TY - JOUR A1 - Homolka, Walter A1 - Pryba, Andrzej T1 - Preparations for Marriage in the Jewish and Catholic Traditions JF - Religions N2 - In many churches nowadays, there has been a standardized approach to premarital counseling for couples involving social, pastoral, and psychological perspectives. In contrast, many rabbis and other Jewish officials still concentrate on legal aspects alone. The need for resolving important issues on the verge of wedlock is too often left to secular experts in law, psychology, or counseling. However, in recent years, this lack of formal training for marriage preparation has also been acknowledged by the Jewish clergy in order to incorporate it in the preparatory period before the bond is tied. This case study focuses on Jewish and Roman Catholic conceptions of marriage, past and present. We intend to do a comparative analysis of the prerequisites of religious marriage based on the assumption that both Judaism and the Roman Catholic Church have a distinct legal framework to assess marriage preparation. KW - Jewish Law KW - Marriage Preparations KW - Shidduchin KW - Counseling Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15010062 SN - 2077-1444 VL - 15 IS - 62 SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hafner, Johann Evangelist ED - Raja, KCR T1 - The abrahamic religions JF - Being an Becoming : Festschrift in honour of Prof. Dr. Mathew Chandrakunnel KW - Religion KW - Christentum KW - Islam KW - Judentum Y1 - 2023 SN - 978-81-7026-542-9 SP - 119 EP - 124 PB - Heritage Publishers CY - Neu Dehli ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Glöckner, Olaf T1 - New Relations in the Making? BT - Jews and Non-Jews in Germany Reflect on Shoah Memory, Unexpected Growing Jewish Pluralism, Israel, and New Antisemitism JF - United in Diversity : Contemporary European Jewry in an Interdisciplinary Perspective Y1 - 2023 SN - 978-3-11-078310-0 SN - 978-3-11-078330-8 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110783216-008 SP - 133 EP - 160 PB - De Gruyter Oldenbourg CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Becci, Irene A1 - Hafner, Johann Evangelist T1 - A New Synagogue, a Garrison Church, and a Mosque BT - how religious (re)building animates religious and secular life in postsocialist Potsdam JF - Space and Culture N2 - In postsocialist Potsdam, religious diversity has risen surprisingly in public life since 1990 although more than 80% of the residents have no religious affiliation. City and state authorities have actively embraced issues around immigration and integration as well as the promotion of religious diversity and interreligious dialogue and have linked this to the agenda of rejuvenating the city’s religious heritage. For years, negotiations have been going on about the need of a mosque, the reconstructions of a synagogue and the so-called “Garrison Church,” a landmark military church building. These initiatives have been dominating the public space for different reasons. They implied, beyond religion, questions of memory, identity, immigration, and culture. This article puts these three cases into perspective to offer a nuanced understanding of the importance of religious spaces in secular contexts considering city politics. KW - religion KW - Potsdam KW - postsocialist city KW - religious buildings KW - cultural diversity KW - Islam KW - Judaism KW - Protestantism Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/12063312221134572 SN - 1552-8308 SN - 1206-3312 VL - 26 IS - 2 SP - 215 EP - 228 PB - Sage Publications CY - Thousand Oaks, Calif. ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kosman, Admiʾel A1 - Hadad, Yemima T1 - The societal role of the man of spirit according to Martin Buber JF - Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion : HUCA N2 - This study offers a view into Buber's conception of the social role of the “person of spirit” – the individual who, in other contexts, would be called philosopher, thinker, or intellectual.A key element of the person of spirit's role, according to Buber, is the evaluation of social reality – judging the public's ability to be guided by the realm of the spirit at any given hour while responding to the challenges that this particular hour may present. The person of spirit is required to constantly mediate between “heaven” and “earth” – between the ideal and reality – even if in a particular situation the moral action which has to be taken can only be partial, and will fall short of the absolute demand of the spirit.Buber emphasizes that the influence of the spirit on reality always begins with an effort of the “person of spirit” to transform him or herself from a monological to a dialogical person. Without a dialogical affinity between the person of spirit and their community, there can be no real effect of the spirit on reality.The person of spirit is, therefore, according to Buber, fully involved in the social life of the community. Our study shows that Buber shaped this figure of the “person of spirit” by combining the model of the biblical prophet, who is sent to the people, with the model of the Hasidic leader who acts according to the principle of the “Descent of the Zaddik.” The person of spirit is required to live their life in a “Thou” relationship with their community, and is therefore frequently descending from an elevated spiritual level to the level of the people, in order to empathetically share their mundane worries, fears, and afflictions.By comparing the models of the biblical prophet and the Hassidic Zaddik to the model of the Greek prophetes and Plato's philosopher-king, we can, according to Buber, reflect on the role of the person of spirit in society in our time as well. KW - Buber, Martin KW - Jewish philosophy 20th century KW - Zaddikim History of doctrines Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.15650/hebruniocollannu.91.2020.0207 SN - 0360-9049 VL - 91 SP - 207 EP - 259 PB - College CY - Cincinnati ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hadad, Yemima T1 - Gilgul of Meaning BT - Martin Buber on Vaterland and the Land of the Fathers JF - Azimuth : philosophical coordinates in modern and contemporary age Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-88-5529-285-6 SN - 978-88-5529-286-3 SN - 2282-4863 VL - 9 IS - 18 SP - 105 EP - 128 PB - Inschibboleth Edizioni CY - Roma ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dershowitz, Idan T1 - The valediction of Moses BT - new evidence on the Shapira Deuteronomy fragments JF - Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft N2 - Wilhelm Moses Shapira's infamous Deuteronomy fragments have long been deemed forgeries, with Shapira himself serving as the obvious suspect. I provide new evidence that Shapira did not forge the fragments and was himself convinced of their authenticity. Indeed, the evidence for forgery is illusory. In a companion monograph, I show that the Shapira fragments are not only authentic ancient artifacts but are unprecedented in their significance: They preserve a pre-canonical antecedent of the Book of Deuteronomy. N2 - Wilhelm Moses Shapiras berüchtigte Deuteronomium-Fragmente sind lange Zeit für Fälschungen gehalten worden, wobei zumeist Shapira selbst als Urheber verdächtigt wurde. Ich erbringe neue Nachweise dafür, dass Shapira die Fragmente nicht gefälscht hat, sondern selbst von deren Echtheit überzeugt war. Vielmehr sind die Beweise für eine Fälschung als illusorisch einzuschätzen. In einer Monographie mit kritischen Textausgaben der Shapira-Fragmente weise ich nach, dass diese nicht nur authentische antike Artefakte, sondern beispiellos in ihrer Bedeutung sind: Sie bewahren einen vorkanonischen Vorläufer des Buches Deuteronomium. N2 - Les fragments tristement célèbres de Deutéronome de Wilhelm Moses Shapira ont longtemps été considérés d’être contrefaçons, Shapira lui-même étant le suspect évident. Je fournis de nouvelle preuve que Shapira n’a pas falsifié les fragments et qu’il était lui-même convaincu de leur authenticité. En fait, la preuve de la falsification est illusoire. Dans une monographie complémentaire, je montre que les fragments de Shapira ne sont pas seulement des artefacts anciens authentiques, mais qu’ils sont d’une importance sans précédent: ils preservent un antécédent pré-canonique du Livre du Deutéronome. KW - Deuteronomy KW - Dead Sea Scrolls KW - Shapira KW - Deuteronomium KW - Schriftrollen vom Toten Meer KW - DSS KW - Deutéronome KW - rouleaux de la mer morte Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1515/zaw-2021-0001 SN - 0044-2526 SN - 1613-0103 VL - 133 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 22 PB - De Gruyter CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Shabbat, Maya T1 - Heimweh BT - the torn identity of Lemberg-Lwów’s intellectual Jewry JF - Quest : Issues in Contemporary Jewish History ; journal of Fondazione CDEC / Fondazione Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea N2 - The concept of Heimweh conveys a set of emotions and images that have been described in different ways in different languages. This article intends to analyze the Heimweh experienced by Galician intellectual Jewry during the process of linguistic and cultural change that took place from 1867 until the mid.-1880s. This will be discussed while focusing on the urban intelligentsia circles in Lemberg (Lviv), which had a tremendous influence on some Galician Jewish intellectuals during that period. I will analyze the nature of a clash of identities that eventually brought some of the urban intelligentsia in Lemberg to consider themselves as living a "Spiritual" or "linguistic exile"(Sprachexil), regardless of whether they had migrated or not. Longing for the homeland as a nostalgic destination, whether they referred to it as Heimat or Ojczyzna, and whether they called it Lemberg or Lwow, was longing to be part of a group holding a distinct Kultur or Kultura, a set of values, culture and language, which coexisted with their Jewish identity. KW - Galicia KW - Immigration KW - Urbanization KW - Center and Periphery KW - Modern Jewry Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.48248/issn.2037-741X/13095 SN - 2037-741X IS - 20 SP - 109 EP - 139 PB - Fondazione Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea CY - Mailand ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schorsch, Jonathan T1 - The return of the tribe BT - Jews, counterculture, and native Americans JF - Common knowledge N2 - As a part of “Xenophilia: A Symposium on Xenophobia’s Contrary” in Common Knowledge, this essay examines the interest in, affection for, friendship with, and romanticization of Native Americans by Jews in the United States since the 1960s. The affinity is frequent among Jews with “progressive” or “countercultural” inclinations, especially those with strong environmental concerns and those interested in new forms of community and spirituality. For such Jews, Native Americans serve as mirror, prod, role model, projection, and fictive kin. They are regarded as having a holistic and integrated culture and religiosity, an unbroken connection to premodern attitudes and practices, an intimate relationship with the earth and with nonhuman creatures, along with positive feelings toward their own traditions and a simple, honest, and direct way of living. All of these presumed characteristics offer to progressive Jews parallels and contrasts to contemporary Jewishness and Judaism. For some, Native America has become a path back to a reconstructed Jewishness and Judaism; for others, a path away. Each path is assessed in this article with respect to questions of authenticity, psychobiography, family history, theology, and theopolitics. KW - xenophilia KW - American Jews KW - Native Americans KW - counterculture KW - tribalism Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1215/0961754X-8723035 SN - 0961-754X SN - 1538-4578 VL - 27 IS - 1 SP - 40 EP - 85 PB - Duke Univ. Press CY - Durham ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Friedberg, A. A1 - Hoppe, Juni T1 - Deuteronomy 14.3-21 BT - an early exemplar of Rewritten Scripture? JF - Journal for the study of the Old Testament : JSOT N2 - The almost verbatim parallels of the dietary laws in Lev. 11 and Deut. 14 have baffled scholars for a long time. We reexamine the evidence, offer a novel approach to determining the direction of dependency, and point out the notable similarities the borrowing bears to Second Temple editorial and redactional practices, drawing on recent Qumran scholarship. We conclude that Deut. 14.3-21 may be one of the earliest specimens of Rewritten Scripture. KW - Hebrew Bible KW - Dietary Laws KW - Literary Dependency KW - Rewritten Scripture KW - Editorial Techniques KW - Harmonization Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/0309089220950341 SN - 0309-0892 SN - 1476-6728 VL - 45 IS - 3 SP - 422 EP - 457 PB - Sage Publ. CY - London ER -