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JEWISH SCHOLARSHIP IN EASTERN EUROPE
Vol. 2, No. 1, February 1998
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CONTENTS
- Scholarly Institutions:
Department of Jewish history and culture at the Institute for
national relations and politology of the Ukrainian academy of
sciences (Kiev, Ukraine) - a survey of activities, programs
and publications
- Calendar of Events:
academic events in the field of East European Jewish
studies for 1998
- Educational Projects:
Centre of Jewish Education (Kiev, Ukraine) - a survey of
program on creative methods of teaching
- Publications:
new books on East European Jewish studies
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SCHOLARLY INSTITUTIONS
The section comprises information on the activities of Jewish
scholarly institutions focusing on Eastern Europe.
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DEPARTMENT OF JEWISH HISTORY AND CULTURE
AT THE INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL RELATIONS AND POLITOLOGY
OF THE UKRAINIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Source:
Bulletin "The People of the Book in the World of Books", 12, 1997
Jewish Association of St.Petersburg, Russia
E-mail: frenk@lea.spb.su
Tel./fax: 7-812-314-51-17
The Department of Jewish history and culture was founded in
December 1991 in effort to reestablish the Cabinet of Jewish
culture existed in the Academy of Sciences until 1948.
At the present the Department's faculty includes six members.
In 1995 - 1997 the Department had supervised five candidate
and one doctoral dissertation theses on Jewish history in
Ukraine. There are plans for the further expansion: in 1998
the graduation of students in humanities is expected from the
Solomon University in Kiev. These 25 students will be the first
experts in Judaica professionally trained in Ukraine.
Publication program of the Department comprises research works of
its members and proceedings of scholarly conferences conducted by
the Department. Documentary collection "Jewish political parties:
Unknown documents and materials" was due by the end of 1997.
Dr. Alexander Zaremba is a chair of the Department.
List of the Depatment's publications
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Gorovska N., Shapoval Iu., ed. Remember for life to continue:
Proceedings of the round table on the 40th anniversary of the
execution of the Jewish Antifacsist Committee members (Kiev,
September, 1992). Institute for national relations and politology
of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. Kiev, 1993. 232 p. In Russian
and Ukrainian.
The Beilis Trial: A look from today: Theses of the International
conference on the 80th anniversary of the Beilis trial (Kiev, October
28 - 29, 1993). Institute for national relations and politology
of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. Kiev, 1994. 112 p. In Russian
and Ukrainian.
Panchuk M., ed. Actual problems of history and culture of the Jews
in Ukraine: Theses of the Department of Jewish history and culture.
Institute for national relations and politology of the Ukrainian
Academy of Sciences. Kiev, 1994. 40 p. In Russian and Ukrainian.
Torchinskii Iu., ed. Concise Yiddish-Ukrainian dictionary. Institute
for national relations and politology of the Ukrainian Academy of
Sciences. Kiev, 1996. 207 p. In Yiddish and Ukrainian.
Jews in Ukraine: History, culture, traditions: Collected articles.
Institute for national relations and politology of the Ukrainian
Academy of Sciences. Kiev, 1997. 256 p. In Russian and Ukrainian.
Jewish scholarly organizations in Ukraine in the 1920s - 1930s.
Institute for national relations and politology of the Ukrainian
Academy of Sciences. Kiev, 1997. 134 p. In Russian and Ukrainian.
Pogrebinska I., Gon M. Jews in the People's Republic of West-Ukraine
(on the problem of Ukrainian-Jewish relations). Institute for national
relations and politology of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. Institute
for economy and humanities in Rovno. Kiev, 1997. 86 p., ill. In Ukrainian.
For more information please contact:
Department of Jewish history and culture at the
Institute for national relations and politology of the
Ukrainian Academy of Sciences
Address: ul. Kutuzova, 8, room 113, Kiev, Ukraine
Tel.: 38-044-295-73-16
Fax: 38-044-296-15-26
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
The calendar surveys academic events (conferences, institutional
activities, etc.) in the field of East European Jewish studies
for 1998. Information is derived from: Academic Judaica in FSU
mailing list, Mendele: Yiddish literature and language electronic
mailing list and from a variety of other sources. Requests for
detailed information on the events listed in the calendar
should be directed to the contact addresses provided.
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Past events
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THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON JEWISH STUDIES
Moscow, Russia, February 3 - 5, 1998
Conference organizers:
- "Sefer", Moscow Center for University Teaching of Jewish
Civilization, Russia;
- The International Center for University Teaching of Jewish
Civilization, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel;
- The Center for Jewish-Slavic Studies, Institute for Slavic
Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia;
- The American Jewish Joint Distribution Commitee, USA.
Conference program:
February 3
- Plenary session
"State of Israel and People of Israel on the Eve of the Third
Millennium"
Chair: Dr. Arna Golan, Embassy of the State of Israel in Moscow
Ralph Goldman (New York)
A Tribute to David Ben Gurion, Founder and First Prime
Minister of Israel.
Dr. Alexander Militarev (Moscow)
Biblical Innovations as the Guiding Principles of Western
Civilization. The Origin of the Concept of Mankind.
Prof. Eugene Weiner (Haifa)
The Israeli Sabras and the Jewish Diaspora : The Future of
their Relationship.
Prof. Mikhail Chlenov (Moscow)
Israel in the Consciousness of Soviet Jewry.
Dr. Michael Greenberg (Jerusalem)
Presentation of the projects and new publications of Gesharim
Publishing House.
Matvey Chlenov (Moscow).=20
2nd Student Conference on Jewish Studies Proceedings Presentation.
February 4
- Plenary session
"Jewish Life in the Diaspora"
Chair: Prof. Guram Lordkipanidze
Prof. Yom Tov Assis (Jerusalem)
Medieval Jews and the Transmission of the Greco-Arabic Culture
into European Civilization.
Prof. Haim Avni (Jerusalem)
Pluralism and Voluntarism - the basic conditions of Jewish life
in the Diaspora.
Dr. Aharon Weiss (Jerusalem)
The Judenrat: Jewish Leadership During the Holocaust.
Dr. Alison Murchie (London)
The Imperial War Museum's Holocaust Exhibition: a major exhibition
for the new Millennium.
- Plenary session
"Aspects of Jewish Thought at the End of the 20th Century"
Chair: Prof. Mikhail Girshman
Prof. Bernard Zelechow (Toronto)
"On Jewish Learning" and "The New Thinking": What is Jewish Thinking?
Prof. Arkadi Kovelman (Kingston, Canada)
"Pushkinskiy dom" by Andrey Bitov as a Midrash.
- Sections, mini-seminars:
Biblical Studies and Semitology
Chairs: Dr. Alexander Militarev, Dr. Sergey Tishchenko
Jewish Thought
Chairs: Prof. Dmitry Frolov, Prof. Michail Girshman
Jewish History: Ancient and Medieval Period
Chair: Prof. Vasily Kuzishchin
East European Jewish History in the 19th - 20th centuries
Chairs: Prof. Aleksander Stepansky, Dr. Dmitry Elyashevich
Jewish Ethnology, Sociology and Demography
Chairs: Dr. Mikhail Chlenov, Prof. Vladimir Sobkin,
Prof. Vladimir Shapiro
Jewish Culture
Chairs: Dr. Leonid Katsis, Dr. Aleksander Kryukov
- Presentation of "Bibleiskie issledovaniia" [The Reader on
Biblical Studies]
Chairs: Dr. Leonid Matzikh, Dr. Mikhail Seleznev
- Meeting of "Sefer" International Advisory Board
February 5
- Sections, mini-seminars:
[six sections and seminars continue their work from
February 4]
The 50th Anniversary of the State of Israel
Chair: Dr. Nina Semenchenko
- Round Table: 5 years of publication of "Vestnik EUM" [the
quarterly of the Jewish University in Moscow]
Chair: Mark Kupovetsky, Editor-in-Chief
- Meeting of Steering Committee / Academic Board
For a detailed program and for more information on the
conference contact:
Moscow Center for university teaching
of Jewish Civilization "Sefer"
Address: Leninsky prospekt, 32-a -"B"-808, Moscow 117334 Russia
Tel.: 7-095-938-57-16
Fax: 7-095-938-00-70
E-mail: sefer@glasnet.ru
Ongoing events
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BUND CENTENNIAL EVENTS
New York, USA, January - March, 1998
By: Michael Steinlauf
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Jews for Racial and
Economic Justice, and the Jewish Labor Bund jointly present
"From Generation to Generation: a Celebration of the 100th
Anniversary of the Jewish Labor Bund," a series of community-
wide events beginning late January and running through early
March 1998.
Founded in 1897 Vilna, the Bund was a major organization that
sought to transform the lives of the Jewish poor through
socialist organizing and secular Yiddish culture. Although
most active in tsarist Russia and interwar Poland, Bund
groups developed around the world and remain active today.
The Bund's promotion of democratic socialism and Jewish
history and culture continue to inspire progressive Jews
and their allies.
The Story of the Jewish Labor Bund, 1897 - 1997 An exhibition
of rare photographs, posters, and other historical memorabilia
on display at the Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life at
New York University, January 20 - March 1, 1998. This
exhibition is curated by the YIVO Archives.
In Love and In Struggle: the Musical Legacy of the Bund A
concert performance of Jewish labor songs in Yiddish (with
translation) featuring Adrienne Cooper, Zalmen Mlotek, and 65
Members of Di Goldene Keyt/the Yiddish Chorale and the
Workmen's Circle Chorus. Adrienne Cooper is the leading
interpreter of the Yiddish song repertoire and a member
of the klezmer group Kapelye. Zalmen Mlotek is an
internationally renowned composer and musical director of
Di Goldene Keyt/the Yiddish Chorale. Di Goldene Keyt's
inaugural compact disc, Mir Zaynen do Tsu Zingen (We are
Here to Sing), was released in 1997. The concert will be
held on Sunday January 25, 1998 at Great Hall at Cooper
Union.
In Gerangl: Activist Legacies of the Bund A day-long
conference exploring the history of the Bund and its meanings
for today. Speakers so far include journalists Abraham Brumberg
and Alisa Solomon, historians Paul Buhle, Jack Jacobs, and Gail
Malmgreen, and writers and activists Irena Klepfisz and Melanie
Kaye/Kantrowitz. The Living Traditions/KlezKamp Youth Theater
Workshop, under the direction of Obie-award winning downtown
theater artist Jenny Romaine, will also perform at the Great
Hall at Cooper Union.
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research was founded in Vilna in
1925 and is dedicated to the preservation of the culture of East
European Jews and their descendants worldwide. The YIVO Library
and Archives comprise the largest collection of Yiddish books
and materials relating to the history and culture of East
European Jewry. YIVO's wide-ranging programs include Yiddish
language instruction, graduate and post-graduate training, and
public lectures and exhibitions.
For more information contact:
Lisa Epstein or Aaron Taub,
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, New York, USA
Tel.: 1-212-246-6080
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THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN JEWISH POLITICS:
ZIONISM AND THE BUND IN POLAND AND EASTERN EUROPE
February 15 - 16, 1998, Ann-Arbor, Michigan, USA
The conference is sponsored by the American Council of Learned
Societies, with assistance from The Center for Russian and East
European Studies at the University of Michigan, and the Jean and
Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies.
Presenters will include:
- David Fishman, Jewish Theological Seminary;
- Antony Polonsky, Brandeis University;
- Samuel Kassow, Trinity College;
- Ruth Wisse, Harvard University;
- Michael Steinlauf, YIVO Institute;
- Benjamin Nathans, Indiana University;
- Yoav Peled, Tel Aviv University;
- Maud Mandel, Brown University.
Discussants will be:
- Abraham Brumberg, Washington, DC;
- Erich Haberer, Toronto University;
- Ronald Suny, University of Chicago;
- Edna Coffin, Todd Endelman, Moshe Rosman, and Anita Norich
(all - University of Michigan faculty).
For more information contact:
Amy Beth Hamermesh
E-mail: amybeth@umich.edu
Future events
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WORLD CONFERENCE FOR YIDDISH
Ashkelon, Israel, June 8 - 11, 1998
By: Leybl Botvinik
The World Council for Yidish Culture is happy to announce,
that a World conference for Yiddish culture will take place
from the 8th to the 11th of June, 1998 within the framework
of the festivities marking the 50th anniversary of the State
of Israel.
In conjunction with this, special sessions will mark the
historic 90th anniversary of the Tshernovits Yiddish conference
as well as the 80th birthday of our great National Yiddish poet,
Avrom Sutskever.
The sessions will take place in the city of Ashkelon, under the
patronage of the Ashkelon city council.
For more information, please contact our offices at:
Leybl Botvinik, vice-chairman
World Council for Yidish Culture,
Veltrat far Yidisher kultur,
Address: Leivik House, 30 Dov Hoz Street, Tel-Aviv 61116 Israel
Tel.: 972-3-522-7058
Fax: 972-3-523-0520
E-mail: leyblb@amdocs.com
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EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS
The section is devoted to educational projects developed by
scholarly institutions and individuals in the field of Jewish
history and culture in Eastern Europe.
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TEXTS ON CREATIVE METHODS OF TEACHING
By: Centre of Jewish Education, Kiev, Ukraine
In the Centre of Jewish Education in Kiev, Ukraine, we have
completed a competition on creative methods of teaching. The
competition was supported by the Jewish Community Development
Fund (New York, USA, director Martin Horwitz).
Jewish education in Ukraine is being reborn, despite the fact
that during the years of totalitarianism the traditions of
Jewish education and upbringing were destroyed. Teaching
experience gathered in Israel and the Diaspora demands a
creative effort when transfered to the conditions of Ukraine.
At the same time, the given situation allows us to start from
the beginning to build a system of Jewish schools as a
singular goal. In the past 5-6 years, a group of teachers, who
have attained much success, have singled themselves out in Ukraine.
The Centre of Jewish Education collects, analyzes, and disperses
their achievements. These teachers occupy an important part of the
Jewish community. The task of producing selective texts will enrich
the knowledge of our teachers. These materials can also be used
elsewhere for those involved in the education of children and
immigrants.
For all those who are interested in our materials, we will be
happy to send you a list of our texts.
For more information contact:
Centre of Jewish Education, Kiev, Ukraine
E-mail: center@cjeu.carrier.kiev.ua
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WORKSHOP ON INTEGRATING JEWISH HISTORY
INTO EUROPEAN HISTORY CURRICULA
Israel, Summer 1998
Source:
Prof. Haim Avni, academic chair,
International Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Address: POB 4234, Jerusalem 91042 Israel
Tel.: 972-2-561-90-32, 02-561-11-42
Fax: 972-2-5665556
Workshop subjects: Urban History, Religious Tolerance, Literacy and
Education
Dates: June 30 - July 2, 1998
The purpose of the project is to promote the teaching of Jewish
History as part of European history courses worldwide. We hope to
bring awareness of the Jewish dimension in history to the attention
of lecturers and students who might otherwise have little exposure
to the study of Jewish civilization.
The aim of the workshop is to examine the possible contribution of
aspects of Jewish history to illuminate these topics in the general
context of European history and the history of several of its nations.
The workshop will serve as the foundation for further international
workshops on these and similar topics.
The suitable candidate should be a historian whose field of interest
includes one or more of the three topics to which the workshop will be
devoted. He will be expected to present a paper regarding the aspects
of general Russian history which can be enriched by, and eventually
benefit from, the Jewish experience. He will, of course, be part of
the discussions on all the subjects.
A conference which will be part of the commemorations of the 50th
anniversary of the State of Israel, to be held in Sde Boker under
the sponsorship of the Universities of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and
Beersheva. The discussions will revolve around:
- Israel in comparison to Europe in the following contexts:
nation-state, the status of religion, the kind of democratic regime;
- a comparison of the Jewish communities in Europe and the United
States and the position of Israel in the life of each one of them;
- ways of teaching the Israel aspects of the above in universities
outside Israel.
The contribution of our International Center will be particularly in
the last-mentioned subject and the suitable candidate should be a
university teacher in the field of Israel Studies. He is expected
to present a syllabus for discussion and, of course, participate in
the deliberations of the conference.
For more information contact:
Dr. Victoria Mochalova, director,
Moscow Center for university teaching of Jewish Civilization "Sefer"
Address: Leninsky prospekt, 32-a -"B"-808, Moscow 117334 Russia
Tel.: 7-095-938-57-16
Fax: 7-095-938-00-70
E-mail: sefer@glas.apc.org
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1998 COLUMBIA/YIVO YIDDISH SUMMER PROGRAM
New York, USA, June 29 - August 7, 1998
Applications are now being accepted for the Uriel Weinreich
Program in Yiddish Language, Literature and Culture, which will
take place on the Columbia University campus. The program,
jointly sponsored by the Max Weinreich Center of the YIVO
Institute for Jewish Research and Columbia University, is a
six-week, non-matriculating, three-credit college course
offered on four levels: elementary, intermediate I,
intermediate II and advanced.
Every summer since 1968, several dozen people from diverse
backgrounds, professional pursuits and places as far-ranging
as Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Hungary, Slovakia, Argentina,
Chile, China and Australia make their way to New York City to
study Yiddish in the world's first and most acclaimed,
college-level Yiddish-language program.
Many summer program students have gone on to become fellows
of the Max Weinreich Center, an accredited institute for
advanced study of East European and American Jewish
history and culture. Others have entered graduate programs
in Jewish studies offered by major universities throughout
North America, Europe and Israel. The program has thus served
as an essential stepping stone in the careers of such
prominent scholars in the field of Yiddish as Janet Hadda,
Irena Klepfisz, Jack Kugelmass and Michael Stanislawski.
The deadline for receipt of scholarship materials is March 25.
For an application including information on housing and
partial scholarships, call, fax or write to:
Jeffrey Salant, Director of Yiddish Language Programs
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
Adress: 555 West 57th Street Suite 1100, New York, NY 10019 USA
Tel.: 1-212-246-6080 ext. 123
Fax: 1-212-292-1892
E-mail: yivosummer@aol.com
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RESEARCH PROJECTS
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CALL FOR JOINT RESEARCH PROJECTS
Source:
International Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Address: POB 4234, Jerusalem 91042 Israel
Tel.: 972-2-561-90-32, 02-561-11-42
Fax: 972-2-5665556
E-mail: msjewciv@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il
We wish to draw your attention to a call for joint research projects
by INTAS (International Association for the Promotion of Co-operation
with Scientists from the New Independent States of the Former Soviet
Union). The information we recieved from the European Union relates
to "Proposals under INTAS open call and under the Joint calls between
INTAS and RFBR (Russian Foundation of Basic Research), Belarus,
Georgia and Kazakhstan may be submitted in all scientific fields".
The long list of fields include social human and political sciences.
Exploring the relevance to Judaica might be worthwhile.
The information package consisting of a diskette and a paper version,
may be requested from:
INTAS
Address: Ave. des Artes 58, Box 8, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Fax: 32-2549-01-56
E-Mail: call97@intas.be
Web site: http://www.cordis.lu/intas/home.html
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PUBLICATIONS
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New books announcements
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The Jewish Communities of Southeastern Europe from the 15th
Century to the End of World War II, Edited by I.K. Hassiotis,
Institute for Balkan Studies, Thessaloniki 1997. 680 pages,
65 illus. & maps.
The volume comprises 42 of the papers read at the international
conference on "The Jewish Communities of Southeastern Europe
from the 15ht Century to the End of the Second World War", which
was organized by the Institute for Balkan Studies in association
with the Aristotle University's Department of History and
Archaelogy, and took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, between 30
October and 3 November 1992. The initiative for holding the
conference was to mark the fifth centenary of the expulsion
of the Jews from the Iberian Peninsula in 1492, and their
eventual settling in the eastern Mediterranean.
With regard to their subject matter, the papers focused on the
following areas of interest:
- the flight of the Jews from the Iberian Peninsula and western
Europe in general to the eastern Mediterranean, and their early
settlements in the "Greek Levant";
- the organisation of the Jewish communities, both in the early
stages, when they were taking shape on Ottoman territory, and
later on, when they were becoming integrated into the
nation-states in the region;
- the economic and social development of the Jewish centres in
south-eastern Europe, together with specific problems relating
to survival and co-existence in three tangential spheres: the
internal functioning of the communities, their intercourse with
the Christian and Moslem communities, and their relations with
the central government;
- the Jews' economic, educational, literary, cultural, and
technological achievements;
- the ideological processes taking place both in the context of
their own ethno-religious traditions and in relation to the
ethnic ideologies and national practices of the demographic
groups they were living among;
- the Holocaust.
Among the contributors to the conference were:
Tamar Alexander, senior lecturer in the Hebrew Literature Deprtment,
Ben-Gurion Univerity;
Maria Antonia Bel Bravo, professor at the Univeristy of Jaйn, Spain;
Steven Bowman, professor at the University of Cincinnati, Judaic Studies
Program;
Yael Feldman, associate professor at New York University;
Hanna Jacobsohn, historian at the Institute for the Research of the
Jewish Diaspora, Tel Aviv University;
Yitzchak Kerem, historian, film-maker, lecturer at the Hebrew University
of Jerusalem;
Fabio Oliveri, director of the Sicilian Institute for Jewish Studies;
Shmuel Refael, lecturer in Judeo-Spanish literature at the Bar-Ilan
University, Israel;
Aryeh Shmuelevitz, professor at the University of Tel Aviv;
Gilles Veinstein, professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences
Sociales, Paris, and many others.
The publication is available from:
Ioannis D. Papadopoulos,
"Faistos" Publishers and Booksellers
Address: 9, Io. Delliou str. 546 21 Thessaloniki, Greece
Tel./fax: 0030-31-263582
E-mail: manta@hyper.gr
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Jewish Roots in Poland: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories
by Miriam Weiner. Published by Routes to Roots Foundation / YIVO
Institute for Jewish Research. ISBN: 0965650804.
The publication includes:
- TOWNS IN POLAND
Twenty-eight cities and towns within Poland's current borders
are featured in 2-10 page color spreads including photos of
synagogues, Jewish cemeteries, Holocaust monuments, pre-World
War I and current views.
- ARCHIVAL INVENTORIES
Polish State Archives and 75 branch archives, Jewish
Historical Institute in Warsaw, more than 400 Urzad Stanu
Cywilnego Offices.
- HOLOCAUST RECORDS
Majdanek Museum Archives, Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum Archives
- MAPS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND DOCUMENTS.
"Jewish Roots in Poland" is an invaluable guide to genealogical
resources in which the readers will find both historical
information and practical advice on learning about places which
were once hometowns to their families. "This book, I am sure,
will become an essential volume for all those who are determined
to rediscover their Jewish ancestors from the land of Poland," -
Marek Web, Chief Archivist, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
The publication is available from:
Ruth Ponsett,
Routes to Roots Foundation, Forest Hills, NY, USA
E-mail: rponsett@aol.com
Website: http://www.rtrfoundation.org
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Biblejskie issledovaniia [The Reader on Biblical Studies].
Compiled by Dr. Baruch Schwartz. Sefer Academic Series,
Vol. 1. Moscow, 1998. 670 p. [In Russian]
This anthology was published under the imprimatur of the
International Center for University Teaching of Jewish
Civilization, Institute for Slavic and Balkan Studies of
the Russian Academy of Science, and Center "Sefer" Moscow,
with the support of the American Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee.
CONTENTS
Baruch Schwartz.
The Compiler's Note.
Michael G. Seleznev.
Instead of an Introduction.
Samuel E. Loewenstamm.
The Exodus as a Didactic Motif in the Bible.
Moshe Greenberg.
Some Postulates of Biblical Criminal Law.
Menachem Haran.
The Ritual Complex Performed Inside the Temple.
Jacob Milgrom.
The JPS Torah Commentary: Numbers, Excursuses 7, 33,
38, 49 and 50.
Moshe Weinfeld.
Theological Trends in the Pentateuch.
Moshe Weinfeld.
The Uniqueness of the Decalogue and Its place in the
Jewish Tradition.
Moshe Greenberg.
Religion: Stability and Ferment.
Gernhard von Rad.
The Beginnings of Historical Writing in Ancient
Israel.
Gernhard von Rad. The Deuteronomic Theology of
History in I and II Kings.
Yair Zakovitch.
Naboth's Vineyard.
Meir Weiss.
Psalm 114.
Robert B. Y. Scott.
Introduction to Proverbs Ecclesiastes.
For more information on this publication contact:
Moscow Center for university teaching
of Jewish Civilization "Sefer"
Address: Leninsky prospekt, 32-a -"B"-808, Moscow 117334 Russia
Tel.: 7-095-938-57-16
Fax: 7-095-938-00-70
E-mail: sefer@glasnet.ru
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"Tirosh" - Proceedings of The Second CIS Students'
Conference on Jewish Studies. Editors: Motya Chlenov and
Artyom Fedortchuk. Moscow, 1998. 195 pp. (in Russian).
The proceedings of the Second CIS Students' Conference on
Jewish studies (July 1997) were published by the Association
of Jewish Studies Students, Center "Sefer" and Kiev
Institute for Judaic studies with the support of AJJDC and
private donors. 22 articles written by undergaduate and
doctoral students are published. The topics are varying from
Ancient Jewish art to the story of contemporary
anti-semitism. The book presentation will take place on
February 3, 1998, during the opening day of the "Sefer's"
Fifth Annual Conference in Moscow.
CONTENTS
"Tirosh - is a must, fresh or new wine..." (BDB)
ART
Lidya Chakovskaya (Moscow) Towards the Reconstruction of the
Ikonographical Canon of Synagogue Art. (On the Material of
the 6th C. Synagogue of Beth-Alpha).
Marianna Brutskaya (St.Petersburg) Towards the Problem of
Biblical Symbols in Late Antiquity and Early Christianity.
Dmitriy Korobkov (Sevastopol) Late-Antique Ceramic Lamps
with Jewish Symbols.
PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS THOUGHT
Konstantin Burmistrov (Moscow) Christian Kabbalah and the
Problem of Perceiving Jewish Mysticism (15th-19th C.).
Maria Endel (Moscow) Origins of the Kabbalah and the Main
Concepts of the Circle "Sefer ha-Iyyun".
Konstantin Antonov (Moscow) Intelligentsia and Tradition:
"Conversion" of Ivan Kireevski and "Teshuvah" of Martin
Buber.
LITERARY AND CULTURAL PARALLELS
Alexey Godin (Moscow) The "Theft of Fire" in Caucasian,
Greek and (presumably) East Semitic Mythologies.
Irina Vasilevskaya (Moscow) Biblical Elements in the
"History of Barlaam and Joasaph" (Towards the Problem of the
Origin of the Text).
Artyom Fedortchuk (Moscow) "Hellenic" and "Judaic" in K.
Cavafy's Poetry.
ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL HISTORY AND TEXTS
Alexander Vasilyev (Moscow) Shasu in Egyptian sources and
the Early History of Israel.
Alla Kucherenko (Moscow) Egypt and Israel: Interaction and
Controversy.
Andrey Vinogradov (Moscow) "Cannibals Jews": a Byzantine
Legend of the 9th Century.
Alexander Zanemonets (Moscow) "Hionios' Case": Some Notes on
the History of Byzantine Judaisers.
Galina Zelenina (Moscow) The Jews in Christian Society.
(Based on Sepulveda's Fuero of 1300).
EAST EUROPEAN JEWS
Mikhail Nosonovsky (St.Petersburg) Jewish Epigraphic
Inscriptions in Ukraine.
Anatoliy Vorobiev (Moscow) Towards the Question of the
Genealogy of Baron Guinzburg's family.
Sergey Markedonov (Rostov-on-Don) Jews in the Area of Don.
Semyon Charni (Moscow) "The Buynaksk Affair".
JEWS IN CONTEMPORARY WORLD
Vyacheslav Likhachev (Moscow) The Contemporary Russian Right
and Anti-Semitism.
Vyacheslav Feigin (Minsk) Anti-Semitic Trends in the
Contemporary Byelorussian Press.
Michael Gold (Kiev) Relations between Sefardic and Ashkenazic
Jews in Israel.
Ilya Zhivotovsky (Moscow) Modern Hebrew Slang.
For more information contact:
Motya Chlenov,
Association of Jewish Studies Students
Address: Leninsky prospekt, 32-a -"B"-808, Moscow 117334 Russia
Tel.: 7-095-938-57-16
Fax: 7-095-938-00-70
E-mail: chlenov@mail.rsuh.ru
To know more about the contributors to this book and to get a
short summary of each article, visit the Jewish Heritage Society
website at:
http://www.glasnet.ru/~heritage/stcnfree.htm
List of recent publications
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Belenkin B. Russian national-extremist periodicals. Bibliographical
index. Moscow: Zvenia, 1997. 48 p. In Russian.
Erman Z. What for? Concise history of anti-Semitism. Ekaterinburg:
Shtern, 1996. 88 p. In Russian.
Finkelberg M. I leave it for you. Iaroslavl: Alexander Rutman,
1997. 128 p., ill. - Memoirs of the former prisoner of Stalin
camps. In Russian.
Friedboim H. What I remember. Iaroslavl: Alexander Rutman,
1997. 20 p., ill. - Memoirs of the former prisoner of the ghetto
in Galicia. In Russian.
Shissel A. Dear cobblestones. Novel-Testimony. Iaroslavl: Alexander
Rutman, 1997. 80 p., ill. - Memoirs of the former prisoner of Odessa
ghetto. In Russian.
Source:
Bulletin "The People of the Book in the World of Books", 12, 1997
Jewish Association of St.Petersburg, Russia
E-mail: frenk@lea.spb.su
Tel./fax: 7-812-314-51-17
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