Author : Emma Lazarus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UCAL:B5525607
Songs of a Semite
Emma Lazarus
Songs Of A Semite
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Songs of a Semite. The Dance to Death and Other Poems
Emma Lazarus
Author : Emma Lazarus
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385443761
Songs of a Semite. The Dance to Death and Other Poems by Emma Lazarus Pdf
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Songs of a Semite
Emma Lazarus
Author : Emma Lazarus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Music
ISBN : 0781237718
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Bonded Leather binding
Songs of a Semite
Emma Lazarus
Author : Emma Lazarus
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1523437324
Songs of a Semite by Emma Lazarus Pdf
The "Dance to Death" was published, along with other poems and translations from the Hebrew poets of mediaeval Spain, in a small volume entitled "Songs of a Semite." The tragedy was dedicated, " In profound veneration and respect to the memory of George Eliot, the illustrious writer who did most among the artists of our day towards elevating and ennobling the spirit of Jewish nationality." For this was the idea that had caught the imagination of Emma Lazarus, - a restored and independent nationality and repatriation in Palestine. In her article in "The Century" of February, 1883, on the "Jewish Problem," she says:- "I am fully persuaded that all suggested solutions other than this are but temporary palliatives.... The idea formulated by George Eliot has already sunk into the minds of many Jewish enthusiasts, and it germinates with miraculous rapidity. 'The idea that I am possessed with,' says Deronda, 'is that of restoring a political existence to my people; making them a nation again, giving them a national centre, such as the English have, though they, too, are scattered over the face of the globe. That is a task which presents itself to me as a duty.... I am resolved to devote my life to it. At the least, I may awaken a movement in other minds such as has been awakened in my own.1 Could the noble prophetess who wrote the above words have lived but till to-day to see the ever-increasing necessity of adopting her inspired counsel,... she would have been herself astonished at the flame enkindled by her seed of fire, and the practical shape which the movement projected by her in poetic vision is beginning to assume." -The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Vol. 1 [1888]
Dancing Jewish
Rebecca Rossen
Author : Rebecca Rossen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780199792016
Dancing Jewish by Rebecca Rossen Pdf
While Jews are commonly referred to as the "people of the book," American Jewish choreographers have consistently turned to dance as a means to articulate personal and collective identities; tangle with stereotypes; advance social and political agendas; and imagine new possibilities for themselves as individuals, artists, and Jews. Dancing Jewish delineates this rich history, demonstrating that Jewish choreographers have not only been vital contributors to American modern and postmodern dance, but that they have also played a critical and unacknowledged role in the history of Jews in the United States. A dancer and choreographer, as well as an historian, author Rebecca Rossen offers evocative analyses of dances while asserting the importance of embodied methodologies to academic research. Featuring over fifty images, a companion website, and key works from 1930 to 2005 by a wide range of artists - including David Dorfman, Dan Froot, David Gordon, Hadassah, Margaret Jenkins, Pauline Koner, Dvora Lapson, Liz Lerman, Sophie Maslow, Anna Sokolow, and Benjamin Zemach - Dancing Jewish offers a comprehensive framework for interpreting performance and establishes dance as a crucial site in which American Jews have grappled with cultural belonging, personal and collective histories, and the values that bind and pull them apart.
Songs of a Semite
Emma Lazarus
Author : Emma Lazarus
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1359763279
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Songs of a Semite
Emma Lazarus
Author : Emma Lazarus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : American drama
ISBN : 0839811535
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SONGS OF A SEMITE
Emma 1849-1887 Lazarus
Author : Emma 1849-1887 Lazarus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1363654969
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Songs of a Semite: The Dance to Death, and Other Poems (Classic Reprint)
Emma Lazarus
Author : Emma Lazarus
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-12
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1331261694
Songs of a Semite: The Dance to Death, and Other Poems (Classic Reprint) by Emma Lazarus Pdf
Excerpt from Songs of a Semite: The Dance to Death, and Other Poems Scene I. A Street in the Judengasse, outside the Synagogue. During this scene Jews and Jewesses, singly and in groups, with prayer-books in their hands pass across the stage and go into the Synagogue. Among them, enter Baruch and Naphtali. Naphtali. Hast seen him yet? Baruch. Nay; Rabbi Jacob's door Swung to behind him, just as I puffed up O'erblown with haste. See how our years weigh, cousin. Who'd judge me with this paunch a temperate man, A man of modest means, a man withal Scarce overpast his prime? Well, God be praised, If age bring no worse burden! Who is this stranger? Simon the Leech tells me he claims to bear Some special message from the Lord - no doubt To-morrow, fresh from rest, he'll publish it Within the Synagogue Naphtali. To-morrow, man? He will not hear of rest - he comes anon - Shall we within? Baruch. Rather let's wait, And scrutinize him as he mounts the street. Since you denote him so remarkable, You've whetted my desire. Naphtali. A blind, old man, Mayhap is all you'll find him - spent with travel. His raiment fouled with dust, his sandaled feet Road-bruised by stone and. bramble. But his face! - Majestic with long fall of cloud-white beard, And hoary wreath of hair - oh, it is one Already kissed by angels. Baruch. Look, there limps Little Manasseh, bloated as his purse, And wrinkled as a frost-pinched fruit. I hear His last loan to the Syndic will result In quadrupling his wealth. Good Lord! what luck Blesses some folk, while good men stint and sweat And scrape, to merely fill the household larder. What said you of this pilgrim, Naphtali? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The JPS Guide to Jewish Women
Emily Taitz,Sondra Henry,Cheryl Tallan
Author : Emily Taitz,Sondra Henry,Cheryl Tallan
Publisher : Jewish Publication Society
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780827607521
The JPS Guide to Jewish Women by Emily Taitz,Sondra Henry,Cheryl Tallan Pdf
This is an indispensable resource about the role of Jewish women from post-biblical times to the twentieth century. Unique in its approach, it is structured so that each chapter, which is divided into three parts, covers a specific period and geographical area. The first section of the book contains an overview, explaining how historical events affected Jews in general and Jewish women in particular. This is followed by a section of biographical entries of women of the period whose lives are set in their economic, familial, and cultural backgrounds. The third and last part of each chapter, "The World of Jewish Women," is organized by topic and covers women's activities and interests and how Jewish laws concerning women developed and changed. This comprehensive work is an easy-to-use sourcebook, synopsizing rich and diverse resources. By examining history and analyzing the dynamics of Jewish law and custom, it illuminates the circumstances of Jewish women's lives and traces the changes that have occurred throughout the centuries. It casts a new and clear light on Jewish women as individuals and sets women firmly within the context of their own cultural and historical periods. The book contains illustrations, boxed text, extensive endnotes, and indices that list each woman by name. It is ideal for women's groups and study groups as well as students and scholars.
Honest Bodies
Hannah Kosstrin
Author : Hannah Kosstrin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780199396931
Honest Bodies by Hannah Kosstrin Pdf
Honest Bodies: Revolutionary Modernism in the Dances of Anna Sokolow illustrates the ways in which Sokolow's choreography circulated American modernism among Jewish and communist channels of the international Left from the 1930s-1960s in the United States, Mexico, and Israel. Drawing upon extensive archival materials, interviews, and theories from dance, Jewish, and gender studies, this book illuminates Sokolow's statements for workers' rights, anti-racism, and the human condition through her choreography for social change alongside her dancing and teaching for Martha Graham. Tracing a catalog of dances with her companies Dance Unit, La Paloma Azul, Lyric Theatre, and Anna Sokolow Dance Company, along with presenters and companies the Negro Cultural Committee, New York State Committee for the Communist Party, Federal Theatre Project, Nuevo Grupo Mexicano de Cl sicas y Modernas, and Inbal Dance Theater, this book highlights Sokolow's work in conjunction with developments in ethnic definitions, diaspora, and nationalism in the US, Mexico, and Israel.
In the Face of Adversity
Thomas Nolden
Author : Thomas Nolden
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-02-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781800083691
In the Face of Adversity by Thomas Nolden Pdf
In the Face of Adversity explores the dynamics of translating texts that articulate particular notions of adverse circumstances. The chapters illustrate how literary records of often painful experiences and dissenting voices are at risk of being stripped of their authenticity when not carefully handled by the translator; how cultural moments in which the translation of a text that would have otherwise fallen into oblivion instead gave rise to a translator who enabled its preservation while ultimately coming into their own as an author as a result; and how the difficulties the translator faces in intercultural or transnational constellations in which prejudice plays a role endangers projects meant to facilitate mutual understanding. The authors address translation as a project of making available and preserving a corpus of texts that would otherwise be in danger of becoming censored, misperceived or ignored. They look at translation and adaptation as a project of curating textual models of personal, communal or collective perseverance, and they offer insights into the dynamics of cultural inclusion and exclusion through a series of theoretical frameworks, as well as through a set of concrete case studies drawn from different cultural and historical contexts. The collection also explores some of the venues that artists have pursued by transferring artistic expressions from one medium into another in order to preserve and disseminate important experiences in different cultural settings, media and arts.
Exiles on Main Street
Julian Levinson
Author : Julian Levinson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008-07-02
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780253000286
Exiles on Main Street by Julian Levinson Pdf
How have Jews reshaped their identities as Jews in the face of the radical newness called America? Julian Levinson explores the ways in which exposure to American literary culture -- in particular the visionary tradition identified with Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman -- led American Jewish writers to a new understanding of themselves as Jews. Discussing the lives and work of writers such as Emma Lazarus, Mary Antin, Ludwig Lewisohn, Waldo Frank, Anzia Yezierska, I. J. Schwartz, Alfred Kazin, and Irving Howe, Levinson concludes that their interaction with American culture led them to improvise new and meaningful ways of being Jewish. In contrast to the often expressed view that the diaspora experience leads to assimilation, Exiles on Main Street traces an arc of return to Jewish identification and describes a vital and creative Jewish American literary culture.
No Place in Time
Sharon B. Oster
Author : Sharon B. Oster
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780814345832
No Place in Time by Sharon B. Oster Pdf
No Place in Time: The Hebraic Myth in Late-Nineteenth-Century American Literature examines how the Hebraic myth, in which Jewishness became a metaphor for an ancient, pre-Christian past, was reimagined in nineteenth-century American realism. The Hebraic myth, while integral to a Protestant understanding of time, was incapable of addressing modern Jewishness, especially in the context of the growing social and national concern around the "Jewish problem." Sharon B. Oster shows how realist authors consequently cast Jews as caught between a distant past and a promising American future. In either case, whether creating or disrupting temporal continuity, Jewishness existed outside of time. No Place in Time complicates the debates over Eastern European immigration in the 1880s and questions of assimilation to a Protestant American culture. The first chapter begins in the world of periodicals, an interconnected literary culture, out of which Abraham Cahan emerged as a literary voice of Jewish immigrants caught between nostalgia and a messianic future outside of linear progression. Moving from the margins to the center of literary realism, the second chapter revolves around Henry James’s modernization of the "noble Hebrew" as a figure of mediation and reconciliation. The third chapter extends this analysis into the naturalism of Edith Wharton, who takes up questions of intimacy and intermarriage, and places "the Jew" at the nexus of competing futures shaped by uncertainty and risk. A number of Jewish female perspectives are included in the fourth chapter that recasts plots of cultural assimilation through intermarriage in terms of time: if a Jewish past exists in tension with an American future, these writers recuperate the "Hebraic myth" for themselves to imagine a viable Jewish future. No Place in Time ends with a brief look at poet Emma Lazarus, whose understanding of Jewishness was distinctly modern, not nostalgic, mythical, or dead. No Place in Time highlights a significant shift in how Jewishness was represented in American literature, and, as such, raises questions of identity, immigration, and religion. This volume will be of interest to scholars of nineteenth- and turn-of-the-century American literature, American Jewish literature, and literature as it intersects with immigration, religion, or temporality, as well as anyone interested in Jewish studies.
Chronicle of Jewish History
Sol Scharfstein
Author : Sol Scharfstein
Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 0881256064
Chronicle of Jewish History by Sol Scharfstein Pdf
Offers a look at the major events and historical figures in Jewish history, from the first Hebrews and the Exodus to the world Jewry of today.