The Religious Cultures Of Dutch Jewry

Author : Yosef Kaplan,Dan Michman
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004343160

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The Religious Cultures of Dutch Jewry by Yosef Kaplan,Dan Michman Pdf

In The Religious Cultures of Dutch Jewry an international group of scholars examines aspects of religious belief and practice of pre-emancipation Sephardim and Ashkenazim in Amsterdam, Curaçao and Surinam, ceremonial dimensions, artistic representations of religious life, and religious life after the Shoa. The origins of Dutch Jewry trace back to diverse locations and ancestries: Marranos from Spain and Portugal and Ashkenazi refugees from Germany, Poland and Lithuania. In the new setting and with the passing of time and developments in Dutch society at large, the religious life of Dutch Jews took on new forms. Dutch Jewish society was thus a microcosm of essential changes in Jewish history.

Author : Israel,Reinier Salverda
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004500952

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Dutch Jewry: Its History and Secular Culture (1500-2000) by Israel,Reinier Salverda Pdf

This volume, consisting of seventeen studies by leading experts in the field, takes stock of recent work on the history and literary culture of the Jews in the Netherlands and Antwerp from before the revolt until the present. Important new discoveries are included here for the first time.

Author : Chaya Brasz,Yosef Kaplan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004498044

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Dutch Jews as Perceived by Themselves and by Others by Chaya Brasz,Yosef Kaplan Pdf

How did Jews in the Netherlands view themselves and how were they viewed by others? This is the single theme around which the twenty-five essays in this volume, written by scholars from the Netherlands, Israel and other countries, revolve. The studies encompass a variety of topics and periods, from the beginning of the Jewish settlement in the Dutch Republic through the Shoah and its aftermath. They include examinations of the Sephardi Jews in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Jews in the periods of Emancipation and Enlightenment, social and cultural encounters between Jews and non-Jews throughout the ages, the image of the Jew in Dutch literature in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the churches' attitudes toward Jews. Also highlighted are the second World War and its consequences, Dutch Jews in Israel and Israelis in the contemporary Netherlands.

Author : J.C.H. Blom,David J. Wertheim,Hetty Berg,Bart T. Wallet
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800857216

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Reappraising the History of the Jews in the Netherlands by J.C.H. Blom,David J. Wertheim,Hetty Berg,Bart T. Wallet Pdf

The two decades since the last authoritative general history of Dutch Jews was published have seen such substantial developments in historical understanding that new assessment has become an imperative. This volume offers an indispensable survey from a contemporary viewpoint that reflects the new preoccupations of European historiography and allows the history of Dutch Jewry to be more integrated with that of other European Jewish histories. Historians from both older and newer generations shed significant light on all eras, providing fresh detail that reflects changed emphases and perspectives. In addition to such traditional subjects as the Jewish community’s relationship with the wider society and its internal structure, its leaders, and its international affiliations, new topics explored include the socio-economic aspects of Dutch Jewish life seen in the context of the integration of minorities more widely; a reassessment of the Holocaust years and consideration of the place of Holocaust memorialization in community life; and the impact of multiculturalist currents on Jews and Jewish politics. Memory studies, diaspora studies, postcolonial studies, and digital humanities all play their part in providing the fullest possible picture. This wide-ranging scholarship is complemented by a generous plate section with eighty fully captioned colour illustrations.

Author : Jozeph Michman
Publisher : Leiden University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015037868687

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The History of Dutch Jewry During the Emancipation Period, 1787-1815 by Jozeph Michman Pdf

By the end of the eighteenth century, the Dutch Jews enjoyed complete freedom of religion, but economic discrimination left the majority of them penniless. Moreover, a bitter conflict broke out between the enlightened and the orthodox Jews, leading to a fierce controversy and the foundation of a separate congegration. In spite of the emancipation decree of 2 September 1796, discrimination continued and only slowly declined in the course of the next century. This book offers a new and original analysis of both the political, economical, religious and literary aspects of this fascinating and tumultuous era.

Author : Yosef Kaplan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047442141

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The Dutch Intersection by Yosef Kaplan Pdf

The articles of this volume deal with the connections between the history and culture of the Jews of the Netherlands from the beginning of the seventeenth century until the Holocaust and its aftermath, and phenomena and processes that distinguish all of Jewish history in the modern period.

Author : J.C.H. Blom,R.G. Fuks-Mansfeld,I. Schöffer
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 579 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781909821231

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The History of the Jews in the Netherlands by J.C.H. Blom,R.G. Fuks-Mansfeld,I. Schöffer Pdf

This acclaimed history of the Jewish role in Dutch society through the ages, now available in English, considers the internal evolution of the Jewish community as well as the social, cultural, and economic interaction with the wider population. 'This general survey should appeal to a wide public interested in the history of the Jews of the Netherlands.' Het Parool

Author : Robert P. Swierenga
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814344163

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The Forerunners by Robert P. Swierenga Pdf

Between 1800 and 1880 approximately 6500 Dutch Jews immigrated to the United States to join the hundreds who had come during the colonial era. Although they numbered less than one-tenth of all Dutch immigrants and were a mere fraction of all Jews in America, the Dutch Jews helped build American Jewry and did so with a nationalistic flair. Like the other Dutch immigrant group, the Jews demonstrated the salience of national identity and the strong forces of ethnic, religious, and cultural institutions. They immigrated in family migration chains, brought special job skills and religious traditions, and founded at least three ethnic synagogues led by Dutch rabbis. The Forerunners offers the first detailed history of the immigration of Dutch Jews to the United States and to the whole American diaspora. Robert Swierenga describes the life of Jews in Holland during the Napoleonic era and examines the factors that caused them to emigrate, first to the major eastern seaboard cities of the United States, then to the frontier cities of the Midwest, and finally to San Francisco. He provides a detailed look at life among the Dutch Jews in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New Orleans. This is a significant volume for readers interested in Jewish history, religious history, and comparative studies of religious declension. Immigrant and social historians likewise will be interested in this look at a religious minority group that was forced to change in the American environment.

Author : Judith Frishman,Hetty Berg
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789052602684

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Dutch Jewry in a Cultural Maelstrom, 1880-1940 by Judith Frishman,Hetty Berg Pdf

Not only the Jews but Dutch society at large was caught up in a cultural maelstrom between 1880 and 1940. In failing to form a separate pillar in a period when various population groups were doing just that, the Jews were certainly unlike contemporary Catholics or Protestants. In fact, the Jews were not trying to gain entrance in a pre-existing culture but were involved with non-Jews in constructing a new culture. The complexity of Dutch Jewish history once again becomes evident if not new. Judith Frishman is professor in the Faculty of Catholic Theology of Tilburg University (the Netherlands). Hetty Berg is curator and museum affairs manager of the Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam (the Netherlands).

Author : Jozeph Michman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015018620636

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Dutch Jewish History by Jozeph Michman Pdf

Author : Jozeph Michman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Jews
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040950870

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Dutch Jewish History by Jozeph Michman Pdf

Collection of symposium papers on various aspects of Dutch Jewish history.

Author : Yosef Kaplan
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781527504301

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Early Modern Ethnic and Religious Communities in Exile by Yosef Kaplan Pdf

In the Early Modern period, the religious refugee became a constant presence in the European landscape, a presence which was felt, in the wake of processes of globalization, on other continents as well. During the religious wars, which raged in Europe at the time of the Reformation, and as a result of the persecution of religious minorities, hundreds of thousands of men and women were forced to go into exile and to restore their lives in new settings. In this collection of articles, an international group of historians focus on several of the significant groups of minorities who were driven into exile from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. The contributions here discuss a broad range of topics, including the ways in which these communities of belief retained their identity in foreign climes, the religious meaning they accorded to the experience of exile, and the connection between ethnic attachment and religious belief, among others.

Author : Gary K. Waite
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351108973

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Jews and Muslims in Seventeenth-Century Discourse by Gary K. Waite Pdf

Jews and Muslims in Seventeenth-Century Discourse explores for the first time the extent to which the unusual religious diversity and tolerance of the Dutch Republic affected how its residents regarded Jews and Muslims. Analyzing an array of vernacular publications, this book reveals how Dutch writers, especially those within the nonconformist and spiritualist camps, expressed positive attitudes toward religious diversity in general, and Jews and Muslims in particular. Through covering the Eighty Years War (1568-1648) and the post-war era, it also highlights how the Dutch search for allies against Spain led them to approach Muslim rulers. The Dutch were assisted in this by their positive relations with Jews, and were thus able to shape a more affirmative portrayal of Islam. Revealing noticeable differences in language and tone between English and Dutch publications and exploring societal attitudes and culture, Jews and Muslims in Seventeenth-Century Discourse is ideal for students of British and Dutch early-modern cultural, intellectual, and religious history.

Author : Lipika Pelham
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9781787380080

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Jerusalem on the Amstel by Lipika Pelham Pdf

Seventeenth-century Amsterdam was a cosmopolitan carnival of nations: French Huguenots, North African merchants, Spanish Moriscos--and Iberian New Christians, formerly Jewish families forcibly converted to Catholicism, now fleeing the Inquisition and rediscovering their ancestral faith. This is the extraordinary tale of Amsterdam's prosperous Sephardi community during the Dutch Golden Age. Trading, writing, publishing, staging plays and being painted by Rembrandt, this Nação (Nation) of formerly wandering Jews not only settled but thrived, enjoying high status and unparalleled freedom. At a time when Dutch Catholics were repressed and Jews elsewhere were confined to the ghetto, this community dared to nurture the 'Hope of Israel', sowing the seeds of Zionism. Lipika Pelham charts the captivating history of Amsterdam's Jews, from their integral role in the Dutch economic miracle and the Enlightenment to a somber coda in 1942, when the Nazis herded them into the Jewish Theater for deportation to the camps. But this was not the death of the resilient Nação--Pelham also seeks out its descendants in present-day Amsterdam, offering poignant reflection on the meaning of nationhood, the Holocaust and what remains of Jerusalem on the Amstel.

Author : David J. Wertheim,Judith Frishman,Ido de Haan
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9789052603872

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Borders and Boundaries in and Around Dutch Jewish History by David J. Wertheim,Judith Frishman,Ido de Haan Pdf

This study explores the shifting boundaries and identities of historic and contemporary Jewish communities. The contributors assert that, geographically speaking, Jewish people rarely lived in ghettos and have never been confined within the borders of one nation or country. Whereas their places of residence may have remained the same for centuries, the countries and regimes that ruled over them were rarely as constant, and power struggles often led to the creation of new and divisive national borders. Taking a postmodern historical approach, the contributors seek to reexamine Jewish history and Jewish studies through the lens of borders and boundaries.