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Reevaluating the Dura Synagogue's west wall iconography: A deuteronomic response and affirmation.
No full textDiscovered during the 1932 excavations of the city, the Synagogue in Dura-Europos revealed an assembly room whose walls contained narrative paintings inspired by biblical and extra-biblical Jewish literature. Found in a nearly complete state is the sacred Jerusalem-facing west wall. Embedded centrally is the earliest intact Torah Shrine retrieved from Late Antiquity, signifying the congregation's loyalty to the Law of Moses. Since their discovery, neither a convincing unifying theme nor a plausible motivating purpose has emerged from numerous iconographical studies of the paintings.Impressed by the carefully planned design of the important west wall, I made an iconographical analysis which clarified designated areas of emphasis, leading to new insights regarding the contents. Providing a key to the iconography is my identification of the monumental scroll-reading portrait as Moses reading from Deuteronomy, his protective legacy to the Israelites and their descendants. Adherence to this document's threshold injunctions would ensure protection of Jewish religious and national integrity; thus, Deuteronomy as a unifying theme seems justified. A study of the regional religious and historical context of the Synagogue paintings, however, led to a closer examination of the Jewish versus Christian conflict over the validity of the Law of Moses, namely, Deuteronomy. Dura's Jewish community might have felt the effect.My dissertation proposes that emphasis on Deuteronomy and its critical contents provided both the unifying theme of the west wall's iconographic program and its motivating purpose, reflecting at the same time a response to Christianity's threat to Jewish religious integrity, founded and built on Mosaic Law, and a reaffirmation of covenantal loyalty to Deuteronomy.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 1997.School code: 0031
Reiss Family Collection.
No full textThe Reiss family collection documents the life and work of the Reiss family (circa 1848-1995). The collection is divided into three series.Series I, Personal Documents, 1902-1995, includes Documents such as photos, passports, birth and death certificates. The last folder is "The story of the Reiss family", a short biographical note on the family, written by Nora Reiss.Series II, Correspondence, 1930-1981, includes private as well as business correspondence of Moritz, Herbert, Kurt and Flora Lotte "Lola" Reiss. To some extant it also documents professional correspondence of Kurt Reiss with publishing houses, patent offices and business partners. However, the bulk of the material is about the family business of the Reiss family. Among it there is some correspondence with breweries and banks.Series III, Kurt Reiss' Works, 1920's-1940, is material related to Kurt Reiss. Subseries I is composed of drafts and manuscripts related to his works. There are some copies of his pamphlets, too. Subseries II is made up of Newspaper clippings. Of particular interest are clippings from prewar anti-Semitic newspapers, local bohemian newspapers and some issues of " Der Stuermer". Subseries III is comprised of Kurt Reiss' notebooks. They are divided into numbered and not numbered exemplars. The bulk of it is unreadable.The Reiss Family Collection deals with the lives of two brothers, Moritz and David Reiss, sons of Josefdigitize
AHC interview with Leo Glueckselig.
No full textJanuary 10, 1997 ; January 29, 1997 ; February 12, 1997Leo Glueckselig was born in Vienna in 1914. He studied architecture and worked as an interior designer. He left Austria with his family in 1938 and emigrated to New York, where he worked as a graphic designer and illustrator. He was part of the Oskar-Maria-Graf Stammtisch. Since 1999 his artwork has been exhibited in Vienna, Salzburg, New York, Washington, and Graz. His brother was the poet Friedrich Berghammer. Leo Glueckselig died in New York in 2003.Austrian Heritage CollectionSee also Leo Glueckselig Collection (AR 25193
Juedische Jugend im Biedermeier : Ein unbekanntes Tagebuch aus Dresden, 1833-1837.
No full textReview of the diary written by a young German Jewish man from 1833 to 1837, when he was 18 to 22 years old.Published by Simon-Dubnow-Institut für jüdische Geschichte und Kultur e.V., Leipzig 1997Synopsis in fil
From Nuremberg to Hadley.
No full textRecollections of Friedmann's youth in Nuremberg and his emigration to Palestine and the U.S.Born in Nuremberg in 1925.Synopsis in fil
Three branches of our family : 1850-1997 /
No full textGeneology and brief histories of the Müller/Muller, Wolf/Wolfe, and Kratzenstein/Kaye families; family history, reflections on life experiences.J. Walter Kaye was born in Zurich in 1932; He immigrated to the United States in 1948.Synopsis in fileAlcoholismDepressionEducation; Jewish; 1918-1933Education; Jewish; after 1945Education; primary and secondary; 1933-1945Education; higher; after 1945Enschede (Netherlands)Internment of aliensKann, Berta FrankKratzenstein, HertaKratzenstein, JuliusKratzenstein, Jossef (Julius)Kratzenstein, SeligWindesheimWolf, BerthaWolf, ElseWolf, IsaakWolf, RichardWolfe, Warner M. (Werner M. Wolf)Auschwitz ; Baeck, Leo ; France ; Theresienstadt ; Westerbork ; Desman, Carlos ; Frank, Theodor
Quellen des Stadtarchivs zum juedischen Leben in Nuernberg (GSI 133).
No full textInventory of sources for Jewish life in Nuremberg at the city archives in Nuremberg
Award Winners (Box 106, Folder 1)
No full textThis folder of material was located in Box 106. Folder originally titled: Award Winners - 1997.Digital ImageDigital finding aid
The Frensdorff family tree : Descendants of Meyer Frensdorff.
No full textFrensdorff family tree with dates from the early 18th century to 1997. Also included is the chapter "Die Juden in Frensdorf" from "Heimatbuch der Gemeinde Frensdorf / Joseph Neundorfer, Bamberg, 1981.Frensdorff, Asher. Frensdorff, Ferdinand. Frensdorff, Salomon. Hannover (Germany)digitize