Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
KURZWEIL, BARUCH — (Benedict; 1907–1972), Israeli literary critic, author, and educator. Born to a family of rabbis in Moravia, Kurzweil received his higher education in Germany and was ordained a rabbi. Immigrating to Palestine in 1939, he taught at Hugim High… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Prix Bialik — Le prix Bialik est un prix littéraire annuel décerné par la municipalité de Tel Aviv, pour récompenser des avancées significatives en littérature hébraïque. Le prix a été nommé ainsi en mémoire de Haïm Nahman Bialik, poète de langue hébraïque. Il … Wikipédia en Français
HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Canaanites (movement) — The Canaanites is a political and aesthetic movement which reached its peak in the 1940s among the Jewish residents in Palestine and has significantly impacted the course of Israeli art, literature, and spiritual and political thought. The… … Wikipedia
Chinese room — If you can carry on an intelligent conversation using pieces of paper slid under a door, does this imply that someone or something on the other side understands what you are saying? The Chinese room is a thought experiment by John Searle which… … Wikipedia
BIALIK, ḤAYYIM NAḤMAN — (1873–1934), the greatest Hebrew poet of modern times, essayist, storywriter, translator, and editor, who exercised a profound influence on modern Jewish culture. Born in the village of Radi, near Zhitomir (Volhynia), Bialik s development as a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BREUER, ISAAC — (1883–1946), theoretician and leader of German Orthodoxy; son of Solomon Breuer and grandson of samson raphael hirsch . Born in Papa, Hungary, Breuer was brought as a child to Frankfurt, where he studied at his father s yeshiva and became a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Chymische Hochzeit — Rosenkreuzer nennt man die Mitglieder einer geheimen, mystischen Gesellschaft mitunter auch als Orden bezeichnet deren Anfänge im 17. Jahrhundert liegen. Die Lehrinhalte der Rosenkreuzer bestehen aus alchemistischen, hermetischen und… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Confessio Fraternitatis — Rosenkreuzer nennt man die Mitglieder einer geheimen, mystischen Gesellschaft mitunter auch als Orden bezeichnet deren Anfänge im 17. Jahrhundert liegen. Die Lehrinhalte der Rosenkreuzer bestehen aus alchemistischen, hermetischen und… … Deutsch Wikipedia
