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Panelists for this session will be Hasia Diner, the Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg professor of American Jewish history at New York University; Gerald Gahima, a judge on the Bosnia War Crimes Panel and former vice president of the Supreme Court of Rwanda; Chuck Meyers, senior program associate of Facing History and Ourselves; and Kathleen Young, professor of anthropology at Western Washington University. Confronting Darfur, the third panel, will address the conflict in the Darfur region of the... (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Living for the 'gasp' Mar 9, 2008
The project, Sherman explained in a recent telephone interview, began as something of a millennium project, an attempt to sum up 100 years of Jewish history. "Originally I had planned it as a multicharacter play, but I became drawn to this one woman. And the other characters fell away.". (Globe and Mail)
Where is the lamb? Feb 25, 2008
This tremendous event in Jewish history is still celebrated today in the Feast of the Passover. Under the law given to Moses on Mt. Sinai, the Jews were instructed that when one sinned he was to bring an animal (a lamb) to the altar, place his hands on the animal s head while confessing his sin (thereby transferring the guilt to the sacrifice), and then slay the lamb. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
My history, our history (2/4) Feb 5, 2008
And as MSMS teacher Chuck Yarborough so eloquently put it, as he led us on a trip through history down Catfish Alley, along Martin Luther Drive South and on to Missionary Union Baptist Church and down Second Avenue North where the Penny-Savings Bank once stood I don't like to think of history as white history or African-American history or Jewish history. It's our history. (Columbus Commercial Dispatch, MS)
SOUL SURVIVORS Jan 13, 2008
January 13, 2008 -- The survival of the Sarajevo Haggadah is one of the marvels of modern Jewish history. In People of the Book," Geraldine Brooks uses fiction to re-imagine the amazing history of this illuminated 14th century Hebrew text, which survived the political and religious wars and upheavals that ravaged Europe and the Near East from the Middle Ages through the 20th century. Unfortunately, the novel doesn't live up to its inspiration. Brooks examines this strange, eventful history... (New York Post -- Opinions)
Exploring Jewish-America Jan 5, 2008
" Even when it falters, "The Jewish Americans" remains both informative and engaging. Most viewers, no matter how well acquainted they are with American Jewish history, are likely to learn things. You may already know about Hank Greenberg, the slugger for the Detroit Tigers in the 1930s, or Bess Myerson, the first Jewish Miss America (1945). But did you also know that it was a couple of Jewish kids in Cleveland who invented "Superman. " One of their amusingly twerpy voices is heard in the show.... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Jewish series mirrors American immigrant story Jan 4, 2008
His favorite segment in the whole series is part of Cleveland s Jewish history: the story of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, who created the Superman character. Two young guys, frustrated in their hopes and dreams, were reflecting on their own lives. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Last matzo factory on New York's Lower East Side moving out Dec 29, 2007
But in a sign of the times, the building will serve a dual purpose as an American Jewish history museum and a functioning synagogue. "After the 1980s, you got this continual increase of property values and rents and it just never stopped or went down again," said Clayton Patterson, a local preservationist. (Boston Globe)
More of this story Dec 28, 2007
Chronicling 350 years of Jewish history in America, deciding what to omit and what to include, is an ambitious undertaking. Jewish Americans seeks to illuminate the American story through comprehensive treatment of one immigrant group, whose impact on life here far outweighs its tiny size. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Experience an hour of medieval wonder in Germany Dec 12, 2007
The town is also known for its Jewish history, with Judaica in the Imperial City Museum; and Judengasse (Jews' Lane), a street billed as Germany's only intact ghetto from the Middle Ages. Perched high above the Tauber River, Rothenburg, offers stunning views, especially for those who climb atop its 20-foot-high covered wall to walk the circumference of the town, officially known as Rothenburg ob der Tauber. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Art & architecture offerings for the holidays Dec 12, 2007
So "Monuments" is a welcome backward look at 38 commemorative sites, from the Alamo, Statue of Liberty and Washington Monument to more obscure ones such as North Side-based artist Diane Samuels' "Luminous Manuscript" monument to Jewish history at New York's Center for Jewish History. The introductory essay, which explores the meaning and purpose of memorials and monuments, is followed by one tracing their evolution from ancient pyramids and obelisks to the spontaneous and temporary memorials of... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Journeying to faith: Adults prepare for bar, bat mitzvah ceremony Saturday Dec 7, 2007
DuCloux said she worked in retail management for years and never found the time for the weekly lessons and study of Jewish history, liturgy, philosophy, rabbinic literature and theology required for her own bat mitzvah. "It wasn't that important to me at the time," she said. (North County Times)
Synagogue celebrates restoration Dec 4, 2007
While that lower floor will continue to function as an Orthodox synagogue, the building will now serve as a nonsectarian museum dedicated to American Jewish history and the history of the Lower East Side. The Museum at Eldridge Street will host programs about vaudeville music, Yiddish literature, family history research and other topics. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Historic NYC Synagogue Is Reborn Dec 3, 2007
While that lower floor will continue to function as an Orthodox synagogue, the building will now serve as a nonsectarian museum dedicated to American Jewish history and the history of the Lower East Side. Barry Yood, a retired health administrator whose great-grandfather served as Eldridge Street's rabbi, said he was looking forward to being a docent at the new museum. (CBS News -- US)
U.S. Jewish population isn't declining Dec 1, 2007
Jewish summer camps, schools, charities and Web sites form a network of institutions that has no equal in all of Jewish history. The myth of the disappearing Jew can be traced in large measure to a single, well-publicized study recording 5. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Karkar: Partition of Palestine Nov 30, 2007
8] Israel Shahak, Jewish History, Jewish religion: The weight of 3000 years, Pluto Press, 1 December 1994. 9] 415. (Zmag.org)
Editor's mailbag: Let’s help delivery people Nov 28, 2007
- - This comes AFTER 2 years of studying Hebrew, Jewish history, scriptures, etc. - - Isaiah also mentions that one MUST observe Sabbath. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
* Police, 'anti-fascists' block planned neo-Nazi march Nov 12, 2007
"We came here to show our support for the Czech Jewish community, why we're against all these anti-Semites and neo-Nazis. They're picking a very holy day, a very sad day in Jewish history and we felt we need to support the Czech community against anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism." ... "They're picking a very holy day, a very sad day in Jewish history and we felt we need to support the Czech community against anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism," Silverman said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Neo-Nazis Clash With Prague Protesters Nov 11, 2007
"They're picking a very holy day, a very sad day in Jewish history and we fell we need to support the Czech community against anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism.". MMVII The Associated Press. (CBS News)
Young blades for hire Nov 3, 2007 R.B. Kitaj, 74; paintings conveyed historical, literary themes Oct 25, 2007 Claude Miller's 'Un Secret': A Jewish history lost and found in France Oct 25, 2007 Professor discusses anti-Semitism Oct 21, 2007 Israel: Archeology and the Propaganda War of Lies Oct 16, 2007 Ann Coulter Wants Jews to Become Christian -- So What? Oct 16, 2007 Around Town Sept. 26 -- Neighbors take care of trash employees Oct 2, 2007 UPDATED: Governor Rendell's Public Schedule, Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2007 Sep 29, 2007 The books that changed our lives Sep 26, 2007 Buch: Israel's Ethnic Cleansing Sep 25, 2007 Judith Zucker, 73; shared knowledge of Jewish history Sep 13, 2007 Holocaust Survivor Will Recall Treblinka Escape in Kent Talk Sep 7, 2007 Barcelona - Capital of Catalonia Sep 4, 2007 For longtime ADL leader, a rare reversal of course Aug 22, 2007 Museum pursues state's vanishing Jewish history Aug 16, 2007 With passion for Israel, he labors to unify God's chosen people Aug 15, 2007 Himmler's neice confronts nation's conscience in family history Aug 15, 2007 Gary Sredzienski is not just the polka guy Aug 14, 2007 Chris Schwarz, 59; photographer who honored Polish Jewry Aug 12, 2007 Hebron settlers evicted Aug 9, 2007 Squatters Refuse to Leave Hebron Aug 7, 2007 In conversation with heroine’ Elaine Rembrandt Aug 3, 2007 Jewish History Simplified Aug 3, 2007 Synagogues on LI merging to survive Jul 29, 2007 Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine, 79; founded Humanistic Judaism Jul 26, 2007 Vilnius Capital of Lithuania Jul 18, 2007 Chicago in the News Jul 14, 2007 My search for the Ark of the Covenant Jul 10, 2007 Vision Becomes Reality: Rabbi David Toledano, Popular Community and Spiritual Leader, Leads Efforts to Form New School - Ohr Letzion of Beverly Hills Jul 10, 2007 Wall Street Journal Weekend Edition Reports How Economic Decline and Political Turmoil Have Shaped Egypt Jun 30, 2007 Riga Capital of Latvia Jun 26, 2007 Seeking religious vote, presidential hopeful repeatedly credits 'Holy One' Jun 12, 2007 In N.H. town, a cultural widening Jun 11, 2007 Religious leaders urge against electing veteran politician as Israeli president Jun 11, 2007 Israelis ask what they have gained since Six-Day War Jun 11, 2007 Rabbi Armond Cohen, legendary Park Synagogue leader, was 97 Jun 9, 2007 Six Day War: West Bank Landownership a Charged Issue Jun 8, 2007 Vatican says it tried to save Jews from Nazis Jun 6, 2007 Mondoweiss, Chapter One Jun 5, 2007 College head to step down Jun 5, 2007 Dark Journey’ provides early view of Holocaust Jun 1, 2007 News from the pews May 26, 2007 Cantata Singers to offer a season of Kurt Weill May 25, 2007 The EJ: How good is it really? May 25, 2007 Holocaust Hero Faces Belated Celebrity May 16, 2007 Wilton denounces spate of anti-Semitic graffiti May 16, 2007 Heartache, in their own words May 13, 2007 'Tomb of Herod' found in the desert May 9, 2007 Herod: The Bible's biggest villain May 9, 2007 Weisberg exhibition takes the long view May 7, 2007 DANIEL SOKATCH and DAVID N. MYERS: 'Never again' should apply to Armenians, too May 3, 2007 Gulf of perceptionCompeting narratives leave no room for Israeli-Arab tolerance May 3, 2007 Lawsuit to settle dispute over religious references May 2, 2007 Op-Ed: 'Never again' for Armenians, too May 1, 2007 Best of Berlin Apr 30, 2007 A troubled exodus Apr 27, 2007 Taking a Kew from his old neighborhood Apr 26, 2007 'Goldilocks' faith serves lukewarm mush Apr 25, 2007 'Golda' personifies strength, heart of Israel Apr 25, 2007 First steps of statehood Apr 24, 2007 The Story of Esther Apr 20, 2007 Could the fortress of Masada fall again? Apr 16, 2007 Israel Observes Holocaust Memorial Amid Row With Vatican Apr 16, 2007 Films ease difficulty of telling tales of sorrow Apr 15, 2007 Four Chicago faculty members are named Guggenheim fellows Apr 13, 2007
Christopher Tayler sets off in pursuit of Michael Chabon's tale of 10th-century Jewish adventurers, Gentlemen of the Road. Saturday November 3, 2007. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Nauman lights up exhibition at Warhol Oct 31, 2007
Samuel's "Luminous Manuscript," permanently installed in 2004 at the Center for Jewish History, New York, is among 38 sites and/or commemorations in the book. Others include the Statue of Liberty, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, The Alamo, and 9/11 temporary memorials. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Mr. Kitaj often made wild use of collage, fragmentary design, and bright colors, along with a thematic concern with modern Jewish history, particularly the Holocaust. His art highlighted historical and social commentary and obscure literary references. (Boston Globe)
Claude Miller's 'Un Secret': A Jewish history lost and found in France - International Herald Tribune ... Claude Miller's 'Un Secret': A Jewish history lost and found in France. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Paula Hyman, a professor of Modern Jewish History at Yale University and the president of the American Academy of Jewish Research, lectured in "Anti-Semitism, Gender and Jewish Identity in Europe" at Drayton Hall. The lecture, part of the Solomon Tenenbaum Lectureship in Jewish Studies, focused on the pervasiveness of European stereotypes of the Jewish male and female in the 1890's and 1900's. (Gamecock Online, SC)
Tissue of Lies: Archeology and the Propaganda War Against Israel - HUMAN EVENTS. In one of those ironies of questionable scholarship, just as a battle over a Barnard scholar s book about Israeli archeology had inflamed her application for tenure, heavy equipment was tearing away at the ancient crown of Jerusalem s 36-acre Temple Mount, Judaism s holiest site. (Human Events Online)
I say this as a committed Jew, a religious Jew, a Jewish writer and lecturer, a past college instructor in Jewish history, co-author of a widely read book on anti-Semitism, recipient of the American Jewish Press Association's Prize for Excellence in Jewish Commentary, instructor in Torah at the American Jewish University, and a man who has fought anti-Semitism all his life ... I say this as a committed Jew, a religious Jew, a Jewish writer and lecturer, a past college instructor in Jewish... (Townhall.com)
Gabrielle is one of 16 interns this semester who will learn how to teach 20th-century Jewish history and the Holocaust to young people. The daughter of Lorie and the late David DiLorenzo, Gabrielle is studying liberal arts with concentrations in anthropology, psychology and history at Hofstra University. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is Governor Rendell's public schedule, Sept. 29 to Oct. 1, 2007: Sept. 29, 2007 No public schedule Sept. 30, 2007 11:00 a.m. -- Governor Rendell to attend National Museum of American Jewish History groundbreaking ceremony and reception Independence Visitors Center, 2nd floor 6th and Market Streets Philadelphia 12:00 p.m. -- Governor Rendell to attend Puerto Rican Day Parade Parade Starts 21st and the Parkway Philadelphia October 1, 2007 No public... (PR Newswire)
The book, Brothers, by the late Bernice Rubens, was a fictional trawl through Jewish history, beginning with the build up to the pogroms in the late 1800s. It followed the fate of two brothers named Bindel, and their descendants, in order to question how certain groups of people become oppressed. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Something like that already happened in the Jewish history, some 1940 years ago - see the "The Jewish War", by Josephus Flavius. And just like in those days, most of Israeli public does not realize, that they are being dragged to disaster by their own leaders. (Zmag.org)
Today's Globe Local Politics Opinion Magazine Education NECN Special reports Obituaries. In 1944, when she was 10 years old, Judith Clara (Balassa) Zucker was among a group of 50 people, led by her father, who escaped the Nazi threat in their Slovak town by hiding in the Tatra Mountains. (Boston Globe)
Three hundred years of Jewish history in the town had ended. Mr. Weinstein, his brother, Israel, and his mother were among those rounded up in the first wave of deportation. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Sandy beaches, fine food, La Rambla, Gothic Quarter, Roman walls, Jewish History and the architecture of Antonio Gaudi i Cornet - Barcelona offers all this and more. At the heart of Barcelona is Pla;a de Catalunya and most of Barcelona's main attractions are located within a twenty minute walk or a short ride by bus or subway. (Suite101.com)
His style has also molded the ADL. Foxman's approach was to use the kind of discipline more often seen in the military than in a nonprofit organization, said Jonathan Sarna, a professor of Jewish history at Brandeis University. But Foxman could not maintain his hold on the ADL's position as pressure mounted. (Boston Globe)
Preserving Museum pursues Georgia's vanishing Jewish history. By MARK DAVIS / mrdavis@ajc. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Throughout its existence, the Conference has played a key role in American and world Jewish history ... For him it summarized the polarity of Jewish history ... Hoenlein says that he is blessed to have a job that allows him to work for the things he cares most about and to help shape Jewish history in some measure. (WorldNetDaily)
"Every time he is asking more and I try to explain a little bit more, but you can't explain the whole story at once. He knows about Jewish history ... he knows about the mass murder already but he does not know the connection to my family.". Other coverage. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
A recent show focused on Jewish history. There's an annual one on yodeling. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
When he first arrived in Krakow from England in the early 1990s and wandered through Kazimierz, the city's Jewish quarter since medieval times, Mr. Schwarz "felt that the streets were saturated with centuries of Jewish history," he said in the BBC interview ... In keeping with a movement among Poles to revive the nation's Jewish cultural heritage, the museum also offers seminars on Jewish history, classes in Yiddish and Hebrew, and klezmer music concerts. (Boston Globe)
Noam Arnon, a spokesperson for the Hebron settlers, called yesterday's evacuation a "crime against justice and against Jewish history.". When the mayhem was over, other police stripped the apartments, putting furniture on moving vans and then dismantling walls, windows and doors to try to prevent a reoccupation. (Toronto Star)
"This is a crime against justice and against Jewish history," said Noam Arnon, a spokesman for the Hebron settlers. "I am sure we will return. Hebron has a long history and we will return.". (Fox News)
I immersed myself in Jewish history. I m astounded at the amazing stories about Jewish women whom most of us have never heard of, several of whom made their way into Courage and Commitment. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
He gives a good introduction to Jewish history and the progression of Jewish thought within Jewish society making every theory presented very clear and logical. (Suite101.com)
" Bubbling beneath the surface of demographic change are fundamental issues afflicting both movements. The Conservative movement, at one point the most powerful Jewish movement in the country, began to weaken in the late 1960s and early 1970s, according to Jonathan Sarna, an American Jewish history professor at Brandeis University. "Centrist religions in general in America declined as American society polarized," Sarna said. "Those in the left and the right grew, and those in the middle... (Newsday)
By Elaine Woo, Times Staff Writer July 26, 2007 Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine, who entered public life as "the Atheist Rabbi" more than 40 years ago when he founded Humanistic Judaism, a movement that celebrates Jewish history and culture without invoking God, has died. He was 79. (Los Angeles Times)
It s a very small space but for anyone studying Lithuania s Jewish history a visit here is vital. Pilgrimage to Paneriai. (Suite101.com)
the Harriet h E. Meyer Professor of Modern European Jewish History in History and the College, wrote a commentary on the long history of division between Israelis and Palestinians, as well as the divisions among the Jewish people of Israel and those between the Arab people of Gaza and the West Bank. Wasserstein noted in the article, published Sunday, June 17 in The Independent, that new, bold leadership on both Israeli and Palestinian sides is needed during the current state of affairs with... (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
The Ark of the Covenant is the most sacred artifact in Jewish history, and it also happens to be the centerpiece in one of the Indiana Jones movies. After securing my items in my hotel room, I set off to find the solid granite stelae, the impressive stones that are some of the few remains of the ancient kingdom 1,600 years ago. (Fremont Tribune, NE)
He later received a coveted spot in the world famous Ponovitz Yeshiva and was a student of the late a"h Chief Rabbi of the Yeshiva, Rabbi Menachem Man Shach. His wife, Sari Sharabani, also descends from a family with a long lineage of famous rabbis. Married in 1990, they lived in Jerusalem until 1996, when they moved to United States. Just after he got married, he entered the rabbinical college of Jerusalem, Hari Fishel Rabbinical Institute. Within three years, he passed all the required tests... (PR Newswire)
Now, an effort is underway to preserve Egypt's Jewish history as well as attract much-needed tourist dollars to the region. These days, Egypt is a pivotal U.S. ally, essential in the war on terrorism and Al-Qaida, and the second largest recipient of U.S. Foreign aid,'' writes Lucette Lagnado in this week's Weekend Edition. (Primezone Releases)
Riga s Jewish History. For Jewish visitors there are many painful reminders of Riga's history. (Suite101.com)
"There is nothing to be proud of in Jewish history.". Peres is Israel's longest-serving Knesset member. (WorldNetDaily)
New Hampshire was the last state to grant Jews and other non-Christians the right to hold elective office, in 1877, and has long held the reputation of being unfriendly to outsiders, with its homogenous population and conservative political bent, said Jonathan Sarna , a Brandeis University professor of American Jewish history. In recent years, New Hampshire has grown in population and become more diverse. (Boston Globe)
"There is nothing to be proud of in Jewish history.". Are you a representative of the media who would you like to interview the author of this story. (WorldNetDaily)
Israel, the right says, will never be like other countries both because of Jewish history and because the neighborhood is getting more threatening, not less, with radical Islam and a nuclear-ambitious Iran ... she said, "I made a decision that no way was I going to take myself out of that victorious progress of Jewish history.". (International Herald Tribune)
He was the author of All God s Children, Selected Readings of Zionism, Outline of Jewish History, Readings in Medieval Jewish Literature (with Saul G. Stillman), and numerous monographs and articles on Judaism, religion, psychiatry and contemporary Jewish affairs. He received honorary degrees from The JTS of America; Cleveland State University Law School; Baldwin-Wallace College; and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Living in the settlement means a daily connection to Jewish history, he says. "When my children walk down to school every day, they go down the hill and every day I think, 'Wow. This is amazing. My children are walking down the same rocks that Samuel the prophet walked on when he grew up in Shilo,'" Rubin says. (NPR)
If the Vatican has documents, lets see them, said Marcello Pezzetti, an expert on Rome Jewish history. These are such serious topics that more precise language should be used. (MSNBC -- International)
Then I began to focus, writing about things I thought about naturally: the Iraq disaster and my Jewishness, and on from that to recent Jewish history, the Jewish arrival in the American establishment in my generation, Zionism, neoconservatism, Israel, Palestine ... As I delved into these matters, I began going to Jewish lectures and devouring books about foreign policy and Jewish history ... Every night I looked forward to lying on the couch and opening another chapter on Jewish history. (The American Conservative)
Named after the Hebrew word for 100, Me'ah is a 100-hour certificate program in biblical studies and Jewish history that caters largely to an older population, Kott said. Baltimore Hebrew also needs to find a new location by 2010. (SunSpot.net)
Nonetheless, Journey s odd, dreamlike quality makes for a disturbing excursion into the heart of a sinister chapter in Jewish history. Terezin s Jews lived in cramped, unsanitary, conditions. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
What an ideal topic for a specialist in American Jewish history and culture, which Joyce Antler is. The Brandeis University professor analyzes her subject while exploring its ironic conflicts and enjoying the humor clinging to it. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Navok's piece will be paired with Weill's "Die Propheten," the fourth and final act of his musical pageant of Jewish history. That should make for an engrossing, if not particularly euphoric, event. (Boston Globe)
The entry on Cleveland is written by Jane Avner, formerly associate curator of Jewish history at The Western Reserve Historical Society. She knows her stuff. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Jewish history was a taboo in communist-run Poland, making Sendler an uncomfortable witness, says Michal Glowinski, 72, hidden as a boy by Sendler in a convent after his Jewish family escaped the ghetto in January 1943. They were reunited after the war. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
"We know through long experience in Jewish history that when violence is fantasized about and enacted in symbolic ways, this symbolic act can become all too real," Fish said. Copyright. (Stamford Advocate)
they found a perfect villain -- a Yankee and a funny-looking little Jew who was uptight and looked strange," Uhry said by phone from New York, the day before his new musical, "LoveMusik," opened on Broadway.The case, and the anti-Semitic furor that surrounded it, now stands as a watershed moment in American Jewish history, an event that helped lead to the founding of the Anti-Defamation League and the revitalization of the dormant Ku Klux Klan.But it was the relationship between Leo and Lucille... (Boston Globe)
Herod is revered as a major political figure in Jewish history ... While Herod the Great is best known for ordering the Massacre of the Innocents, the murder of newborns around Bethlehem shortly after the birth of Christ, he is also revered as a major political figure in Jewish history, responsible for the rebuilding of Jerusalem. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Kenneth Spiro, a modern American rabbi, defined him as "a madman who murdered his own family and a great many rabbis", but acknowledged that he was "also the greatest builder in Jewish history". Jona Lendering, a Dutch historian of the Holy Land, summed him up thus: "With building projects, the expansion of his territories, the establishment of a sound bureaucracy, and the development of economic resources, he did much for his country. However, many of his projects won him the bitter hatred of... (Independent)
The result, three years in the making, is "The Scroll," a mixed-media drawing combining autobiography with Jewish history and tradition. About 90 feet long, the work is anchored by three key themes related to major Jewish holidays: creation (or Passover), revelation (Shavuot) and redemption (Sukkot). (Los Angeles Times)
Sokatch is executive director of the Progressive Jewish Alliance and Myers teaches Jewish history at the University of California at Los Angeles. Share this story. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Does it matter that the Palestinian teenagers treat one of the pivotal events in Jewish history so casually ... Eyal Danon works on a project with Israeli Arabs documenting the Arab and Jewish history of Jaffa. (BBC News -- Africa)
"Special Providence: American Government," was rejected, but India history, Mexican history, Irish history and Jewish history were endorsed, ACSI noted. "In other words, defendants routinely approve courses which add viewpoints such as non-Christian religion, feminism, an ethnic preference, a political viewpoint, or multiculturalism, or that focus on religions such as Buddhism or Judaism, (and plaintiffs believe they should evenhandedly approve such courses), but disapprove courses which add... (WorldNetDaily)
DAVID N. MYERS teaches Jewish history at UCLA. May 1, 2007 THIS YEAR, Congress established April 15 as Holocaust Memorial Day, commemorating the Nazi genocide of European Jewry. Just nine days later, on April 24, Armenians throughout the world observed the commemoration of their great tragedy: the massacre of as many as 1. (Los Angeles Times)
Berlin's rich Jewish history is celebrated with Jewish Cultural Days, June 23-July 8 ... Be sure to visit the city's Jewish Museum, which traces German-Jewish history from the Roman Age through today. (Suite101.com)
Jewish history has made us especially sensitive to genocide. No one is being sent back to the inferno in Darfur. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
When "Last Stop Kew Gardens," Monday at 6 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., both with Jerry Springer and Robert Lieberman speaking, at the Center for Jewish History, 15 W. 16th St., Manhattan. Call 917-606-8200 or visit cjh. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Jonathan Sarna, professor of American Jewish history at Brandeis University, justified this new direction by suggesting that Conservative Judaism couldn't survive without it ... Jonathan Sarna, professor of American Jewish history at Brandeis University, justified this new direction by suggesting that Conservative Judaism couldn't survive without it. (Townhall.com)
Gibson's script interweaves the personal history of the Russian-born Golda Mabovitch and 20th century Jewish history -- though at times, they were one and the same. Moving around the sleek office where she is dealing with the crisis of 1973's Yom Kippur War, Meir also moves back and forth in time, recalling the pogroms of her early years in Russia, her transformation (once her family emigrated to Milwaukee) into a committed Zionist, her time as a young mother on a kibbutz in Palestine. (The Miami Herald)
Eban grew up in a Zionist environment, learning Hebrew, Jewish history and philosophy from an early age; he also edited a Zionist student magazine. His mother, who held both a day job and a night job, worked as a translator for the Jewish Agency, and inter alia translated the Balfour declaration into French and Russian. (Jerusalem Post, Israel)
Falk Wiesemann: Professor of Modern History at Heinrich Heine University (Germany), specialist in German Jewish history and folk art. (Suite101.com)
Others who toured the site this week agreed on the importance of Masada in Jewish history, but were less convinced that more money should be spent preserving it. "If you think about it, every footstep is laden with history. I was just saying to my daughter that our forefathers walked here, Herod walked here," said 51-year-old Aron Prys. (Globe and Mail -- International)
VOA News - Israel Observes Holocaust Memorial Amid Row With Vatican. A trusted source of newsand information since 1942. (Voice of America)
By drawing on a well-known story, the film tells the story of the Holocaust through a framework most children can understand, according to Lawrence Baron, Nasatir Professor of Modern Jewish History at San Diego State University. As part of the 2007 Holocaust Memorial Week at Oregon State University, Baron will visit Corvallis on Monday giving talks on how the Holocaust is portrayed in movies. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
This year s Chicago winners, who were selected from among 2,800 applicants from the United States and Canada, are Shadi Bartsch, the Ann L. nce B. Buttenwieser Professor in Classics and the College, Catherine Brekus, Associate Professor in the Divinity School, Fred Donner, Professor in Near Eastern Languages izations and the College, and Bernard Wasserstein, the Harriet h E. Meyer Professor of Modern European Jewish History in History and the College. The Chicago faculty members were chosen for... (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
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