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An Introduction to Hebrew Manuscripts
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The New York Public Library
In this seminar, four experts introduce the physical and cultural characteristics of the Hebrew manuscript books of the Middle Ages and reflect on the kind of information that they reveal. Throughout the seminar, the scholars show how Hebrew manuscripts reflect regional variations in materials, culture and religious sensibility, and they consider how scribal practices and literary tastes evolved over the centuries as manuscripts were produced. They discuss many of the most notable and distinctive of these works, preserved in libraries and private collections around the world.
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Israel and the Arab Coalition in 1948
From:
Cambridge University Press
In this seminar Avi Shlaim, professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford, launches into the heart of scholarly debate about the foundation of the state of Israel. Rather than accepting the Zionist account of what happened between the Arab states and Israel in 1948, Shlaim re-examines the traditional narrative about the birth of Israel. In this controversial and political assessment, Shlaim suggests that it is time to reassess the portrayal of Jews as victims of the Arab coalition. Whether the reader agrees with Shlaim's appraisal or not, this seminar offers a crucial perspective on the defining moment in Arab-Israeli history.
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Poland's Century: War, Communism and Anti-Semitism
From:
London School of Economics and Political Science
In this seminar, Anita Prazmowska, senior lecturer in International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science, explores the impact of the Second World War and the establishment of Communism for the Jewish community in Poland. After first examining the treatment of Poland throughout the Second World War, she focuses on the establishment of Communism and anti-Semitism in Poland in the years after the war. She explores this further through the case study of the 1946 pogrom in the Polish town of Kielce, where the weakness of local party structures was the crucial factor in the escalation and lack of reparations. Finally, Prazmowska considers the recent history of Auschwitz as a contested space in Poland where there have been rows over the ownership of this centre of martyrdom.
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When Jews Were GIs: World War II and the Remaking of American Jewry
From:
University of Michigan
World War II marked a turning point for American Jews in many ways. In this free seminar, Deborah Dash Moore explores the American Jewish experience during the war and after. Moore gives voice to the American Jews on the home front and in military service during the war who experienced anti-Semitism and witnessed the transformation of American sentiment firsthand. As Moore demonstrates, this generation, who fought anti-Semitism to go to war, returned home ready and able to transform American Jewry.
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