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AHC interview with John Husserl Wykert.
No full textJohn Husserl Wykert was born in Vienna in 1927 as Hans Wolfgang Weichert. He lived at Gonzagagasse 9 in the first Viennese district. In 1938 he fled from the Nazis to the USA. He got a B.A. at Tufts College, and took some postgraduate courses at NYU. He worked as a medical writer, and also edited a book on the Holocaust, "The Book of Alfred Kantor". John Husserl Wykert is a relative of world famous philosopher Edmund Husserl.See also John Husserl Wykert Collection (AR 11310)Austrian Heritage Collectio
AHC interview with Katharine Elizabeth Seiler.
No full textKatharine Elizabeth Seiler (née Politzer) was born in Vienna in 1914. She lived at Schottenring 19 in the first Viennese district, and went to school at the "Wiener Frauenakademie", an art school, from 1930-32. She immigrated to the US via Prague, where she lived from 1/1937 to 6/1938, and the Netherlands to the US. In the US, she got support from the Jewish Agricultural Society of Baron DeHirsch, who sponsored their chickenfarm in New Jersey. She became a designer. 60 years after her emigration she visited the places of her childhood for the first time again.Austrian Heritage Collectio
In retrospect, Congregation Ohav Sholaum : sixty years of service to the Jewish community.
No full textBrochure on 60th anniversary of congregation Ohav Sholaum in Washington Heights (New York, N.Y.), which was founded by German-Jewish refugees.Susan FischelProcessed for digitizationSent for digitizationReturned from digitizationLinked to online manifestationdigitize
The emergence of the Spanish illuminated haggadah manuscript.
No full textIn late thirteenth-century Spain, the Hebrew Passover haggadah appeared for the first time as an independent and decorated book. The purpose of this investigation is to develop an explanation for its emergence through the recovery of an original reading of the manuscripts and their decoration, insofar as this is possible. By shedding light on the function and meaning of this new type of book for its medieval readers, this project inserts the manuscripts (and their reading) within the historical narrative of Jewish grandeur and decline in fourteenth-century Christian Spain.The illuminated haggadah tradition demonstrates how Spanish Jews effectively expressed a cultural identity based on shifting relations of both resemblance to and difference from the majority Christian culture. In particular, the decoration reveals ways in which Jews continued to identify with the majority culture while finding creative ways to express their dissent or to subvert dominant ideologies. Each of the three most prominent aspects of the haggadah's artistic program illuminates this process of identity-formation by lending support to and actually expanding upon the ideological message already implicit in the text.First, the corpus of text illustrations is viewed in light of the rabbinic emphasis on teaching and learning. The rabbis sought to associate Jewish education with the survival of the Jews in terms of the power of tradition to act as a bulwark against hostile forces. The various types of illustration all draw upon the importance of tradition in asserting an unequivocal Jewish strength in the face of a more uncertain reality. Next, the striking image of the unleavened bread in each manuscript is viewed within the context of a contemporary visual discourse of power. When activated by the reading of the haggadah, this illustration effectively neutralized the threat to Jews posed by a number of Christian power-signs. Finally, the biblical miniature cycles included within ten of the manuscripts are understood in terms of the court Jews' stake in biblical narrative and national-religious historiography. They therefore bring narrative traditions and strategies to bear on the production of meaning and the construction of identity.Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 2000.School code: 0163
AHC interview with Elisabeth F. Gay.
No full textElisabeth F. Gay, nee Feitler, was born Elisabeth Feitler in Vienna, Austria 12/16/1916. She studied at the Staatsakademie fuer darstellende Kunst in Vienna, Austria (1933-1936), a Viennese art university. In May 1938, she fled to Switzerland and emigrated to the USA in April 1939. She married Joseph Gay in 1940. The couple had three children: Catherine Gay, Jill Gay Prados, and Paul Mareth. The family lived in Caracas, Venezuela, for five years, where Elisabeth Gay worked at the American Theater. She stared out doing backstage work, then acted, became a member of their board, and tought classes for children in acting and directing. After their return to the US, Elisabeth Gay took classes at Sara Lawrence College and NYU. She received a MFA in 1977 and a Ph.D. in 1986. She wrote her disseration on drama theory in the US. Elizabeth F Gay passed away in New Rochelle, NY, in 2003.See also Elisabeth Gay's memoirs (ME 1303)See also Elisabeth and John Gay Family Collection (AR 25169)Austrian Heritage Collectio
Board Mission to Russia and Austria (Box 106, Folder 8)
No full textThis folder of material was located in Box 106. Folder originally titled: Board Mission to Russia and Austria - 2000.Digital ImageDigital finding aid
Unique times : Chasali 1947/49.
No full textDaily journal of Israel's war of independence, written February 2, 1948 till July 20, 1949Robert Weiss was born 1923 in Vienna, Austria. Together with his mother he crossed the border to Yugoslavia illegally in 1940. He was one of the older ones among the Youth Aliyah children under the care of Joshko Indig, who managed to get them out of the occupied Yugoslavia. They escaped to Northern Italy in 1942 and from there to Switzerland in 1943, where they were admitted as refugees. In 1945 they finally made their way to Palestine. He served in the "IDF" (Israel Defence Forces) from 1945-1949, and was wounded twice. He is holder of the campain ribbon of the "War of Independence". In 1951, he moved to the USA, and attended the Academy of Aeronautics. From 1957 until 1983, he was working for "American Airlines". He is a member of "American Veterans of Israel War of Independence".see also Robert Weiss' memors, "Joschko's children" in ME 1152.Weiss, Robert R., 1923
... And the air stood still Remembrances Sonia Konichowski שײנע דברה May 16, 1915 - March 26, 1977 Martin Konichowski משה ישראל December 25, 1913 - February 24, 1995
No full textLinda Lembke, Green River Bindery, Guilford, Vermont, bound the book using a wire-edge book structure designed by Daniel Kelm of the Wide Awake Garage, Easthampton, Massachusetts
Adresses recueillies dans le Registre No 172 : de Monsieur Anton Herzl, Diamantaire, Société en nom personnel, depuis le ler octobre 1922 jusque vers 1940 /
No full textList of names and addresses collected in the register of Anton Herzl, a diamond dealer. The addresses are for locations in Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungry, and
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