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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.
Hans-Joachim Lang (born 6 August 1951) is a German journalist, historian, and adjunct professor of cultural anthropology at the Ludwig-Uhland Institute for Empirical Cultural Studies University of Tübingen. [1]
Memorial of the 86 Jewish victims murdered in 1943 at Struthof by August Hirt. Located at Institute of Anatomy of Strasbourg (Hôpital civil).. August Hirt (28 April 1898 – 2 June 1945) was an anatomist with Swiss and German nationality who served as a chairman at the Reich University in Strasbourg during World War II.
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The series is mainly funded by the Research Authority at Herzog College and the World Union of Jewish Studies. Additional support is received by other foundations including the Israel Science Foundation, The Israeli Lottery Council for Culture and Arts- Mifal HaPayis, The Legacy Committee Estates and Trusts Department of the State of Israel, the Amalia and Rabbi Moshe Rosen Foundation and The ...
Steve Stern, novelist and short story writer whose work draws heavily on Jewish folklore and the immigrant experience; winner of the National Jewish Book Award [110] Harvey Swados, novelist and essayist [30] Judd L. Teller, writer, historian, poet. [111] Jonathan Tropper, novelist [112] Leopold Tyrmand, writer [113] Leon Uris, novelist [114]
In 2001, the television programme Son of God used one of three first-century Jewish skulls from a leading department of forensic science in Israel to depict Jesus in a new way. Neave constructed a face using forensic anthropology which suggested that Jesus would have had a broad face and large nose, and differed significantly from the ...
This is a list of the winners of the National Jewish Book Award by category. The awards were established in 1950 to recognize outstanding Jewish Literature. [1] [2] [3] They are awarded by the Jewish Book Council, a New-York based non-profit organization dedicated to the support and promotion of Jewish literature since 1944. [2] [4] [5] [6]