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Corten, Martin Heinrich
Arzt und Funktionär, geb. 22.12.1889 Hamburg, gest. 23.11.1962 München. C. legte 1908 in Hamburg sein Abitur ab, studierte Medizin in Heidelberg und München und erhielt 1914 seine Approbation. Nach einer Assistenzzeit an…
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Costa, Uriel da
Kaufmann und Häretiker, geb. 1583/1584 Porto, gest. April 1640 Amsterdam. C. wurde als Kind eines (alt)katholischen Vaters und einer judaisierenden Mutter geboren. Vom Katholizismus enttäuscht, wandte er sich der jüdisch…
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Councils
Two major types of Jewish regional councils existed in Eastern Europe. The first encompassed all the communities in any particular region or state, such as Great Poland, Lithuania, or Moravia; the second was the Polish C…
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Councils
Two major types of Jewish regional councils existed in Eastern Europe. The first encompassed all the communities in any particular region or state, such as Great Poland, Lithuania, or Moravia; the second was the Polish C…
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Crafts
The crafts practiced by East European Jews in the medieval period were a direct outgrowth of Jewish ritual requirements, and therefore were protected by rights and privileges granted by monarchs and other rulers. Such cr…
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Crafts
The crafts practiced by East European Jews in the medieval period were a direct outgrowth of Jewish ritual requirements, and therefore were protected by rights and privileges granted by monarchs and other rulers. Such cr…
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Credit
The role played by moneylending, relative to other Jewish occupations, fluctuated with the times in Eastern Europe. Until the middle of the fifteenth century, moneylending was by far the most dominant profession in which…
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Credit
The role played by moneylending, relative to other Jewish occupations, fluctuated with the times in Eastern Europe. Until the middle of the fifteenth century, moneylending was by far the most dominant profession in which…
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Crime and Criminals
In Western tradition, a number of factors combined to create the image of Jews as a group with a special propensity for criminal activity. Theological considerations were paramount in the premodern period when Jews were …
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Crime and Criminals
In Western tradition, a number of factors combined to create the image of Jews as a group with a special propensity for criminal activity. Theological considerations were paramount in the premodern period when Jews were …
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Criticism and Scholarship (Theater)
Criticism of and scholarship on Jewish theater in Eastern Europe have largely focused on Yiddish theater. Hebrew productions in Eastern Europe, however, nearly exclusively those of the Habimah company, were extensively r…
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Criticism and Scholarship (Theater)
Criticism of and scholarship on Jewish theater in Eastern Europe have largely focused on Yiddish theater. Hebrew productions in Eastern Europe, however, nearly exclusively those of the Habimah company, were extensively r…
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Cross-Cultural Relations, Conflicts, and New Directions
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Cross-Cultural Relations, Conflicts, and New Directions
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Crown Rabbi
(Rus., kazennyi ravvin; Yid., rabiner; Ger., Staatsrabbiner; Heb., rav mi-ta‘am). The crown rabbis of late imperial Russia held the government-mandated designation of rabbi, but their functions as record keepers, Russian…
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Crown Rabbi
(Rus., kazennyi ravvin; Yid., rabiner; Ger., Staatsrabbiner; Heb., rav mi-ta‘am). The crown rabbis of late imperial Russia held the government-mandated designation of rabbi, but their functions as record keepers, Russian…
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Culinary Repertoire
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Culinary Repertoire
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Culture
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