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Menachem Taffel's body, part of the Jewish skeleton collection. The Jewish skull collection was an attempt by Nazi Germany to create an anthropological display to showcase the alleged racial inferiority of the "Jewish race" and to emphasize the Jews' status as Untermenschen ("subhumans"), in contrast to the Aryan race, which the Nazis considered to be superior.
A review by Kirkus Reviews highlights Johnson’s sympathetic approach to Jewish history and his focus on external influences shaping Jewish life. The review also commends his treatment of the "rise of modern Israel." [1] However, some scholars have criticized the book for its occasional generalizations and lack of deeper analysis on certain ...
"Review of The Jewish People: Past and Present. Volume II". Journal of Bible and Religion. 17 (3): 211– 212. ISSN 0885-2758. JSTOR 1458838. Purinton, Carl E. (1948). "Review of The Jewish People: Past and Present. Volume I". Journal of Bible and Religion. 16 (2): 130. ISSN 0885-2758. JSTOR 1457307. "Review of The Jewish People: Past and ...
The book Als Christ nenne ich Sie einen Lügner – Theodor Rollers Aufbegehren gegen Hitler (As a Christian, I Call You a Liar:Theodor Roller's revolt against Hitler) tells the story of a young bank accountant named Theodor Roller who refused to sign an oath of allegiance to Adolf Hitler, and wrote letters to Hitler explaining his faith. As a ...
The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day is an English-language encyclopedia containing over 15,000 articles on the history, culture, and state of Judaism up to the early 20th century. [1]
Jewish individuals have played a significant role in the development and growth of Western culture, [50] [51] advancing many fields of thought, science and technology, [40] both historically and in modern times, [352] including through discrete trends in Jewish philosophy, Jewish ethics [353] and Jewish literature, [40] as well as specific ...
During their 2000-year-long dispersion the Jewish people were kept alive by observing Zakhor. A New York Times 1984 book review by Leon Wieseltier, the author of Nuclear War, Nuclear Peace, said that Yerushalmi was "one of the Jewish community's most important historians". Zakhor established "him as one of its most important critics.
Adler uses the works of the first-century Roman-Jewish writer Josephus, among other sources, to understand contemporary Jewish practice.. In the book's introduction, Adler writes: "The aim of the present book is to investigate when and how the ancestors of today's Jews first came to know about the regulations of the Torah, to regard these rules as authoritative law, and to put these laws into ...