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From pork to Kapores: transformations in religious practice among the Jews of late imperial Kiev
No full textUntil recently, studies of Jewish religious practices in Imperial Russia have focused on major movements such as Hasidism and mitnagdism as well as the challenges that Haskalah presented to traditional Judaism. Few scholars have scrutinized transformations in everyday religious practices such as the observance of Sabbath and other holidays, synagogue attendance, and liturgical practices. However, new political, social, and economic realities had generated subtle changes in religious practices even in earlier periods and it comes as no surprise, therefore, that religious practices among Jews during the tsarist period, especially in Kiev, were neither monolithic nor static. This article provides a new perspective on this topic by analyzing patterns of religious practice among Jews in one city – examining personal observance, communal practice, synagogue rites and attendance, and religious education – while providing a broader context of reform in Russia. In large urban centers like Kiev, the pressures and temptations of modern life, big-city anonymity, and the vitality and diversity of Jewish community often led to a transformation of prior belief and behavior among new arrivals. The author concludes that despite the absence of a movement for religious reform in the Russian Empire, we can nonetheless observe innovations and changes in religious life emerging out of the attempt to make observance compatible with modern urban life and a nascent Russian-Jewish identity
Karaims in the novel Meir Ezofowicz of Eliza Orzeszkowa
No full textMeir Ezofowicz, Eliza Orzeszkowa’s well-known novel published in 1878, features two Karaim characters: Abel and Gołda. The novel itself, however, primarily concerns the Rabbanite Jews. The author of the present article analyses the way in which the Karaims are depicted in the novel via the methods of literature anthropology. Here, the author addresses the question of Eliza Orzeszkowa’s motives for introducing Abel and Gołda into the book – and the way she achieved this. The article demonstrates how the image of the Karaims created by the novelist contains a number of errors and inaccuracies. Although her aim was merely to juxtapose the Karaims with the Jews, bearing in mind the popularity and classic status of the novel, it is valid to say that Meir Ezofowicz may have help shape stereotypes of the Karaims.W znanej powieści Elizy Orzeszkowej pt. Meir Ezofowicz (1878) występuje dwoje Karaimów: Abel i Gołda. Książka jednak dotyczy tematyki żydowskiej. Autor artykułu, posiłkując się inspiracjami ze strony antropologii literatury, próbuje poddać analizie wizerunek Karaimów w tej powieści. Zastanawia się, w jaki sposób i w jakim celu Orzeszkowa wprowadziła do swej powieści postacie Karaimów. Okazuje się, że pisząc o nich popełniła pewne błędy. Ale jej celem było uczynienie z Karaimów przeciwieństwa w stosunku do Żydów, którzy są głównym przedmiotem jej zainteresowania. Ze względu na popularność i rangę Meira Ezofowicza, powieść ta może wpływać na stereotyp Karaimów
Economic utopia of the Torah. Economic concepts of the Hebrew Bible interpreted according to the Rabbinical Literature
No full textHebrew Bible offers alternative Economic utopia for building Theocratic society. In this paper, various economic concepts and themes are presented, as found in the Hebrew Bible. These economic concepts include taxation, property rights, labor market, social policy, banking, years of Sabbath and Jubilee, and business cycles. Most economic issues of the Bible are found in the texts of Torah, also known as five Books of Moses. These texts are analyzed by using classical Rabbinical commentaries for better insight. Contrary to the modern Economic theory which is based on the assumptions of scarcity of resources and unlimited needs of consumers, Economics of the Torah is based on God’s resources which are enough for all true needs of His people.Hebrew Bible, History of Economics, History of Economic Thought, Ancient Israel, Judaism
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The international political economy of intellectual property rights /
No full textThis book investigates the realm of intellectual property rights (IPRs) within the context of international political economy. In particular, it examines the extent to which powerful interest groups, such as pharmaceutical multinational companies, influence the political dynamism underlying the field of IPRs. Meir Perez Pugatch argues that a pure economic approach does not provide a sufficient or satisfactory explanation for the creation of intellectual property rights, most notably patents. The author instead suggests that a dynamic approach, based on the international political economy of interest groups and systemic outcomes, provides a better starting point for explaining how the international intellectual property agenda is determined
Linguistic creation of a Jewish family in "Meir Ezofowicz", a novel by Eliza Orzeszkowa
No full textIn her novel, Meir Ezofowicz, the author provides an insight into the social and culturalreality of a Jewish borderland town in the second half of the 19th century. The fourJewish families featured in the novel come from diverse cultural, socio-economic, andreligious backgrounds. The linguistic images created by Orzeszkowa reflect the stereotypicalperception of reality, and, at the same time, condemn all anti-social behaviour,including that observed within the Jewish diaspora community
Meir-Keeler Type Contractions on Js-Metric Spaces and Related Fixed Point Theorems
No full textKARAPINAR, ERDAL/0000-0002-6798-3254We introduce two classes of Meir-Keeler type contractions in the framework of JS-metric spaces introduced by Jleli and Samet (2015). For each class, a fixed point result is derived. Some interesting consequences which follow from our obtained results are discussed.King Saud University (Saudi Arabia)The second author extends his appreciation to Distinguished Scientist Fellowship Program (DSFP) at King Saud University (Saudi Arabia)
Meir Ezofowicz in the cycle of illustrations by Andriolli
No full textThe article concentrates on the issues of the cycle of illustrations by Elwiro Michał Andriolli in
Eliza Orzeszkowa’s Meir Ezofowicz as a work of art of the second half of the 19th century, an
excellent inter-semiotic translation of literature into the “image rhetoric”, and an example of a
turn in the artistic work style – from romanticism, preferred by the artist, to social realism. Wood
engravings were made by the graphic artist with both artistry and kindliness towards the author
and the subject matter of the novel. Andriolli’s thorough artistic interpretation fills in the book’s
unsaid parts, highlights the meanings that the writer was not allowed to touch upon in the novel
because of the censorship, e.g. he showed the centuries-old relationships between the Jews and
the Polish in the context of the loss of statehood. In the cycle, the graphic artist recorded the
collective portrait of the Jewish community, depicted their cultural richness and internal problems
(concerning economy, religion and identity)
The opening of the ceremony of planting the wood
No full textThe Meir Shfeyah Youth Village was founded following World War One as an orphanage for girls. Boys were accepted shortly thereafter. Located in the Jewish colony of Meir Shfeyah, near Zikron Ya’akov, the facility was situated on the site of previous youth facilities. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, or JDC, funded the orphanage through its Palestine Orphan Committee until 1925 when Junior Hadassah, a division of Hadassah for young, unmarried women, took over the responsibility after several years of supporting individual orphans. Meir Shfeyah Youth Village, alternately known as Meir Shfeyah Children's Village, became Junior Hadassah’s largest fundraising project. Junior Hadassah financed the institution’s expenses for three decades until turning over primary responsibility to the State of Israel’s Department of Agriculture in 1958. Although Junior Hadassah merged with other Hadassah divisions in 1967, Hadassah continued to provide support to the Meir Shfeyah Youth Village, which still exists today as a residential, comprehensive high school with an agricultural focus.Digital imageDigital finding aid
Sir Herbert Samuel and Baron Edmond de Rothschild at Meier Chefeya [Shfeyah]
No full textThe Meir Shfeyah Youth Village was founded following World War One as an orphanage for girls. Boys were accepted shortly thereafter. Located in the Jewish colony of Meir Shfeyah, near Zikron Ya’akov, the facility was situated on the site of previous youth facilities. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, or JDC, funded the orphanage through its Palestine Orphan Committee until 1925 when Junior Hadassah, a division of Hadassah for young, unmarried women, took over the responsibility after several years of supporting individual orphans. Meir Shfeyah Youth Village, alternately known as Meir Shfeyah Children's Village, became Junior Hadassah’s largest fundraising project. Junior Hadassah financed the institution’s expenses for three decades until turning over primary responsibility to the State of Israel’s Department of Agriculture in 1958. Although Junior Hadassah merged with other Hadassah divisions in 1967, Hadassah continued to provide support to the Meir Shfeyah Youth Village, which still exists today as a residential, comprehensive high school with an agricultural focus.Digital imageDigital finding aid
Bikurim celebration
No full textThe Meir Shfeyah Youth Village was founded following World War One as an orphanage for girls. Boys were accepted shortly thereafter. Located in the Jewish colony of Meir Shfeyah, near Zikron Ya’akov, the facility was situated on the site of previous youth facilities. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, or JDC, funded the orphanage through its Palestine Orphan Committee until 1925 when Junior Hadassah, a division of Hadassah for young, unmarried women, took over the responsibility after several years of supporting individual orphans. Meir Shfeyah Youth Village, alternately known as Meir Shfeyah Children's Village, became Junior Hadassah’s largest fundraising project. Junior Hadassah financed the institution’s expenses for three decades until turning over primary responsibility to the State of Israel’s Department of Agriculture in 1958. Although Junior Hadassah merged with other Hadassah divisions in 1967, Hadassah continued to provide support to the Meir Shfeyah Youth Village, which still exists today as a residential, comprehensive high school with an agricultural focus.Digital imageDigital finding aid
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