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UNINA9910456471003321 |
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Autore |
Holtz Barry W |
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Titolo |
Finding our way [[electronic resource] ] : Jewish texts and the lives we lead today / / Barry W. Holtz |
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Philadelphia, : Jewish Publication Society, 2005, c1990 |
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1-283-80577-4 |
0-8276-1026-2 |
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[2nd pbk. ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (286 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Jewish way of life |
Judaism - 20th century |
Tradition (Judaism) |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"With new study guide"--Cover. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-246) and index. |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface to the New Edition; Preface and Acknowledgments; Note to the Reader; Introduction; 1. Tradition; 2. Holy Living; 3. Being Serious; 4. God; 5. The Heart's Work; 6. The Circle of Community; 7. A World of Justice; 8. Holy Land; 9. Growing; Glossary; Notes; Index; Study Guide |
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The ancient rabbis believed that the world rests on three pillars: study, worship, and good deeds. It is said that the greatest of these is study, for it leads to the other two. But exactly how does the modern Jewish reader go about studying the Mishnah, Talmud, and Midrash-the great ancient and often hard-to-comprehend texts of our tradition? And how do we glean the great insights and wisdom from these sacred texts, which inspired our ancestors, and apply them to our modern lives? With guidance from renowned author and educator Barry Holtz, these ancient texts take on new meaning for us. He p |
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UNINA9910583363503321 |
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Autore |
Jeekel Hans |
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Inclusive transport : fighting involuntary transport disadvantages / / Hans Jeekel |
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Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : Elsevier, , [2019] |
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©2019 |
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0-12-813453-4 |
0-12-813452-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (239 pages) |
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Transportation - Planning |
People with disabilities - Transportation |
Transportation - Social aspects |
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Front Cover -- Inclusive Transport -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- A: Involuntary Transport Disadvantage -- 1 Setting the Scene: A World of Transport Disadvantages -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Four Examples -- 1.2.1 Escaping Hurricane Katrina -- 1.2.2 Job Seeking in Rotterdam South -- 1.2.3 Living in Peri-Urbanized Areas in France -- 1.2.4 Reaching Services in Melbourne -- 1.3 Transport Disadvantage as a Concept -- 1.4 History of the Concept of Transport Disadvantage -- 1.5 Unpacking the Central Problems -- 1.5.1 Voluntary or Involuntary? -- 1.5.2 Involuntary Transport Disadvantage -- 1.5.3 Social Capital, Social Networks, Social Disadvantage -- 1.5.4 Social Exclusion via Transport -- 1.5.5 Accessibility -- 1.6 A World of Frames -- 1.6.1 Poverty -- 1.6.2 Social Inequality -- 1.6.3 Social Justice -- 1.6.4 Social Sustainability -- 1.6.5 Social Practices -- 1.6.6 Lifestyle -- 1.6.7 Social Well-Being and Quality of Life -- 1.6.8 Too Many Unconnected Frames -- 1.7 A World of Measuring and Indicators -- 1.7.1 The Basis for Measuring Transport Disadvantage -- 1.7.2 Location-Based Accessibility Measures and Indicators -- 1.7.3 Person-Based Accessibility Measures and Indicators -- 1.7.4 Other Accessibility Measures and Indicators -- 1.7.5 Too Many Measures and Indicators -- |
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2 Transport Disadvantage in Practice: Geographical Perspectives -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Transport Disadvantage in Urban Areas -- 2.2.1 General Overview -- 2.2.2 Transport Disadvantage in the Urban Worlds of the OECD -- 2.2.3 Transport Disadvantage in OECD Urban Areas: Some Specific Problems -- 2.2.3.1 Spatial Mismatch -- 2.2.3.2 Food Deserts -- 2.2.3.3 Gentrification, Housing, and Transport Disadvantage -- 2.2.4 Transport Disadvantage in Cities in the Developing World -- 2.3 Transport Disadvantage in Suburban and Peri-Urban Areas -- 2.3.1 General Overview. |
2.3.2 Suburban Poverty and Transport Disadvantage -- 2.3.3 Suburbs and Transport Disadvantages: The Banlieu as an Example -- 2.3.4 From Suburbia to the Peri-Urban Areas -- 2.4 Transport Disadvantage in the Rural Areas -- 2.4.1 General Overview -- 2.4.2 Rural Mobility in Northern America: The Great Plains and Especially North Dakota -- 2.4.3 Rural Mobility in Western Europa: With a Focus on Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany) -- 2.4.4 Transport Disadvantage in the Rural Areas of the Developing World -- 2.5 Transport Disadvantages in Geographical Perspective: Some First Conclusions -- 3 Transport Disadvantages: Social and Societal Perspectives -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Transport Disadvantages for Specific Groups -- 3.2.1 Children and Adolescents -- 3.2.1.1 Children Until Age 12: Loss of Independent Mobility -- 3.2.1.1.1 State of Art and First Analysis -- 3.2.1.1.2 Discussing Fear, Anxiety, and Children's Mobility -- 3.2.1.1.3 Children's Perceptions and Conclusion -- 3.2.1.2 Adolescents (12-18): Feeling Stuck Near to Your Home Residence -- 3.2.2 Elderly -- 3.2.2.1 Mobility Patterns of the Elderly -- 3.2.2.2 Mobility Cultures of the Elderly -- 3.2.2.3 Two Specific Problems: Single Older Women Without Driving Licenses and Driving Cessation -- 3.2.2.3.1 Single Older Women -- 3.2.2.3.2 Driving Cessation -- 3.2.3 Disabled -- 3.2.3.1 Disabled People and Transport Disadvantage -- 3.2.3.2 Mobility and Disability -- 3.2.3.3 Expectations and Experiences -- 3.3 Two Transversal Themes -- 3.3.1 Poverty -- 3.3.1.1 Mobility and Poverty, the General Picture -- 3.3.1.2 Poverty, Affordability, and Car-Related Economic Stress -- 3.3.1.2.1 North America -- 3.3.1.2.2 Europe and Australia -- 3.3.1.2.3 In General -- 3.3.1.2.4 Crisis, Fuel Costs, and Mobility -- 3.3.1.3 Three Vulnerable Household Types: Ethnic Minority Households, Asylum Seekers, and Single-Parent Households. |
3.3.1.3.1 Ethnic Minority Households -- 3.3.1.3.2 Asylum Seekers and Refugees -- 3.3.1.3.3 Single-Parent Households -- 3.3.1.4 Mobility and Poverty in Latin America -- 3.3.2 Gender -- 3.3.2.1 Gender in Mobility: Patterns and Symbols -- 3.3.2.2 Decline or Stagnation in Gender Gaps -- 3.3.2.3 Transport Disadvantage and Stress Related to Gender -- 3.3.2.3.1 Temporary Transport Disadvantage -- 3.3.2.3.2 Stress Related to Complex Transport Patterns -- 3.3.2.3.3 Middle-Aged Single Households and Elements of Gender -- 3.4 Some Conclusions -- 3.4.1 About Accessibility of Services and Amenities -- 3.4.2 About Transport Disadvantage in Societal Perspective -- B: Toward Inclusive Transport -- 4 A Marginal Issue? -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 National Politicians and Policy Makers: Economic Growth as the Core -- 4.3 Urban Policies, Politicians, and planners: Liveability, Differentiation, and Innovative Themes -- 4.4 Transport Research and Transport Researchers: The Focus on Engineering and Traditional Economics -- 4.5 The Majority of Households: Subscribing to the Car Dependence Organization -- 4.5.1 General State of Art and Typology of Households -- 4.5.2 Subscribing to the Car Dependence Organization -- 4.6 The Business World: Resistance to Regime Change -- 4.7 The Result: Weak Alternatives and "Following Wisely" -- 4.7.1 Weak Alternatives -- 4.7.1.1 Public Transport -- 4.7.1.2 Technology Fix -- 4.7.1.3 Nudging |
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and Soft Measures -- 4.7.1.4 Messages From Academia -- 4.7.1.5 Lack of Voice of the Involuntary Transport Disadvantaged -- 4.7.1.6 To Conclude -- 4.7.2 "Following Wisely" -- 4.7.3 To Conclude -- 4.8 Mobility and Policies in the Developing World -- 4.8.1 The Generic Picture on Mobility Policies in Developing Countries -- 4.8.2 Experiences and Expectations on Three Continents -- 4.8.3 To Conclude. |
5 Fighting Involuntary Transport Disadvantages: The Pragmatic Solutions -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Accessibility Planning -- 5.2.1 The Start, 2001-03 -- 5.2.2 After a Decade: The House of Commons Inquiry, 2013 -- 5.2.3 The Main Barriers for Accessibility Planning -- 5.2.4 Difficult and Missing Dialogues: The Gaps Between Researchers and Practitioners -- 5.3 Routing, Timetabling, and Pricing of Public Transport -- 5.3.1 State of Art and Objectives on Public Transport -- 5.3.2 Looking at Public Transport Systems -- 5.3.3 (Re) Designing Public Transport: Routing, Timetabling, Pricing -- 5.4 The Public Transport Solutions in the More Rural Areas -- 5.4.1 The Situation on Public Transport: Budget Cuts, Investments, and Pragmatism -- 5.4.2 Demand Responsive Transport -- 5.4.3 Public Transport, Volunteers, and Community Action -- 5.4.4 Rural Public Transport Solutions in Perspective -- 5.5 Transport Solutions in More Urban Areas in Perspective -- 5.6 Smart Mobility and the Transport Disadvantaged -- 5.7 A Disappointing Picture -- 5.7.1 What Is Working, but... -- 5.7.2 What Is Not Working -- 5.7.3 New Visions, but... -- 5.7.4 The Last Resort -- 5.7.5 The Decision Makers -- 6 Towards Inclusive Transport: The Radical Approach -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Modern Society and Inclusive Transport -- 6.2.1 Characteristics of Modern Societies -- 6.2.2 Individualism and its Consequences -- 6.2.3 Segregation in Mobility Experiences, Lack of Trust and Social Cohesion -- 6.2.4 Neoliberal Landscapes and Perspectives for Inclusive Transport -- 6.3 Inclusive Transport and Sustainable Mobility -- 6.3.1 Reaching Global Warming Objectives in Surface Transport -- 6.3.2 Electric Vehicles as a "deus ex machina" -- 6.3.3 Pathways to Sustainable Mobility and Relation to Inclusive Transport. |
6.4 Insights on Global Warming, Car Dependence, Accessibility and Land Use: the Input from 12 Researchers from Four Countries -- 6.4.1 United Kingdom: David Banister, John Urry, and Greg Marsden -- 6.4.1.1 David Banister -- 6.4.1.2 John Urry -- 6.4.1.3 Greg Marsden -- 6.4.2 Germany -- Weert Canzler, Stephan Rammler, and Martin Lanzendorf -- 6.4.2.1 Weert Canzler -- 6.4.2.2 Stephan Rammler -- 6.4.2.3 Martin Lanzendorf -- 6.4.3 France: Jean Pierre Orfeuil, Sylvie Fol, Benjamin Motte Baumvol -- 6.4.3.1 Jean Pierre Orfeuil -- 6.4.3.2 Sylvie Fol -- 6.4.3.3 Benjamin Motte Baumvol -- 6.4.4 Australia -- Jeff Kenworthy, Corinne Mulley, Jago Dodson -- 6.4.4.1 Jeff Kenworthy -- 6.4.4.2 Corinne Mulley -- 6.4.4.3 Jago Dodson -- 6.4.5 The Challenges and Perspectives from the 12 Authors Or -- What Is the Common Denominator? -- 6.4.5.1 Current Situation on Mobility and Land Use, in Relation to Involuntary Transport Disadvantage, and Global Warming -- 6.4.5.1.1 The Connection Between the Insights of Mobility Researchers and the Creation of National Mobility Policies Is Lost -- 6.4.5.1.2 The Researchers are Negative on National Policies on Global Warming and Mobility Presented Thus Far and Ask for L... -- 6.4.5.1.3 Especially on the Perspectives for Poorer and Noncar Owning Households a Lack of Attention in Policy Circles Can ... -- 6.4.5.1.4 Mobility Researchers Have Presented in the Last Decade a Long List of Proposals and Solutions That Have Not Been ... -- 6.4.5.1.5 The Situation Seems Less Bad When Moving to Urban Governments, Here Some Reception of Insights Could Be Noted -- 6.4.5.1.6 All in All, When The Current |
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Situation Prevails, Researchers Paint for the Future of Mobility a Rather Gloomy Picture -- 6.4.5.2 Programme Toward the Future. |
6.4.5.2.1 Researchers Take Involuntary Transport Disadvantage and Car-Related Economic Stress Serious and Present a Spectru... |
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UNINA9910223633903321 |
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Titolo |
Campaigns & elections |
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[Washington, D.C.], : [Votenet Solutions, Inc., etc.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Political campaigns - United States |
Campaign management - United States |
Politics, Practical - United States |
Campagnes électorales - États-Unis |
Politique - États-Unis |
Campagnes électorales - Gestion - États-Unis |
89.57 political participation |
Campaign management |
Political campaigns |
Politics, Practical |
Verkiezingen |
Verkiezingscampagnes |
Periodicals. |
United States |
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Periodico |
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Note generali |
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"The magazine of political professionals." |
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