Isaac Bär Levinsohn — (en hébreu: יצחק בר לוינזון), né le 13 octobre 1788 à Kremenets et décédé dans la même ville le 12 février 1860, est un érudit juif russe, satiriste, écrivain et inspirateur de la Haskala en Russie. Il fut prénommé le Mendelssohn russe . Dans son … Wikipédia en Français
Haskalah — Moses Mendelssohn (1729–86) inspired the Haskalah movement in 18th century Germany Haskalah (Hebrew: השכלה; enlightenment, education from sekhel intellect , mind ), the Jewish Enlightenment, was a movement among European Jews in the 18th–19th… … Wikipedia
APOLOGETICS — introduction against hellenism in the talmud and midrash in relation to christianity medieval apologetics sefer ha kuzari islam spain and southern france northern france 14TH AND 15TH CENTURY SPAIN italy the rest of europe In the 18th Century In… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Maggid — For other uses, see Maggid (disambiguation). Maggid (מַגִּיד), sometimes spelled as magid, is a traditional Eastern European Jewish religious itinerant preacher, skilled as a narrator of Torah and religious stories. A preacher of the more… … Wikipedia
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Chaim Ozer Grodzinski — Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski (right) conversing with Rabbi Shimon Shkop Born 1863 (9 Elul 5623) Iwye, Belarus … Wikipedia
ELIJAH — (Heb. אֵלִיָּהוּ, also אֵלִיָּה), Israelite prophet active in Israel in the reigns of ahab and Ahaziah (ninth century B.C.E.). In the opinion of some scholars, the designation the Tishbite of the inhabitants of Gilead (I Kings 17:1) supports the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ZIONISM — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the word and its meaning forerunners ḤIBBAT ZION ROOTS OF ḤIBBAT ZION background to the emergence of the movement the beginnings of the movement PINSKER S AUTOEMANCIPATION settlement… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BERDICHEV — BERDICHEV, town in the historic region of Volhynia, now in Zhitomir district, Ukraine. Apart from two single references to individual Jews from Berdichev in 1593 and 1602, there is no evidence that a Jewish community existed in Berdichev before… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SOUTH AFRICAN LITERATURE — Biblical Influences The Afrikaans speaking people of South Africa are mainly descended from Dutch Calvinist and French Huguenot immigrants of the 17th century. The Bible has been an important factor in their life and thinking. The Afrikaans… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
