Author | : Alexander Beider |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 616 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Alexander Beider |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 616 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Alexander Beider |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Glenn Dynner |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 397 |
Release | : 2008-12-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 019538265X |
Hasidism, a kabbalah-inspired movement founded by Israel Ba'al Shem Tov (c1700-1760), transformed Jewish communities across Eastern and East Central Europe. In Men of Silk, Glenn Dynner draws upon newly discovered Polish archival material and neglected Hebrew testimonies to illuminate Hasidism's dramatic ascendancy in the region of Central Poland during the early nineteenth century. Dynner presents Hasidism as a socioreligious phenomenon that was shaped in crucial ways by its Polish context. His social historical analysis dispels prevailing romantic notions about Hasidism. Despite their folksy image, the movement's charismatic leaders are revealed as astute populists who proved remarkably adept at securing elite patronage, neutralizing powerful opponents, and methodically co-opting Jewish institutions. The book also reveals the full spectrum of Hasidic devotees, from humble shtetl dwellers to influential Warsaw entrepreneurs.
Author | : Alexander Avram |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2021-08-10 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0271091940 |
Linguistic and semantic features in names—and surnames in particular—reveal evidence of historical phenomena, such as migrations, occupational structure, and acculturation. In this book, Alexander Avram assembles and analyzes a corpus of more than 28,000 surnames, including phonetic and graphic variants, used by Jews in Romanian-speaking lands from the sixteenth century until 1944, the end of World War II in Romania. Mining published and unpublished sources, including Holocaust-period material in the Yad Vashem Archives and the Pages of Testimony collection, Avram makes the case that through a careful analysis of the surnames used by Jews in the Old Kingdom of Romania, we can better understand and corroborate different sociohistorical trends and even help resolve disputed historical and historiographical issues. Using onomastic methodology to substantiate and complement historical research, Avram examines the historical development of these surnames, their geographic patterns, and the ways in which they reflect Romanian Jews’ interactions with their surroundings. The resulting surnames dictionary brings to light a lesser-known chapter of Jewish onomastics. It documents and preserves local naming patterns and specific surnames, many of which disappeared in the Holocaust along with their bearers. Historical Implications of Jewish Surnames in the Old Kingdom of Romania is the third volume in a series that includes Pleasant Are Their Names: Jewish Names in the Sephardi Diaspora and The Names of Yemenite Jewry: A Social and Cultural History, both of which are available from Penn State University Press. This installment will be especially welcomed by scholars working in Holocaust studies.
Author | : Heinrich Walter Guggenheimer |
Publisher | : KTAV Publishing House, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 932 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780881252972 |
Author | : Gary Mokotoff |
Publisher | : Bergenfield, NJ : Avotaynu |
Total Pages | : 744 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Gazetteer providing information about more than 23,500 towns in Central and Eastern Europe where Jews lived before the Holocaust.
Author | : Alexander Beider |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 646 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 0198739311 |
This book traces the origins of modern varieties of Yiddish and presents evidence for the claim that, contrary to most accounts, Yiddish only developed into a separate language in the 15th century. Through a careful analysis of Yiddish phonology, morphology, orthography, and the Yiddish lexicon in all its varieties, Alexander Beider shows how what are commonly referred to as Eastern Yiddish and Western Yiddish have different ancestors. Specifically, he argues that the western branch is based on German dialects spoken in western Germany with some Old French influence, while the eastern branch has its origins in German dialects spoken in the modern-day Czech Republic with some Old Czech influence. The similarities between the two branches today are mainly a result of the close links between the underlying German dialects, and of the close contact between speakers. Following an introduction to the definition and classification of Yiddish and its dialects, chapters in the book investigate the German, Hebrew, Romance, and Slavic components of Yiddish, as well as the sound changes that have occurred in the various dialects. The book will be of interest to all those working in the areas of Yiddish and Jewish Studies in particular, and historical linguistics and history more generally.
Author | : Dan Cohn-Sherbok |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 383 |
Release | : 2006-03-10 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0826480403 |
From Abraham to Saul Bellow, from Moses Maimonides to Woody Allen, from the Balla Shem Tov to Albert Einstein, this comprehensive dictionary of Jewish biographies provides a first point of entry into the richness of the Jewish heritage. With the advice of leading Jewish scholars, the Dictionary of Jewish Biography provides a rapid reference to those Jewish men and women who have, over the last four thousand years, contributed to the life of the Jewish people and the history of the Jewish religion. This dictionary will prove essential for general readers interested in the evolution of Judaism from ancient times to the present day, a perfect study aid for students and teachers.