JSEE: Общая информация
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JEWISH SCHOLARSHIP IN EASTERN EUROPE
Vol. 3, No. 1, August 1998 - April 1999
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CONTENTS
- CALENDAR OF ACADEMIC EVENTS
1998
- Academic Judaica Events in Moscow
- The 6th International Academic Conference "Jewish
History and Culture in the Countries of East-Central
Europe"
- Lecture at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum
- First Annual Symposium in Yiddish Studies in Germany
- International Conference: Crimean Palestine - Jewish
History and Culture in Crimea: From Antiquity to Our
Time
1999
- Sholem Aleichem Library and Conference
- International Conference "Diasporas and Ethnic Migrants
in 20th Century Europe"
- The 6th International Seminar on Jewish Art: Scripture
Picture: The Bible in Jewish, Christian and Islamic Art
- Tour in Ukraine: In the Footsteps of Hassidic Masters
and Yiddish Authors
- Yiddish Program at Vilnius University
- FUNDING
- IREX Introduces Announcement Service
- MFJC International Fellowships in Jewish Studies
- PUBLICATIONS
- Articles on Russian Jewry
- A Missionary for History: Essays in Honor of Simon Dubnov
- Collection "From Genezis to Exodus"
- Academic Directory of Jewish Studies in the Former USSR
- New Journal on Jewish Studies in Russian
- Books on Judaica Published in the Countries of the
Former Soviet Union in 1997 - 1999
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CALENDAR OF ACADEMIC EVENTS
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1998
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ACADEMIC JUDAICA EVENTS IN MOSCOW
Summer 1998
Source:
Academic Judaica in former Soviet Union e-mail list
By:
Jonathan Porath, Director of Academic Programs
in former Soviet Union
In conjunction with the graduation of Project Judaica
(a program of the Jewish Theological Seminary, YIVO and
the Russian State University of the Humanities - RSUH),
a joint academic conference was organized sponsored by
the Historical-Philological Department of RSUH, the
Russian-American Center for Biblical Studies at RSUH,
Project Judaica and "Sefer", the Moscow Center for
University Teaching of Jewish Civilization, on June 30
and July 1, entitled "Russian and Jewish Cultures:
Questions of Interaction".
Following that conference, on July 1-3, the students
held their Third Annual International Student Academic
Conference. The speakers included some of the guests
from the Project Judaica graduation, a delegation of
Hebrew University Russian speaking faculty, plus the
students themselves. Workshops included:
Biblical Studies
Semitology
Jewish Thought
Jews and the Surrounding World
Non-Ashkenazic Communities
History of Eastern European Jewry
Holocaust
Literature, Arts and Music
Jews of the USSR: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.
More than 100 students - undergraduates, graduates and
doctoral students - from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus,
Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania, Kirgizia, as well as
Germany and Israel, made presentations.
Following the conference a Summer School on Jewish Studies
took place at Mendeleevo, near Moscow (July 3-7). More
than sixty students participated. Lecturers included:
Mordechai Altshuler (Hebrew University)
Israel Bartal (Hebrew University)
Michael Chlenov (Maimonides Academy, Moscow)
Zeev Elkin (Hebrew University)
Dmitry Elyashevich (St. Petersburg Jewish University)
Jonathan Frankel (Hebrew University)
Uri Gershovich (Hebrew University)
John Klier (University College London)
Zoya Kopelman (Hebrew University)
Leonid Matzikh (International Center for University
Teaching of Jewish Civilization, Jerusalem).
THE 6TH INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC CONFERENCE
"JEWISH HISTORY AND CULTURE IN THE COUNTRIES OF
EAST-CENTRAL EUROPE"
Institute of Judaic Studies, Kiev, Ukraine
August 31 - September 3, 1998
The Institute of Judaic Studies, along with the National
Library of Ukraine (Vernadsky Library), Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Moscow Center "Sefer", St. Petersburg Jewish
University, and other research centers, held the 6th
International Academic Conference "Jewish History and
Culture in the Countries of East-Central Europe". The
conference was scheduled to be held from August 31 to
September 3 in Kiev. The focus of the conference was
the history and culture of the "shtetl" (the Jewish
settlements in the Pale of Settlement).
Topics and sub-topics of the conference:
1. Politics and Law in the Shtetl and across the Pale of
Settlement
- Political organization of the shtetl
- Laws and rights governing shtetl life (legal system of the
shtetl)
- Political leadership in the shtetl
- Settlement of conflicts in the shtetl
- Impact of regulations of the Pale of Settlement: political
and legal relations between the shtetl and the Russian Empire
2. Demography of the Shtetl and of East European Jewry
- Demographic statistics of the shtetls (birth rate, mortality
rate, marriage, fertility)
- Demographic changes in the shtetls: various factors involved
- Demography of East European Jewry: factors of rural-urban
migration, emigration, pogroms, war, epidemic
3. Economic Life of the Shtetl
- Economic organization of shtetl life
- Trade and commerce (in the shtetl/between shtetls, beyond)
- Artisanry (which trades and skills)
- The press
- Spectrum of vocations of shtetl inhabitants
- Economic relations with other shtetls, with non-Jewish
neighbors, and beyond
4. Education in the Shtetl
- Schools in the shtetl
- Religious vs. Secular instruction
- Higher education
- Gender and education
5. Social Relations in the Shtetl
- Social organization of the shtetl
- Relations of inter-dependence and social networks
- Community life in the shtetl
- Gender relations
- Generational relations (hierarchical/egalitarian)
- Attitudes towards children
- Attitudes towards the elderly
- Marriage patterns in the shtetl
- Languages of the shtetl
- Relations with non-Jewish neighbors
6. Jewish Culture of the Shtetl
- Cultural organization of the shtetl
- Cultural life in the shtetl
- Cultural events, festivals, traditions marking the
calendar
- Cultural values of the shtetl
- Gendered relations to culture (i.e. gendered cultural
behavior and values)
- Dress (men, women, children)
- Culinary traditions
- Folklore of the shtetl/storytelling traditions
- Shtetl songs and music
- Yiddish as mother-tongue of the shtetl
- Jewish cemeteries
- Shtetl architecture: synagogues, schools, homes
7. Judaism in the Shtetl
- Religious organization of shtetl life
- Religious leadership in the shtetl
- Religious traditions in the shtetl
- Participation in religious life
- Gendered divisions of religious life
- Religious movements arising in the shtetl (Hassidim)
8. History and Change as Seen through the Eyes of the Shtetl
- History of a shtetl
- Pogroms in the shtetl
- Impact of war on shtetl life
- Migration and Emigration as factors impacting shtetl life
- Internal historical changes of shtetl life
- External historical factors impacting on shtetl life
- The disappearance of the shtetl?
9. The Image of the Shtetl in the 20th Century
- Through literature of the shtetl era
- Through art of the shtetl era
- Through music of the shtetl era
- Through theatre of the shtetl era
- The revival of the shtetl in late 20th C literature, art,
music, film (Klezmer music/Yiddish theatre, novels/films
situated in the shtetl)
- What is the meaning of this recent revival?
- The renewal of the shtetl?
Round-tables:
1. The Present and Future of East European Jewry (Community
Life Today).
2. The Meaning and Legacy of the Shtetl for Contemporary
Jewish Society.
The conference held for three days, followed by a one day
trip to Vinnichina (as well as to Shargorod and other towns).
For more information please contact:
Leonid Finberg, Director
Institute of Judaic Studies
Kurskaya ul., 6, Kiev 252049 Ukraine
Tel.: 38-044-211-94-76
Fax: 38-044-213-91-49
E-mail: finberg@777.com.ua
LECTURE AT THE US HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM
September 8, 1998
- "The Fate of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee"
a lecture by Vladimir P. Naumov, Head of Section, Presidential
Commission for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Political
Repression (Moscow, Russia)
FIRST ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM IN YIDDISH STUDIES IN GERMANY
University of Trier and Heinrich Heine University in
Duesseldorf, October 7-8, 1998
By:
Marion Aptroot
Professor of Yiddish Studies,
Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf
aptroot@phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de
Erika Timm
Professor of Yiddish Studies,
University of Trier
The Chairs of Yiddish Studies in Trier and Duesseldorf
organize a yearly symposium for students and scholars
of Yiddish to create an opportunity to meet and to exchange
ideas. These symposia take place alternately in
Duesseldorf and Trier. The first symposium was held
at the Heinrich Heine University in Duesseldorf on 7-8
October 1998.
Regularly updated information on the symposium can be found
on the internet:
http://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/jiddisch
or can be sent by e-mail on request at:
lethen@phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de
or
bielawski@uni-trier.de
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
CRIMEAN PALESTINE - JEWISH HISTORY AND CULTURE IN CRIMEA:
FROM ANTIQUITY TO OUR TIME
Yalta, Ukraine
October 21-24, 1998
The Crimea Research Center for Humanities and the Simferopol
State University in cooperation with the Embassy of the State
of Israel in Ukraine organized the International Conference
"Crimean Palestine - Jewish history and culture in Crimea: from
antiquity to our time" in Yalta, Crimea, on October 21-24, 1998.
For more information contact:
Prof. V.Kazarin, chairman of organizing committee
S.Koltuchov, coordinator
Crimea Research Center for Humanities
Simferopol State University
Yaltinskaya ulitsa, 4, Simpheropol 333036 Ukraine
Tel.: 38-0652-23-39-32
Fax: 38-0652-23-21-69
E-mail: crch@wildwind.com
Web site: http://www.veresk.net/crch
1999
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SHOLEM ALEICHEM LIBRARY AND CONFERENCE
By:
Debra Braverman
debraverman@jtsa.edu
- Sholem Aleichem Library
The Sholom Aleichem Memorial Foundation (Bel Kaufman, Honorary
Chair, and Sydney J. Gluck, President) are pleased to announce
that the following international team of scholars shall constitute
the Editorial Board of the Sholem Aleichem Library in English
Translation:
Janet Hadda (UCLA)
Mikhail Krutikov (University of London)
Anita Norich (University of Michigan)
Abraham Novershtern (The Hebrew University)
Lawrence Rosenwald (Wellesley College)
David G. Roskies (Jewish Theological Seminary), editor-in-chief
Jeffrey Shandler (New York University)
Joseph Sherman (University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg)
Seth Wolitz (University of Texas, Austin)
Ruth Wisse (Harvard University)
Their task is twofold: (1) To select, edit, and publish the first
representative English-language edition of Sholem Aleichem's
mighty corpus; and (2) to advance the study of Sholem Aleichem's
life and work.
We envision a Sholem Aleichem Library comprising 25 volumes. All
volumes will appear in a standard format, comprising a critical
introduction, a carefully edited translation, and explanatory notes.
Some of the volumes, such as The Selected Letters, which requires
an intimate knowledge of Yiddish, Hebrew, and Russian, will be
collaborative efforts.
- International Conference on the Life and Work of Sholem Aleichem
Part of the Editorial Board's mandate will be to generate new
scholarship and to disseminate the best of what is available. To
this end, the Sholom Aleichem Memorial Foundation sponsored an
International Conference on the Life and Work of Sholem Aleichem.
The conference was held on 9-11 April, 1999, at the National
Yiddish Book Center. The conference was open to scholars, translators,
interpreters, and students of Sholem Aleichem's work, in all media.
For more information contact:
Dr. Jeffrey Shandler
jashandler@aol.com
or
Ms. Debra Braverman,
debraverman@jtsa.edu
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
"DIASPORAS AND ETHNIC MIGRANTS IN 20TH CENTURY EUROPE"
Humboldt-Universitat, Berlin, Germany
May 20-23, 1999
Exserpts from the program:
May 20, 1999
- Opening Discussion: Mixing and Unmixing Populations in 20th
Century Europe
Moshe Semyonov (Tel Aviv University)
Immigration and Ethnicity in Israel: Returning Diaspora and
Nation Building
May 21, 1999
- Failures and Successes in the Building of a Homeland: The
Jewish Diaspora and its Immigration to Israel
Eva-Maria Stolberg (University of Bonn)
Search for a Jewish Homeland: Settlement Projects in the USSR
in the 20s and 30s
William Berthomiere (University of Poitiers)
Integration and Social Dynamic of Ethnic Migrants: Jews from
the Former Soviet Union in Israel
William Safran (University of Colorado, Boulder):
The End of Normality: The Diasporization of Israel
May 22, 1999
- Life in Between: International and Transnational Perspectives
on Diasporas and Ethnic Migrants
Larissa Remennick (Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan)
Russian Jews in Israel as a Transnational Community: Cultural
Separatism and Beyond
- Comparing Diasporas and Ethnic Migrants: German and Israeli
Experiences
Yvonne Schutze (Humboldt University, Berlin) and
Tamar Rapoport (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Approaching a New Society: Social Relationships of Young Russian
Jews in Israel and Germany
Amanda Klekowski (Georgetown Unversity, Washington)
Who Organizes? The Political Opportunity of Co-Ethnic Migrant
Mobilization: Post-Cold War Jewish Immigrants to Israel and
Ethnic German Migrants to Germany
Marina Niznik (Tel Aviv University)
The Russian Language as Base Factor of the Formation of the
Russian Community in Israel
For more information please contact:
Rainer Ohliger/Rainer Munz
Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin
Lehrstuhl Bevolkerungswissenschaft
Unter den Linden 6, Berlin D-10099 Germany
Tel.: 030-2093-1937
Fax: 030-2093-1432
E-mail: ethnic@sowi.hu-berlin.de
Web site: http://www.demographie.de/ethnic
THE 6TH INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON JEWISH ART:
SCRIPTURE AND PICTURE: THE BIBLE IN JEWISH, CHRISTIAN
AND ISLAMIC ART
Jerusalem, Israel, June 13-17, 1999
The Sixth International Seminar on Jewish Art was held
in Jerusalem, the week of June 13 to 17, 1999. It focused
on Scripture and Picture: the Bible in Jewish, Christian and
Islamic Art.
The Bible is at the very core of Jewish history and life.
Jewish Art has developed through the transposition of Bible
Scripture into pictures, entering firmly and clearly, but not
without hesitation, the world of figural transcriptions. The
aim of the Seminar was to examine and discuss the ways and
means of that transcription from text into image, in Jewish
Art as well as in Christian and Islamic Art.
The Seminar Chairperson was Professor Elisheva Revel-Neher of
the Department of Art History of the Hebrew University. The
Steering Committee was comprised of:
Prof. Bezalel Narkiss, founder of the Center for Jewish Art;
Dr. Aliza Cohen-Mushlin, Director of the Center;
Prof. Walter Cahn, of the Department of the History of Art
at Yale University;
Prof. Priscilla Soucek, of the Institute of Fine Arts at New
York University;
Prof. Miriam Rosen-Ayalon of the Department of Islamic
Culture at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem;
Prof. Daniel Weiss of the Department of the History of Art at
the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Sections:
Section I
The Biblical Book
- The decoration program of Biblical texts and other sacred
writings in Jewish, Christian and Moslem traditions
- Covers, frontispieces, illuminated pages, text illustration
- Biblical scenes in synagogues and churches
- Biblical subjects on liturgical objects
Section II
Biblical Narratives
- Narrative cycles in painting, sculpture, manuscripts and
printed books
- Biblical scenes
Section III
Art as Exegesis
- Bible and commentary
- Pictorial polemics
- Typology, Apocalypticism
Section IV
Scripture and Sanctuary
- Bible as inspiration of architecture, i.e. Temple as
paradigm
Section V
The Individual Artist and the Bible
- The single artist, his context and impact:
Rembrandt, Merian, Dore, Chagall
Section VI
The Bible in Modern Art
- Bible and Orientalism
- Bible as inspiration in Israeli art and architecture
- Workshops for artists and educators
For more information contact:
Susan Sawicki, Seminar Coordinator
Center for Jewish Art
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Terra Sancta Building, POB 4262, Jerusalem 91042 Israel
Tel.: 972-2-6586605
Fax: 972-2-6586672
E-mail: cja@vms.huji.ac.il
Web site: http://www.hum.huji.ac.il/cja
TOUR IN UKRAINE:
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HASSIDIC MASTERS AND YIDDISH AUTHORS
July 12-19, 1999
By:
Gershon Winer
winer@euronet.co.il
In the Footsteps of Hassidic Masters and Yiddish Authors,
the third annual 7day tour in Ukraine, scheduled for summer
1999, was announced by World Council for Yiddish Culture.
Combining elements of Jewish history, literature and
folklore, and accompanied by Hebrew University Professor
Dov Noy, world's leading authority on Jewish folklore and
ethnic history, along with Dr. Mordechai Yushkovsky, formerly
of Ukraine, the 7day tour left Israel on July 12 culminating
on July 19.
Included were visits to the graves of early founders
and masters of the Hassidic movement - Baal Shem Tov,
Nachman Bratslaver, Nosen Nemirover and Levi Yitzhak
Berdichever. The itinerary included Pereyaslev-Khmelnitzky
(the birthplace of Sholom Alechiem), Mezhirech, Kitev, Uman,
Berdichev, Bratzlav, Vinnitza, Mohilev-Podolsky, Pechera,
Bershad, Shargorod, Medzibezh, Nemirov, Yaltushkov, Viznitsa,
Sadigura, Kiev, and Chernovits. Participants had
an opportunity to meet with local residents and be
present at Yiddish festivals. Also included were the
historic sites of Kiev with its rich history in Yiddish
letters and the Babi Yar Memorial.
The tour was conducted in Yiddish, with the help of
translators.
Information about the tour can be obtained from:
Groutas Tours
71 Ben Yehuda Street
Tel Aviv, Israel
Tel.: 972-3-5270142
Fax: 972-3-523-5025
Tour sponsor, the World Council for Yiddish Culture, is
the umbrella agency for Jewish organizations throughout
the world, dedicated to Yiddish language and culture in
all its manifestations. Established more than 25 years
ago, the Council is located in Leivik House, the home of
the Association of Yiddish Authors and Journalists in
Israel. Among other activities, it is involved in the
development of formal educational programs and cultural
projects in Yiddish throughout Israel, and the revival
of Yiddish in the countries of the former Soviet Union.
YIDDISH PROGRAM AT VILNIUS UNIVERSITY
Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
July 12 - August 6, 1999
An intensive four-week academic and cultural program was held
at Vilnius University in Vilnius, Lithuania 12 July through 6
August 1999. An international faculty of university professors and
community leaders - from Lithuania, America, Estonia, England,
Russia, Belarus - taught elementary and advanced language, and
conducted seminars, tours of Vilnius and the countryside, film
screenings, and concerts, in the context of a city once reknowned
for its Jewish culture. The entire program was in Yiddish.
For complete information contact:
Tina Lunson, Administrative Director
E-mail: tlunson@ix.netcom.com
Web site: http://www.vilnius-yiddish.com/academic.html
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FUNDING
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IREX INTRODUCES ANNOUNCEMENT SERVICE
By: Anne Marie Hvid
Editor, Electronic Publishing, IREX
IREX introduces new electronic announcement mailing list, an
announcement service that will keep you apprised of IREX's
activities in Central and Eastern Europe, the New Independent
States, Mongolia, and China, as well as in the United States.
Postings include announcements and brief updates on conferences
and policy forums, new grants and programs, and a monthly
calendar of events.
You can subscribe to the list by sending a message to:
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with anything in the subject line and a message body containing
only:
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This mailing list is moderated, which means you will only
receive messages from the editor of the list and you will be
receiving only a limited number of messages.
MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CULTURE:
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS IN JEWISH STUDIES
The Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture offers International
Fellowships in Jewish Studies to assist individuals and institutions
in carrying out independent scholarly, literary, or artistic projects
which will make a significant contribution to the understanding,
preservation, enhancement, or transmission of Jewish culture.
Any scholar, researcher, or artist who has the knowledge and
experience to formulate and implement a project in a field of Jewish
specialization is eligible to apply. Being connected to an academic
institution and/or having oversight from an individual within the
world of academia is virtually essential for grant requests to be
taken seriously.
There is a variety of grant categories, for individuals as well as
institutions, and the nature of how the grants are administered is
distinctive within the world of academic grantsmanship. Be sure to
ask for information on ALL of the different types of grants available
when you contact the MFJC.
Grants range from $1,000 to $5,000 for one academic year, depending
on the cost of living in the country where the recipient lives.
The deadline for applications is OCTOBER 31. Applications can be
obtained on individual written request, although you can call as
well:
Rabbi Alexander Schindler, President
Jerry Hochbaum, Executive Vice-President
Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture
15 East 26th Street
New York, NY 10010 USA
Tel.: 1-212-679-4074
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PUBLICATIONS
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ARTICLES ON RUSSIAN JEWRY
Contributions are solicited for an anthology of materials on
the rebirth of Jewish culture in Russian since the late 1980s.
If you have or know of relevant documents, articles, interviews,
essays, and the like, or if you have contacts in Russia or
Israel who might be good sources, please contact:
Prof. Emily Tall
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260 USA
E-mail: mllemily@acsu.buffalo.edu
A MISSIONARY FOR HISTORY: ESSAYS IN HONOR OF SIMON DUBNOV
By:
Prof. Kristi Groberg, Moorhead State University
groberg@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu
The University of Minnesota's Minnesota Mediterranean and East
European Monograph series has just published _A Missionary for
History: Essays in Honor of Simon Dubnov_, edited by Kristi
Groberg and Avraham Greenbaum. This volume contains articles on
Dubnov and his life and work based on newly available archival
materials. The authors include A.Greenbaum, K.Groberg, R.Poznanski,
I.Bartal, J.Goldstein, D.Haruv, M.Zalkin, M.F.Hamm, J.D.Klier,
Sh.Lambroza, A.M.Kayzer, V.Iu.Gessen, M.Beizer, M.Web, and
V.E.Kelner, as well as an extensive bibliography of works about
Dubnov.
The book can be ordered and review copies for journals and other
periodicals may be requested from:
Soterios G. Stavrou
E-mail: mgsp@gold.tc.umn.edu.
COLLECTION "FROM GENESIS TO EXODUS"
Moscow Center "Sefer" has recently published the second item
in its academic series (the first was the Biblical Reader,
edited by Dr. Baruch Schwartz): "From Genesis to Exodus",
a 287 page collection of Russian language articles
presented at the two conferences organized by Sefer and the
Russian Academy of Sciences. The 20 articles were contributed
by scholars from Moscow, Sofia, Novosibirsk, London and
St. Petersburg, in addition to Dov Noy from Jerusalem and
Aliza Shinhar from Haifa. Contact the "Sefer" office in
Moscow for copies:
Moscow Center "Sefer"
for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization
Leninsky prospekt, 32 A, bldg. B, room 808
Moscow 117334 Russia
Tel.: 7-095-938-57-16
Fax: 7-095-938-00-70
E-mail: sefer@glanet.ru
sefer@fl08.tower.ras.ru
victoria@cityline.ru
Web site: http://www.glasnet.ru/~sefer
ACADEMIC DIRECTORY OF JEWISH STUDIES IN THE FORMER USSR
Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization is
going to publish the second edition of its Academic
Directory of Jewish Studies (Russian/English), and look for
your cooperation in gathering information on the subject in
your University/institution.
The aims of the Directory are: to further the collaboration
and contacts between distant colleagues despite of all
obstacles and circumstances, to encourage the teaching of
Jewish studies at university level, to provide the useful
information to our colleagues in all over the world, to
support the research in the field.
"Sefer" has already succeeded in gathering the essential part
of information, but we are aware that there could be some
'holes'/mistakes - in order to avoid them we need your help
and cooperation. Would you kindly send us (better - by e-mail)
the information about yourself (address, phone, fax, e-mail),
your research and teaching subject area, your academic
affiliation.
If you know about an academic scholar, independent researcher
and university teacher of Judaica, any institution for research
or university in the former Soviet Union, where Judaica is
taught - please let us know, so we could include this
information into the Directory.
Please contact:
Dr. Victoria Motchalova, Director
Moscow Center "Sefer"
for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization
Leninsky prospekt, 32 A, bldg. B, room 808
Moscow 117334 Russia
Tel.: 7-095-938-57-16
Fax: 7-095-938-00-70
E-mail: sefer@glanet.ru
sefer@fl08.tower.ras.ru
victoria@cityline.ru
Web site: http://www.glasnet.ru/~sefer
NEW JOURNAL:
Vestnik Evreiskogo Universiteta: Istoria, Kultura, Tsivilizatsia
(Herald of the Jewish University: History, Culture, Civilization)
By:
Michael Beizer
beizer@jdc.org.il
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Jewish University
in Moscow announce the publication of a new journal in the
Russian language: _Vestnik Evreiskogo Universiteta: Istoria,
Kultura, Tsivilizatsia_. The new journal continues the
_Vestnik Evreiskogo universiteta v Moskve_, but deals with a
broader range of topics. It will publish articles, documents
and reviews in every field of Jewish studies, such as Jewish
history, Jewish thought, Bible studies, Semitology, Jewish
literature, culture, sociology, demography, and archeography.
Editorial board of the journal includes:
Israel Bartal (Hebrew University)
Michael Beizer (Hebrew University)
Oleg Budnitskii (Jewish University of Moscow)
Arkadii Kovelman (Jewish University of Moscow)
Alexander Militarev (Jewish University of Moscow), chairman
Sergei Ruzer (Hebrew University)
Managing editors are:
Alexander Lieberman (Moscow)
Ilia Lurie (Jerusalem)
The journal will be bi-annual. Each issue will contain about
300 pages. Each manuscript will be evaluated by leading
scholars in the respective fields before publication.
A submitted manuscript should answer the following
requirements:
- must not be published or considered for publication by other
journal in any language,
- should not exceed 20 printed pages,
- should be typed double-spaced with wide margins.
Manuscripts should be submitted in two printed copies and,
if possible, accompanied with computer disc copies. Submitted
manuscripts will not be returned, even if they are turned down.
Manuscripts should be forwarded to:
Mr. Ilia Lurie
The Center for Jewish Studies in the Russian Language
The Institute of Jewish Studies, Hebrew University
Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905 Israel
Tel. 972-2-588-3556
or
Prof. Oleg Budnitskii
Jewish University of Moscow
Mokhovaya ulitsa, 9, room 329, Moscow 103009 Russia
Tel.: 7-095-203-3441
E-mail: jum@cityline.ru
BOOKS ON JUDAICA PUBLISHED IN THE COUNTRIES
OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION IN 1997 - 1999
Source:
Bulletin "The People of the Book in the World of Books"
No. 15-21, 1998-1999. Published by Jewish Association of
St. Petersburg, Russia.
Tel. and fax: 7-812-314-51-17
E-mail: frenk@lea.spb.su
- Belarus
E.K.Anishchenko. Pale of Setlement: Belorussian Synagogue
during the Reign of Ekaterine II. Minsk, 1998. 160 pp.
In Russian.
E.S.Rozenblat, I.E.Elenskaia. Jews of Pinsk. 1939 - 1944.
Brest, 1997. 312 pp. In Russian.
- Lithuania
Lithuanian Synagogues: Catalog of Exhibition Commemorating
the 200th Anniversary of the Death of the Vilna Gaon.
Vilnius, 1997. 48 pp. In Lithuanian, English and Hebrew.
The Gaon of Vilnius and the Annals of Jewish Culture:
Materials of the international scientific conference.
Vilnius, September 10-12, 1997. Compiled by I.Lempertas.
Vilnius, 1998. 391 pp. In English.
- Russia
History and Ethnography of Mountain Jews in the Caucasus:
Proceedings of the Seminar, September 15-17, 1997. Compiled
by S.A.Danilova. Nalchik, 1998. 88 pp. In Russian.
Shadow of the Holocaust: Proceedings of the 2nd International
Symposium "Lessons of the Holocaust and Contemporary Russia",
May 4-7, 1997). Moscow: Center "Holocaust", 1998. 304 pp. In
Russian with some materials in English.
V.V.Engel. "Jewish Question" in Russian-American Relations.
A Case of "Passport" Problem. 1864 - 1913. Moscow, 1998.
143 pp. In Russian.
Jews in Russia. History and Culture: Collecetd Articles.
Series: Proceedings in Judaica. History and Ethnography,
Issue 5. Edited by D.A.Elyashevich. St. Petersburg, 1998.
396 pp. In Russian with some materials in English and
German.
Jews and Russian Revolution: Materials and Studies.
Edited by O.V.Budnitskii. Moscow and Jerusalem, 1999.
480 pp. In Russian.
Jewish Civilization: Problems and Studies. Proceedings of
the 5th International Conference of Moscow Center "Sefer".
Edited by R.M.Kaplanov, V.V.Mochalova, L.A.Chulkova. Moscow,
1998. 320 pp. In Russian with some materials in English.
Documentary History of Mountain Jews of North Caucasus
(1829 - 1917): Collected Archival Materials. Compiled by
S.A.Danilova, E.S.Tiutiunina. Nalchik, 1999. 288 pp.
In Russian.
Tirosh: Proceedings of the 3rd Student CIS Conference on
Judaica. Moscow, 1999. 298 pp. In Russian.
- Ukraine
Documents Collected by the Jewish Historical and
Ethnographical Commission of the All-Ukrainian Academy
of Sciences. Compiled and introduced by V.Khiterer.
Kiev and Jerusalem, 1999. 300 pp. In Russian.
M.Mitsel. Jewish Religious Communities in Ukraine (Kiev,
Lvov: 1945 - 1981). Kiev, 1998. 263 pp. In Russian with
summaries in Ukrainian and English.
Synagogues in Ukraine. Compiled by V.Slobodian, O.Boiko,
D.Lonkevich. Lvov, 1998. 180 pp., illustrations. In
Ukrainian.
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