Art and the artist in the contemporary Israeli novel / / Joseph Lowin |
Autore | Lowin Joseph |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (195 pages) |
Disciplina | 296.0157 |
Soggetto topico | Jews - Social conditions |
Soggetto genere / forma | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
ISBN | 1-4985-0707-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910155148903321 |
Lowin Joseph | ||
Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Avengers and defenders : glimpses of Chicago's Jewish past / / Walter Roth |
Autore | Roth Walter |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, Illinois : , : Academy Chicago, , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina | 977.311004924 |
Soggetto topico |
Jews - Illinois - Chicago - History
Jews - Social conditions Jews - History - 1789-1945 Jews - History - 1945- |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-306-86564-6
0-89733-823-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I: Trouble in the City; 1: Jewish Connections to the Haymarket Bomb Tragedy; 2: The Peoria Street Riots of November 1949; 3: Meyer Levin and the Memorial Day Massacre of 1937; 4: Levy Mayer and the Iroquois Theatre Fire; 5: Frankie Foster: Did he Really Murder Jake Lingle?; Part II: Business in the City; 6: Albert Davis Lasker: ""The Father of Modern Advertising""; 7: Ernest Byfield: The Pump Room and the Pageant; 8: Williams S. Paley: Good Night, and Good Luck; 9: Elizabeth Stein, Photographer
10: Mail Order & Bungalows: Philanthropist Benjamin J. Rosenthal11: Demise of the Foreman-State Bank: Was it ""Shylock in Reverse""?; 12: Nelson Morris and the Stockyards; Part III: Culture in the City; Meyer Levin and the Kibbutz Buchenwald Diary; Isaac Rosenfeld: Humboldt Park's Troubled Literary ""Golden Boy""; Part IV: Science in the City; 15: Leo Strauss at the University of Chicago; 16: Martin D. Kamen: Science and Politics in the Nuclear Age; 17: From Berlin to Chicago: ""Lucky"" Molecular Biologist Gunther Stent; Part V: Avengers and Defenders 18: The Mexican Adventure of Paul Rothenberg19: Sholom Schwartzbard: The Avenger; 20: Julian M. Mack: Life in Chicago; 21: Judge Samuel Alschuler of the Seventh Court; 22: Terminiello vs. Chicago: The Free Speech Case; Part VI: Lovers of Zion; 23: Jabotinsky: The Zionist Leader and Ideological Forebear of Today's Likud Party Drew Attention Wherever He Went, Even During his Two Visits to Chicago; Part VII: Addenda: Author's Messages to the Chicago Jewish Historical Society 2003-2007; 24: Dr. Edward Hirsch Levi: The Greatest Lawyer of his Time 25: ""Is Jerusalem Burning?"" Myth, Memory and the Battle of Latrun26: Daniel Barenboim Workshop in the Middle East; 27: 1001 Afternoons in Chicago; 28: Eli Wiesel and Night; 29: Dr. Erika Fromm, Famed Psychologist; 30: Albert Einstein: The ""Undesirable Alien""; 31: Chicago Jewish Philanthropists; 32: A Three Generation Visit to Israel; 33: How to Kiss a Catholic Priest; 34: Hecht and Levin; 35: Aaron Director, University of Chicago Free Market Economist; 36: Italy 2005: Victory Celebration; 37: How the Son of Ulysses S. Grant Helped a Galtizianer; 38: A German-Jewish Dialogue |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463951503321 |
Roth Walter | ||
Chicago, Illinois : , : Academy Chicago, , 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Contemporary Jewry |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [New Brunswick, N.J.], : Association for the Sociological Study of Jewry |
Disciplina | 305 |
Soggetto topico |
Jews
Jews - Social conditions Żydzi |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Electronic journals.
Czasopismo historyczne Periodicals. |
ISSN | 1876-5165 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | CJ |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139174003321 |
[New Brunswick, N.J.], : Association for the Sociological Study of Jewry | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Contemporary Jewry |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [New Brunswick, N.J.], : Association for the Sociological Study of Jewry |
Disciplina | 305 |
Soggetto topico |
Jews
Jews - Social conditions Żydzi |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Electronic journals.
Czasopismo historyczne Periodicals. |
ISSN | 1876-5165 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | CJ |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996217486603316 |
[New Brunswick, N.J.], : Association for the Sociological Study of Jewry | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Contemporary Jewry |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [New Brunswick, N.J.], : Association for the Sociological Study of Jewry |
Disciplina | 305 |
Soggetto topico |
Jews
Jews - Social conditions Żydzi |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Czasopismo historyczne
Periodicals. |
ISSN | 1876-5165 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | CJ |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996354550403316 |
[New Brunswick, N.J.], : Association for the Sociological Study of Jewry | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Contemporary Jewry |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [New Brunswick, N.J.], : Association for the Sociological Study of Jewry |
Disciplina | 305 |
Soggetto topico |
Jews
Jews - Social conditions Żydzi Juifs |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Czasopismo historyczne
Periodicals. |
Soggetto non controllato | Middle East |
ISSN | 1876-5165 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | CJ |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910404757703321 |
[New Brunswick, N.J.], : Association for the Sociological Study of Jewry | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Created equal [[electronic resource] ] : how the Bible broke with ancient political thought / / Joshua A. Berman |
Autore | Berman Joshua |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina | 221.8/32 |
Soggetto topico |
Equality - Biblical teaching
Jews - Politics and government - To 70 A.D Jews - Social conditions |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-983240-4
1-283-03988-5 9786613039880 0-19-970550-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Egalitarian Theology: The Commoner's Upgrade from King's Servant to Servant King; 2. Egalitarian Politics: Constitution, Class, and the Book of Deuteronomy; 3. Egalitarianism and Assets: God the Economist; 4. Egalitarian Technology: Alphabet, Text, and Class; 5. Egalitarianism and the Evolution of Narrative: The Rescue of Moses (Exodus 2:1-10) and the Sargon Legend Compared; Conclusion: Egalitarianisms Ancient and Modern; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index of Scriptural References; Subject Index; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465278203321 |
Berman Joshua | ||
Oxford ; ; New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Created equal [[electronic resource] ] : how the Bible broke with ancient political thought / / Joshua A. Berman |
Autore | Berman Joshua |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | xiv, 249 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 221.8/32 |
Soggetto topico |
Equality - Biblical teaching
Jews - Politics and government - To 70 A.D Jews - Social conditions |
ISBN |
0-19-970550-X
0-19-983240-4 9786613039880 1-283-03988-5 0-19-987143-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795709603321 |
Berman Joshua | ||
Oxford ; ; New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Created equal [[electronic resource] ] : how the Bible broke with ancient political thought / / Joshua A. Berman |
Autore | Berman Joshua |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | xiv, 249 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 221.8/32 |
Soggetto topico |
Equality - Biblical teaching
Jews - Politics and government - To 70 A.D Jews - Social conditions |
ISBN |
0-19-970550-X
0-19-983240-4 9786613039880 1-283-03988-5 0-19-987143-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Egalitarian Theology: The Commoner's Upgrade from King's Servant to Servant King -- 2. Egalitarian Politics: Constitution, Class, and the Book of Deuteronomy -- 3. Egalitarianism and Assets: God the Economist -- 4. Egalitarian Technology: Alphabet, Text, and Class -- 5. Egalitarianism and the Evolution of Narrative: The Rescue of Moses (Exodus 2:1-10) and the Sargon Legend Compared -- Conclusion: Egalitarianisms Ancient and Modern -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index of Scriptural References -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823496803321 |
Berman Joshua | ||
Oxford ; ; New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Illuminating the path to vibrant American Jewish communities : linking data to policy / / Jacob B. Ukeles |
Autore | Ukeles Jacob B. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (300 pages) |
Disciplina | 909.04924 |
Collana | Studies of Jews in Society |
Soggetto topico |
Jews - Social life and customs
Jews - Social conditions Communities - Religious aspects - Judaism |
ISBN |
9783031076428
9783031076411 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Background -- The Importance of Local Communities -- Elements of a Vibrant Local Jewish Community -- Overview: What This Book Is About -- Definition of Key Terms -- Community -- Communal -- Policy -- Strategy -- Policy Issue -- Strategic Issue -- Strategic Options -- The Approach to Using Data to Improve Communal Policies -- Local Jewish Communal Decision-Making -- Case Studies in Local Jewish Community Policy Research -- Appendix -- Jewish Community Population Studies Conducted by Ukeles Associates, Inc., 1996-2014 -- Chapter 2: A Classification of American Jewish Communities -- Focus of This Chapter -- Other Typologies -- A Policy-Relevant Typology of American Jewish Communities -- First Dimension: Size -- Measuring Community Size: Units -- Measuring Community Size: the Number of Households -- Second Dimension: Region -- Third Dimension: The Percentage of Natives -- Building the Three-Dimensional Typology -- Appendices -- Appendix 1*: Size of Communities That Have Been the Subjects of Scientific Studies between 1993 and 2019 (Rank-Order by the Number of Jewish Households) -- Appendix 2: Communities That Have been the Subjects of Scientific Studies between 1993 and 2019, Classified by Region -- Appendix 3: Communities That Have Been the Subjects of Scientific Studies between 1993 and 2018, Classified by Percentage of Native-Born -- Chapter 3: Porous Boundaries and Borderland Jews -- Focus of This Chapter -- Widespread Disagreement About Who Is Jewish -- People in the Borderland: Living on the Jewish-Non-Jewish Boundary -- Measuring the Size of the Partly Jewish Cohort: 1997-2010 -- The Size of the Partly Jewish Cohort: 1997-2010 -- The Transition from a Volunteered Response to an Explicit Survey Option -- The Size of the Partly Jewish Cohort: 2011-2014.
The Composition of the Borderland Cohort -- Understanding the Complexity of the Borderland -- Who Are the Partly Jewish? -- A Voice from a Partly Jewish Family -- Strategies: Turn Porous Boundaries into a Communal Asset and Ensure That Inclusion of Borderland Jews Is on the Communal Agenda -- Issue: Communal Posture Toward the Porosity of Jewish Community Boundaries -- Options -- Issue: The Communal Posture Toward Borderland Jews -- Options -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Intermarriage -- Focus of This Chapter -- The Debates About Intermarriage -- Intermarriage Is an American Jewish Reality -- Differences Among Intermarriage Rates in Different Communities -- Differences Among Intermarriage Rates Within Communities -- Recent Marriages -- Older vs. Younger People -- Among Jews with No Religion or No Denomination -- Among Those with the Least Jewish Education -- Intermarried Households Are Much Less Jewish Than Inmarried Households -- Intercommunity Differences in Jewish Engagement of Intermarried Households -- Are Children in Intermarried Households Being Raised Jewish? -- Strategy -- Issue -- Short-Term Options -- Long-Term Option -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: The Erosion of the Center -- Focus of This Chapter -- Background -- Why We Should Be Concerned About the Erosion of the Center -- Defining the Center: The Engagement Index -- The Current Dominance of the Center -- The Decline of the Center by Engagement -- Change Over Time -- Young Jewish Adults Are Less Likely to Be in the Center -- Change Over Time: Young Adults -- Defining the Center: Denomination -- The Current Dominance of the Denominations of the Center -- The Decrease in Adherence to the Middle Denominations -- Change Over Time -- Young Adults Are Less Committed to Middle Denominations -- Change Over Time: Young Adults -- Relationship Between the Engagement Index and Denomination. Strength of the Center: Engagement Index and Denomination Combined -- Strategy: Where Feasible, Sustain and Strengthen the Center -- Issue -- Options -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: The Orthodox Resurgence -- Focus of This Chapter -- Background -- Small Number of Orthodox Jews -- Orthodox Households as a Percentage of All Jewish Households -- Orthodox Households as a Percentage of Highly and Moderately Engaged Jewish Households -- Orthodox Population as a Percentage of the Total Jewish Population -- Evidence for the Increase in the Size of the Orthodox Population -- Change Over Time -- Younger Adults Are More Likely to Be Orthodox in Some Communities -- Large Numbers of Orthodox Children -- Orthodox Jewry Is Far from Homogeneous -- Modern Orthodox vs. Fervently Orthodox -- Relative Size of the Two Streams -- Orthodox Jewish Streams in the New York Area -- Population Size and Demography -- Comparisons Among the Three Groups -- Strategy: Build Bridges between Orthodox Jewry and the Broader Jewish Community -- Issue -- Options -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Are There Poor Jews? -- Focus of This Chapter -- Jewish Poverty Is Under the Radar -- Concepts and Measurement of Poverty -- The Level of Jewish Poverty -- Subjective Measure -- Income Measure -- Subjective Measure and Income -- The Poorest Jews -- The Largest Amount of Poverty -- Age and Life Cycle -- Employment Status -- The Highest Incidence of Poverty -- Household Structure: Single-Parent Families -- Marital Status: Widowed, Divorced, and Separated -- Education -- Employment -- Disability -- Case Study in Jewish Poverty: New York -- The Largest Groups in Poverty -- Groups with the Highest Incidence of Poverty -- Strategy: Intensify Communal Efforts to Reduce Jewish Poverty -- Issue -- Options -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: The Impact of Cost on Living a Jewish Life -- Focus of This Chapter. Living a Jewish Life -- Cost -- Income -- What We Can Learn from Community Data About Cost as a Barrier to Participation -- Cost Prevents Participation: What People Say -- Joining a Congregation -- Joining a JCC -- Overnight Summer Camp -- Preschool and Day School -- Cost Prevents Participation: What People Do -- Adult Activities -- Children's Activities -- Cost Prevents Participation: Comparing What People Say and What They Do -- Current Levels of Jewish Engagement and Cost as a Barrier to Participation -- The Human Side: Beyond the Numbers -- Strategy: Reduce the Cost of Living a Jewish Life -- Issues -- Options -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Wording of Survey Questions about Cost as a Barrier to Participation -- Chapter 9: How Jewish Are Jewish Young Adults? -- Background -- Focus of This Chapter -- The Size of the Jewish Young Adult Population -- Are Young Adults Different Than the Next Older Cohorts? -- Denomination -- Life Status -- Intermarriage -- Giving to Jewish Causes -- Differences among Different Types of Jewish Young Adults -- The Size of These Groups in Each Community -- Jewish Engagement by Group -- Very Important to Be Jewish -- Belonging to a Congregation -- Visits Jewish Websites -- Attends Jewish Cultural Events or Museums -- Strategy: Take Account of the Size of the Young Adult Cohort and Create Opportunities for Engagement in Jewish Life That Resonate with Each Type of Jewish Young Adult -- Issues -- Options -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10: Baby Boomers: Generation in Transition -- Background -- Focus of This Chapter -- The Size of the Jewish Boomer Population -- Why Baby Boomers Are Important -- Large Numbers of Boomers Could Overwhelm the Jewish Senior Care System -- Boomers Care for Children, for Seniors, and for Both -- Many Care for Children -- Many Care for Seniors -- The Sandwich Generation. Jewish Connections of Boomers: Jewish Culture, Website, and Belonging -- Attending a Jewish Museum or Cultural Event -- Visiting a Jewish Website -- Belonging to a JCC or Other Jewish Organizations -- Boomers as Volunteers -- Strategies: Balance Communal and Individual Needs and Opportunities for the Boomer Generation -- Issues -- Options -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Wording of Survey Questions about Care-giving in Different Community Studies -- Chapter 11: Seniors: Maximizing Autonomy -- Background -- Focus of This Chapter -- The Size of the Jewish Senior Population -- Change Over Time in the Size of the Senior Population -- Risk Factors -- Living Alone -- No Adult Children Nearby -- Low Income -- Weak Community Connections -- Poor Health -- Risk: Composite Index -- Strategy: Maintain Quality of Life and Independence for At-Risk Seniors -- Issue -- Options -- Conclusion -- Chapter 12: The Mosaic Within: Jewish Diversity and Inclusion -- Background -- Focus of This Chapter -- Jews of Color -- Jews of Color: The Number -- The National Debate -- Local Data -- Growth in the Number of Jews of Color -- LGBT Jews -- Do Jews of Color and LGBT Jews Feel Left Out? -- Do Jews of Color and LGBT Jews Feel Welcome? -- Strategy: Become More Inclusive and Celebrate Diversity - Jews of Color and LGBT Jews -- Issue -- Options -- Conclusion -- Chapter 13: Jewish Geography: The Spatial Dynamics of Jewish Life -- The Focus of This Chapter -- Jewish Dispersal -- Jewish Areas -- Measures of Geographic Concentration -- Differences Among Jewish Areas -- Families with Children -- Seniors -- Newcomers -- The Interface Between Geography and Jewish Engagement -- The Interface Between Geography and Intermarriage -- Strategy: Address the Spatial Dimension of Jewish Life in Communal Planning and Action -- Issues -- Options -- Conclusion. Chapter 14: A Performance-Driven Culture: Enabling a Vibrant Jewish Community. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910588595103321 |
Ukeles Jacob B. | ||
Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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