This is a pioneering study of the nineteenth century Hasidic movement as shown through the life of one of the most controversial and influential Hasidic leaders, Rabbi Israel Friedman of Ruzhin (1796-1850). The dramatic episodes of his life—including his involvement in the murder of Jewish informers, his imprisonment in Russia, his subsequent escape to Austria where he successfully reestablished his court—are echoed by the contradictory and highly critical opinions of his personal characte...

The first comprehensive history of the pietistic movement that shaped modern JudaismThis is the first comprehensive history of the pietistic movement that shaped modern Judaism. The book’s unique blend of intellectual, religious, and social history offers perspectives on the movement’s leaders as well as its followers, and demonstrates that, far from being a throwback to the Middle Ages, Hasidism is a product of modernity that forged its identity as a radical alter...

Hasidism, a Jewish religious movement that originated in Poland in the eighteenth century, today counts over 700,000 adherents, primarily in the U.S., Israel, and the UK. Popular and scholarly interest in Hasidic Judaism and Hasidic Jews is growing, but there is no textbook dedicated to research methods in the field, nor sources for the history of Hasidism have been properly recognized. Studying Hasidism, edited by Marcin Wodzinski, an internationally recognized historian of Hasid...

Der Science Fiction-Klassiker von H.G. WELLS – in einer aufregenden & modernen Inszenierung. Der bahnbrechende sowie zeitlose Klassiker "Krieg der Welten" von H.G. WELLS begeistert seit über 100 Jahren nicht nur die Fans der Science Fiction. In diesem Hörspiel wird das Spektakel um einen Angriff auf die Menschheit aus dem All zum Kopfkino der Superlative und stellt die Frage: Wie verhält sich der Mensch, wenn die Ordnung zusammenbricht? Im Krieg und in der Hoffnungslosigkeit – angesichts e...

The first annotated English edition of a classic early-twentieth-century Yiddish memoir that vividly describes Jewish life in a small Eastern European town.Originally published in Warsaw in 1913, this beautifully written memoir offers a panoramic description of the author's experiences growing up in Kamieniec Litewski, a Polish shtetl connected with many important events in the history of nineteenth-century Eastern European Jewry. Although the way of life portrayed...

Surgical Guide to Circumcision is a compendium of the who, what, where, why, and most importantly, the how of circumcision. Given that one third of the world’s males have undergone this most ancient of surgical procedures, a contemporary resource on the subject is in order.Most circumcisions are elective with no acute medical necessity; that is, most are done for cultural reasons. Thus, in addition to being a standard surgical guide for those who perform circumcision, this...

Robert Mundell's pioneering theory of optimum currency areas is revisited, with experts from the IMF, the BIS, the European Investment Bank, academia, European think tanks, and the Bank of Israel looking at its current practical applications, especially in the context of the forthcoming European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Robert Mundell himself offers an update to help in assessing the implications and consequences of EMU.

Der bahnbrechende sowie zeitlose Klassiker "Krieg der Welten" von H.G. WELLS begeistert seit über 100 Jahren nicht nur die Fans der Science Fiction. In diesem Hörspiel wird das Spektakel um einen Angriff auf die Menschheit aus dem All zum Kopfkino der Superlative und stellt die Frage: Wie verhält sich der Mensch, wenn die Ordnung zusammenbricht? Im Krieg und in der Hoffnungslosigkeit — angesichts einer außerirdischen Übermacht, die nur ein Ziel zu kennen scheint: Die Bewohner der Erde zu v...