Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
BERLIN — BERLIN, largest city and capital of Germany. The Old Community (1295–1573) Jews are first mentioned in a letter from the Berlin local council of Oct. 28, 1295, forbidding wool merchants to supply Jews with wool yarn. Suzerainty over the Jews… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
JELLINEK, ADOLF — (Aaron; 1820/21–1893), Vienna preacher and scholar. He was born in a village near Uhersky Brod (Ungarisch Brod), Moravia, into a family which he believed to be of hussite origin. After attending the yeshivah of menahem katz (Wannfried) in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MUSIC — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction written sources of direct and circumstantial evidence the material relics and iconography notated sources oral tradition archives and important collections of jewish music… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KABBALAH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction general notes terms used for kabbalah the historical development of the kabbalah the early beginnings of mysticism and esotericism apocalyptic esotericism and merkabah… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon … Encyclopedia of Judaism
List of German Jews — The Jewish presence in Germany is older than Christianity; the first Jewish population came with the Romans to the city Cologne. A Golden Age in the first millennium saw the emergence of the Ashkenazi Jews, while the persecution and expulsion… … Wikipedia
JUDAH BEN ISAAC — (Judah Sir Leon of Paris; also called Gur Aryeh ( lion s whelp ) or Aryeh, after Genesis 49:9 (Or Zaru a, pt. 1 no. 17; Tosefot Yeshanim to Yoma 8a); 1166–1224), French tosafist. Judah headed the Paris bet ha midrash, which was apparently… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
POETRY — This article is arranged according to the following outline (for modern poetry, see hebrew literature , Modern; see also prosody ): biblical poetry introduction the search for identifiable indicators of biblical poetry the presence of poetry in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Israel — Para otros usos de este término, véase Israel (desambiguación). מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisra’el دولة إسرائيل Dawlat ’Isrā īl Estado de Israel … Wikipedia Español
ESCHELBACHER, JOSEPH — (1848–1916), author and rabbi in Bruchsal, Baden (1870–1900), and Berlin. His main work, Das Judentum und das Wesen des Christentums, was written in answer to Adolf von Harnack; others include a biography of Jehiel Michael Sachs and a work on the … Encyclopedia of Judaism
