardic female odyssey: homecoming in Ruth Knafo Setton’s The Road to Fez by Belahrache, Chaimae, Barhoun, Brahim

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Dialogue and challenge: wildflowers in contemporary Israeli art mirrored in history by Marnin-Distelfeld, Shahar

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Anti-Zionism in the show trials in Rákosi era Hungary (1948–1953) by Szabó, Róbert Győri

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“Nothing anti-state was said”: jews and anti-semites in interwar Latvia through the eyes of the local security service, 1924–1940 by Falkov, Yaacov

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The Jews of Mosul and Ezra Laniado’s memorial by Attar, Dena

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Advertising occultism in the Jewish press in Poland by Glauber, Samuel

“…Press advertisements are a key source for the history of Jewish occultism in Eastern Europe. From the late nineteenth century, modern occult currents engaged…”
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