jewish studies
41Jewish Council for Public Affairs — JCPA logo The Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) is an American Jewish non profit organization that deals with community relations. It is a coordinating round table organization of 14 other national Jewish organizations (the National Member …
42Jewish meditation — Meditative Kabbalah redirects here Portrait of a praying unknown man by Correggio, (c. 1525) Jewish meditation can refer to several traditional practices of contemplation, ranging from visualization and intuitive methods, or forms of emotional… …
43JEWISH LANGUAGES — History The linguistic history of the Jews accurately mirrors their dispersion over the world. The prehistory of the Hebrews took place in the Aramaic sphere, and the impact of that tongue on the first Jewish language, Hebrew, was so strong that… …
44Jewish commentaries on the Bible — This article describes the first printing of the Hebrew Bible with major Jewish commentaries, notes concerning translations into Aramaic and English, lists some universally accepted Jewish commentaries with notes on their method of approach and… …
45Jewish Science (disambiguation) — The term Jewish Science may refer to any of the following: * Wissenschaft des Judentums, the science of Judaism, a critical scholarly approach to understanding Jewish texts which flourished in the 19th century, and which underlies modern academic …
46Jewish Theological Seminary of America — ▪ seminary, New York City, New York, United States the academic and spiritual centre of Conservative Judaism in the United States. Founded in New York City in 1886 as the Jewish Theological Seminary Association, the institution was first… …
47Jewish Zionism institute — institute which provides zionist and Jewish studies …
48Jewish beliefs and practices in the reform movement — Jewish beliefs and practices have undergone dynamic changes and innovations in the reform movement of Judaism, known also as Progressive, Reform or Liberal Judaism. Due to its origins in Enlightenment era Germany, the reform movement has eyed… …
49Jewish philosophy — Colette Sirat INTRODUCTION The history of medieval Jewish philosophy can be divided into two consecutive periods. The first, beginning in the ninth century and ending roughly with the death of Maimonides in 1204, occurred in Islamic lands. The… …
50Jewish Polish history during the 20th century — Jewish Polish history during the 1900s:Interwar period 1918 1939Independence and Polish JewsJews also played a role in the fight for independence in 1918, some joining Józef Piłsudski, but many other communities decided to remain neutral in the… …
