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Art and Life
Art & Life: The Story of Samuel Bak traces the development of a child prodigy deeply shaped by the catastrophic events of the Shoah, from his early artistic influences to his years in the Vilna Ghetto and Landsberg DP Camp, his formal training in Israel and Paris, and his fruitful art career in Rome, New York, Switzerland, and Boston. Augmenting the rich existing literature on Bak, Art & Life explores—in thoughtful prose and through reproductions of both iconic and rarely seen work created between 1942 and 2022—how he navigated the prevailing art trends of the mid-twentieth century in search of his own pictorial language. It considers the personal, historical, and artistic currents that led Bak, now aged 90, to create an astonishing body of work that bears witness to cataclysmic events, embodies our common humanity of suffering and hope, and poses questions about the repair of the world.
Banquet at Brabazan
"In Banquet at Brabazan, Patricia Schonstein takes us to the heart of Cape Town's violent inner city, creating a cornucopia of baroque magic realism featuring an angel, drug-money, a muti murder, superb food, romance, a cappella, a miracle or two, librettos, reflections on South Africa's war in Angola, visions of the Afterlife, poetry, Shakespearean drama and various works of fine art, with flashbacks to her wondrous A Time of Angels."--P. [4] of cover.
Foreign Fighters
Foreign Fighters is the comprehensive study of foreign fighters examines patterns of recruitment using original data sets and detailed diverse case studies, and how recruiters use frames of existential threat to strengthen rebel groups.
Jews and Urban Life
Jews and Urban Life recognizes that throughout their long history, Jews have often inhabited cities. The reality of this urban experience ranged from ghetto restrictions to robust participation in a range of civic and social activities. Essays in this collection present relevant examples from within the Jewish community itself, moving historically from the biblical period to the modern-day State of Israel. Taking a comparative approach while recognizing the particulars of individual instances, authors examine these phenomena from a wide variety of approaches, genres, and media. Interdisciplinary and accessibly written, the articles display a multitude of instances throughout history showing the range of Jewish life in urban settings.
Index to Jewish Periodicals
An author and subject index to selected and American Anglo-Jewish journals of general and scholarly interests.
Judaica und Israelia
Inhalt Vorwort: Zur Sammlung Judaica und Israelia I. Judaica: Personen und Themen Personen 1. Isidor Hirsch: Maimonides (1138-1204) (2003) 2. Ivan Franko (1856-1916) : Zum Licht sich gesehnt (2007) 3. Theodor Herzl (1860-1904): Eine Hommage (2018) 4. Lesja Ukrainka (1871-1913): Babylon. Gefangenschaft (2005) 5. Martin Mordechai Buber (1878-1965): Als Soziolog (2008) 6. Schalom Ben-Chorin (1913-1999): Dass der Mandelzweig (2013 7. Israel Ahron Ben Yosef (1938-1995): Lebendiges Judentum (95/99) Themen 8. Erhard Roy Wiehn: Judentum und Christentum (2010) 9. Erhard Roy Wiehn: Pessach-Seder-Lecture (5774/2014) 10. Erhard Roy Wiehn: Zur neuen Synagoge in Konstanz (2019) II. Israelia: Personen mit ...
From Memory to Marble
For the first time, the 92-metre frieze of the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, one of the largest historical narratives in marble, has been made the subject of a book. The pictorial narrative of the Boer pioneers who conquered South Africa’s interior during the 'Great Trek' (1835-52) represents a crucial period of South Africa’s past. Conceptualising the frieze both reflected on and contributed to the country’s socio-political debates in the 1930s and 1940s when it was made. The book considers the active role the Monument played in the rise of Afrikaner nationalism and the development of apartheid, as well as its place in post-apartheid heritage. The frieze is unique in that it provi...
Geschichten der Heimkehr
Das vorliegende Israel-Lesebuch enthält Originaltexte von Autorinnen und Autoren, vor allem und durchweg aber Einführungen des Herausgebers. Diese Texte sind alphabetisch angeordnet, was teils zu krassen Kontrasten führt, die jedoch bewusst in Kauf genommen werden, ebenso verschiedene Wiederholungen. Synoptisch betrachtet bekommen diese Beiträge einen zusätzlichen neuen Stellenwert. Als Titel der einzelnen Heimkehr-Geschichten wurden die Haupttitel der Bücher der Autorinnen und Autoren gewählt, für die Einführungen des Herausgebers wurden dessen Überschriften beibehalten. Herman Konradowitsch Abraham (2014) Marianne Ahlfeld-Heymann: Und trotzdem überlebt (1994) Margit Bartfeld-Fel...
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An Incredible Journey
I dedicate this book to my son Leslie, because he agreed to travel with me to Shanghai, Bogota, and my birthplace Gumbinnen, otherwise this book would never have been written. Now he knows my background, and he can answer any questions his children and future grandchildren may have. Many American friends asked me about my past when they heard my German accent, and when I told my story they would say, ́write a book! ́ so finally I did. I wish I could thank many people for helping me to write it, but sadly they have all died, including my wife Erica. She encouraged me to keep writing, and she read, reread and corrected every page. Without her, I would not have finished the book. I enjoy tell...
