@article{TrezibSonder2018, author = {Trezib, Joachim Nicolas and Sonder, Ines}, title = {The Rassco and the Settlement of the Fifth Aliyah}, series = {Israel studies}, volume = {24}, journal = {Israel studies}, number = {1}, publisher = {Indiana Univ. Press}, address = {Bloomington}, issn = {1084-9513}, doi = {10.2979/israelstudies.24.1.01}, pages = {1 -- 23}, year = {2018}, abstract = {When the immigration wave of the Fifth Aliyah (1929-39) set in, a new form of rural colonization termed "middle class" settlement gained wide diffusion in Palestine. This "middle class" settlement was financed by private means, but organized by a semi-public company, the so-called Rassco. The process of mobilizing private financial resources was facilitated by the Haavara Agreement, of which the Rassco was an integral part. Between 1934 and 1948 the company established some 30 rural "middle class" settlements and suburbs, contributing to a large extent to the growing building market and settlement activity in Palestine. In comparison to the collective rural colonization in Eretz Israel the "middle class" settlement in general and the Rassco in particular have not been widely covered in the academic literature. The essay seeks to roughly delineate the contours of some of the findings of the first comprehensive research on the Rassco, which is currently being conducted by the authors at the Moses Mendelssohn Centre for European-Jewish Studies, Potsdam (Germany).}, language = {en} } @book{SonderTrezib2023, author = {Sonder, Ines and Trezib, Joachim Nicolas}, title = {Mit RASSCO siedeln}, publisher = {Hentrich \& Hentrich}, address = {Leipzig}, isbn = {978-3-95565-586-0}, pages = {558}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Die Jeckes-Forschung hat sie {\"u}bersehen, die Architekturgeschichte hat ihre Bauten ignoriert, ihre Emigration stand unter dem Stigma des "Pakts mit dem Teufel": die nach 1933 aus dem nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Reich emigrierten Juden, die im Rahmen der "Kapitalisten-Alija" nach Pal{\"a}stina gelangten und dort in Mittelstandsd{\"o}rfern angesiedelt wurden. Organisiert wurde ihre Emigration durch die Baugesellschaft RASSCO, die 1934 im Zuge des Haavara-Abkommens f{\"u}r den Siedlungstransfer gegr{\"u}ndet wurde. Bis Kriegsausbruch wurden verschiedene Siedlungen realisiert, darunter Kfar Schmarjahu und die "Siedlung der W{\"u}rttemberger" Schawej Zion, bis zur Staatsgr{\"u}ndung rund zwei Dutzend. Ines Sonder und Joachim Trezib dokumentieren erstmals den gesamten Prozess der {\"U}bersiedlung von der politischen Dimension des Haavara-Transfers bis hin zu den Einzelschicksalen der Siedlerfamilien aus Deutschland. Sie er{\"o}ffnen somit eine neue Perspektive auf die F{\"u}nfte Alija - durch ihr reiches, bislang unver{\"o}ffentlichtes Bildmaterial auch in visueller Hinsicht.}, language = {de} } @article{Schoeps2021, author = {Schoeps, Julius H.}, title = {Theodor Lessing, der „Prager Kreis" und sein weiteres Umfeld}, series = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Religions- und Geistesgeschichte}, volume = {73}, journal = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Religions- und Geistesgeschichte}, number = {2}, publisher = {Brill}, address = {Leiden}, issn = {0044-3441}, doi = {10.1163/15700739-07302005}, pages = {121 -- 140}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Theodor Lessing was a German-Jewish philosopher, Zionist, Communist and member of the Prager Kreis. He wrote psychological studies of Judaism and influenced with his main philosophical works Geschichte als Sinngebung des Sinnlosen (1919) and Europa und Asien (1918, and 1924) the German speaking scholars and contemporaries in Germany and elsewhere. He was killed by the Nazis in 1933 as one of the first victims of National Socialism.}, language = {de} } @article{MenachemZoufalaDyduchGloeckner2021, author = {Menachem Zoufala, Marcela and Dyduch, Joanna and Gl{\"o}ckner, Olaf}, title = {Jews and muslims in Dubai, Berlin, and Warsaw}, series = {Religions}, volume = {13}, journal = {Religions}, number = {1}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2077-1444}, doi = {10.3390/rel13010013}, pages = {21}, year = {2021}, abstract = {What is the nature of interactions between Jews and Muslims in contemporary Dubai, Berlin, and Warsaw? The purpose of the three presented case studies is to evaluate the state of affairs and identify newly emerging trends and patterns in the given trans-urban context. The methodology is based on qualitative anthropological research, emphasising an emic perspective that centralises respondents' own lived experiences and worldviews. The main research's findings made evident that interactions between Muslims and Jews in each examined location are, to various extents, acknowledged, and in some cases, also embody a formative part of public discourses. Perhaps the most visible manifestations of these relations are represented by the ambitious interfaith projects that were recently established in each geographical area in focus. The Abrahamic Family House (UEA), The House of One (GE), and The Community of Conscience (PL) reveal the aspirations of multi-faith religious leaders to overcome polarising dichotomies and search for common ground. One of the conclusive outcomes of the study is a somewhat diminishing impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the Jewish-Muslim relations; however, the extent differs in each destination in focus. Finally, an unpredicted observation can be made. A surfacing inclination towards embracing a joint Muslim-Jewish Middle Eastern identity was perceived.}, language = {en} } @article{Ludewig2021, author = {Ludewig, Anna-Dorothea}, title = {Aus dem »chassidischen St{\"u}bchen«}, series = {Briefe als Laboratorium der Literatur im deutsch-j{\"u}dischen Kontext : schriftliche Dialoge, epistolare Konstellationen und poetologische Diskurse}, journal = {Briefe als Laboratorium der Literatur im deutsch-j{\"u}dischen Kontext : schriftliche Dialoge, epistolare Konstellationen und poetologische Diskurse}, publisher = {V\&R unipress}, address = {G{\"o}ttingen}, isbn = {978-3-8471-1296-9}, pages = {167 -- 182}, year = {2021}, language = {de} }