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This book studies the role of the Ottoman Empire and Republic of Turkey in providing refuge and prosperity for Jews fleeing from persecution in Europe and Byzantium in medieval times and from Russian pogroms and the Nazi holocaust in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It studies the religiously-based communities of Ottoman and Turkish Jews as well as their economic, cultural and religious lives and their relations with the Muslims and Christians among whom they lived.
"I am not a particularly Jewish thinker," said Emmanuel Levinas, "I am just a thinker." This book argues against the idea, affirmed by Levinas himself, that Totality and Infinity and Otherwise Than Being separate philosophy from Judaism. By reading Levinas's philosophical works through the prism of Judaic texts and ideas, Michael Fagenblat argues that what Levinas called "ethics" is as much a hermeneutical product wrought from the Judaic heritage as a series of phenomenological observations. Decoding the Levinas's philosophy of Judaism within a Heideggerian and Pauline framework, Fagenblat uses biblical, rabbinic, and Maimonidean texts to provide sustained interpretations of the philosopher's work. Ultimately he calls for a reconsideration of the relation between tradition and philosophy, and of the meaning of faith after the death of epistemology.
“A gem of a book. . . . Indeed, the work has the potential to transform the teaching and understanding of modern Jewish history.” —Diana Matza, H-Net This ground-breaking documentary history contains over 150 primary sources originally written in 15 languages by or about Sephardi Jews—descendants of Jews who fled medieval Spain and Portugal settling in the western portions of the Ottoman Empire, including the Balkans, Anatolia, and Palestine. Reflecting Sephardi history in all its diversity, from the courtyard to the courthouse, spheres intimate, political, commercial, familial, and religious, these documents show life within these distinctive Jewish communities as well as between Je...
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The next step forward continues Yanatha’s journey to aspire to inspire. Everyday one deals with joy, doubt, insecurities, family life, long work hours and unfortunately the lost of loved ones. Who do we become through all these experiences? Yanatha, through his creative writings touches on these topics. These circumstances are here to bring out the best in you. Read what some of his well over 200 subscribers to his blogs have to say about: “Walk Through This Journey: Volume Two (The Next Step Forward) To My Unborn Children “This is absolutely beautiful” Posted by Smiles on Thursday, June 22, 2006 at 7:33 AM The Battle LOVE IT!!! I definitely know this pain all too well!! Posted by JStar on Thursday, July 20, 2006 at 11:04 AM “U really have skills, don't hold back just keep'em coming, I'm sure this will help someone fight the battle.” God Bless! Posted by PoeEtiq on Friday, July 21, 2006 at 8:38 AM Labor Day Weekend “Too cute... so personal! I love how you can just write everything down and have it flow!” Posted by Sabrina on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 at 9:24 AM Now open the book up for yourself and take the next step forward.
A man builds a DeerChaser on a tractor to keep them out of his garden. It works wonderfully! REAL well...there aren't any deer for years. It rusts. Then one year it gets loose... "Here's the most fun you can have with a tractor, some whitetail deer, and a high school football team." Rated 14+.