Der Islam rühmt sich selbst, eine "Religion der Leichtigkeit" zu sein. Muslimische Quellen weisen in dieser Hinsicht dem Judentum einstimmig die Rolle eines Gegengewichts zu und bezeichnen es als ein System von "Lasten und Ketten", durch das die Juden "ihre Seelen unterdrückten"…
Although scholarly studies of the intertexture of Islam and Judaism abound, few have touched upon the Muslim tradition's perception and utilization of Jewish law, and none has done so in depth. This book aims to fill that lacuna and further our understanding of the age-old embra…
Herinneringen van de schrijver aan zijn jeugd in Berlijn in de jaren 1933-1939
In this truly remarkable book, a renowned historian tells of his youth as an assimilated, irreligious Jew in Nazi Germany from 1933-1939. Publisher Fact Sheet. Describes his family; the life they led; and the reasons they did not emigrate sooner. He explores his own ambivalent f…
"By examining the years immediately following World War II, Franklin Bialystok shows that Canadian Jews were not psychologically equipped to comprehend the enormity of the Holocaust. Unable to grasp the extent of the atrocities that had occurred in a world that was not theirs, C…
"By examining the years immediately following World War II, Franklin Bialystok shows that Canadian Jews were not psychologically equipped to comprehend the enormity of the Holocaust. Unable to grasp the extent of the atrocities that had occurred in a world that was not theirs, C…
Explains how and why Jewish identity differs in various societies and regions and the impact of these variations on the theory and practice of Jewish education. The authors discuss differences that extend beyond such immediately obvious variations as language and dress. Includ…
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The unique historical relationship between capitalism and the Jews is crucial to understanding modern European and Jewish history. But the subject has been addressed less often by mainstream historians than by anti-Semites or apologists. In this book Jerry Muller, a leading hist…
