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Shofar An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies Volume 18 Issue 3

Subject Areas: History
Publisher: Purdue University Press - Purdue University Press
ISSN: 1534-5165
SJR: 4

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A Portrait of a Russian-Jewish Shtadlan: Jacob Teitel's Social Solution

Horowitz, Brian.

2000 Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies

Abstract: This article concerns the life and work of Jacob Teitel, a social activist and judge in the czarist Ministry of Justice. From his position in the government in provincial Russia, Teitel was able to aid Jews affected by legal restrictions by interceding with influential individuals. This...
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Images of the Jew Focused on in the Translated Polish Works of Tadeusz Borowski, Jerzy Andrzejewski, and Czeslaw Milosz

Pannet, Harriet L.

2000 Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies

Abstract: Historically Poles have been unable to resist writing about Jews. "Judeophilic" writing in Polish literature was impressive—illustrative of the often affectionate attitude toward Jews. On the other hand, the writing was often remarkable for its palpable departure from real-life...
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A Literary Struggle with Ambivalence: Representations of Misogyny and Jewish Self-Hatred in the Writing of Albert Cohen

Schneider, Judith Morganroth.

2000 Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies

Abstract: Critics have lauded Albert Cohen for his vehement affirmation of Jewish identity, in contrast to the reserve historically exercised by French Jewish intellectuals with respect to their own Jewishness. Cohen has been equally praised for the exaltation of femininity and maternal love in...
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Memories of History: Women and the Holocaust in Autobiographical and Fictional Memoirs

Doerr, Karin

2000 Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies

Abstract: Only later in life have some women voiced their Holocaust experiences. One example is Ruth Klüger's acclaimed German autobiography, weiter leben-eine Jugend (1992). The Holocaust has also influenced female fiction writers. American-born Sherri Szeman wrote the Auschwitz novel The...
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Second-Generation Holocaust Poetry in Hebrew

Fuchs, Esther

2000 Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies

Abstract: This article discusses central themes in the poetry of three Hebrew poets who are children of Holocaust survivors. Rivka Miriam, Oded Peled, and Tania Hadar are second-generation poets who have given a unique and articulate expression to their perceptions of the Holocaust as event and...
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Pedagogy of Fear: Making the Secret-Jew Visible at the Public Autos de Fe of the Spanish Royal Inquisition

Lunenfeld, Marvin.

2000 Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies

Abstract: Throughout the Iberian world from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century an all-purpose scapegoat drawn from a few prosperous convert families was thrust by inquisitors into view during times of social stress. The tribunal's education in hatred required that ever-more-grandiose...
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Views on Zionism and Israel in East Germany

Timm, Angelika.

2000 Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies

Abstract: The approach of the East German political elite to Zionism had its ideological background in the communist approach to the "Jewish question," antisemitism, and nationalism, while the most important criterion in shaping attitudes towards Israel was the incorporation of me GDR Middle East...
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How Do I Decide?: Practical Reason, Particular Judgments, and Holistic Concerns in Jewish Ethics

Mackler, Aaron L.

2000 Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies

Abstract: The particular judgments of practical reason play crucial roles in Jewish ethics, in applying rules, balancing concerns, and specifying the realization of values. While acknowledging the elusive character of practical reason, the paper develops an account in which these judgments are...
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Is There Jewish History?: Review Essay

Bell, Dean Phillip

2000 Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies

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