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In the immediate decades after World War II, the French National
Railways (SNCF) was celebrated for its acts of wartime heroism.
However, recent debates and litigation have revealed the ways the
SNCF worked as an accomplice to the Third Reich and was actively
complicit in the deportation of 75,000 Jews and other civilians to
death camps. Sarah Federman delves into the interconnected
roles-perpetrator, victim, and hero-the company took on during the
harrowing years of the Holocaust. Grounded in history and case law,
Last Train to Auschwitz traces the SNCF's journey toward
accountability in France and the United States, culminating in a
multimillion-dollar settlement paid by the French government on
behalf of the railways.The poignant and informative testimonies of
survivors illuminate the long-term effects of the railroad's impact
on individuals, leading the company to make overdue amends. In a
time when corporations are increasingly granted the same rights as
people, Federman's detailed account demonstrates the obligations
businesses have to atone for aiding and abetting governments in
committing atrocities. This volume highlights the necessity of
corporate integrity and will be essential reading for those called
to engage in the difficult work of responding to past harms.
The period between the Roman take-over of Egypt (30 BCE) and the
failure of the Jewish diaspora revolt (115-117 CE) witnessed the
continual devaluation in the status of the Jews in Egypt, and
culminated in the destruction of its Jewish community. This volume
collects and presents all papyri, ostraca, amulets and inscriptions
from this early Roman period connected to Jews and Judaism,
published since 1957. It is a follow-up of the 1960 volume 2 of the
Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum. It includes over 80 documents in
Greek, Demotic, and Hebrew, both documentary and literary. The
expansion of the scope of documents, to include languages other
than Greek and genres beyond the documentary, allows for a better
understanding of the life of the Jews in Egypt. The documents
published in this volume shed new light on aspects discussed
previously: The Demotic papyri better explain the Jewish settlement
in Edfu, new papyri reveal more about Jewish tax, about the Acta
papyri, and about the developments of the Jewish revolt. The
magical papyri help explain cultural developments in the Jewish
community of Egypt. This volume is thus a major contribution to the
study of the decline of the greatest diaspora Jewish community in
antiquity.
Ma?berot Immanuel is a collection of twenty-eight chapters in
Hebrew of rhymed prose and poetry written by the poet and amateur
philosopher Immanuel of Rome during an era of rapid political
change in late medieval Italy. The final chapter, Mah?beret
Ha-Tofet Ve-ha-'Eden (A Tale of Heaven and Hell), like Dante's
Commedia, depicts Immanuel's visits to hell and heaven. Bridging
Worlds focuses on the interrelation of Immanuel's belletristic work
and biblical exegesis to advance a comprehensive and original
reading of this final chapter. By reading Immanuel's philosophical
commentaries and literary works together, Dana Fishkin demonstrates
that Immanuel's narrative made complex philosophical ideas about
the soul's quest for immortality accessible to an educated
populace. Throughout this work, she explains the many ways
Mah?beret Ha-Tofet Ve-ha-'Eden serves as a site of cultural
negotiation and translation. Bridging Worlds broadens our
understanding of the tensions inherent in the world of late
medieval Jewish people who were deeply enmeshed in Italian culture
and literature, negotiating two cultures whose values may have
overlapped but also sometimes clashed. Fishkin puts forth a
valuable and refreshing perspective alongside previously unknown
sources to breathe new life into this extremely rich and culturally
valuable medieval work.
In light of modern changes in attitude regarding homosexuality, and
recent controversy surrounding Government legislation, Orthodox
Rabbi Chaim Rapoport, Chief Medical Advisor in the Cabinet of the
Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and the Commonwealth, explores the
Jewish stance on homosexuality. Rabbi Rapoport combines an
unswerving commitment to Jewish Law, teachings and values with a
balanced, understanding perspective that has, arguably, been
lacking among many in the Orthodox Jewish establishment. This work
represents a milestone in understanding an issue at the heart of a
great deal of debate, not to mention prejudice and discrimination.
It will undoubtedly be a vehicle for future discussion and will
serve as a brick in the wall of an increasingly harmonious World
Jewish Community. The book combines clearly written prose for
instant and easy access with exhaustive endnotes for all those who
wish to explore the issue further. Judaism and Homosexuality is the
first word on Orthodox att
The seminal medieval history of the Second Commonwealth period of
ancient Jewish history. Sepher Yosippon was written in Hebrew by a
medieval historian and noted by modern scholars for its eloquent
style. This is the first known chronicle of Jewish history and
legend-from Adam to the destruction of the Second Temple-since the
canonical histories written by Flavius Josephus in Greek and later
translated by Christian scholars into Latin. Sepher Yosippon has
been cited and referred to by scholars, poets, and authors as the
authentic source for ancient Israel for over a millennium, until
overshadowed by the twentiethcentury Hebrew translations of
Josephus. It is based on Pseudo Hegesippus's fourth-century
anti-Jewish summary of Josephus's Jewish War. However, the
anonymous author (a.k.a. Joseph ben Gurion Hacohen) also consulted
with the Latin versions of Josephus's works available to him. At
the same time, he included a wealth of Second Temple literature as
well as Roman and Christian sources. This book contains Steven
Bowman's translation of the complete text of David Flusser's
standard Hebrew edition of Sepher Yosippon, which includes the
later medieval interpolations referring to Jesus. The present
English edition also contains the translator's introduction as well
as a preface by the fifteenth-century publisher of the book. The
anonymous author of this text remains unique for his approach to
history, his use of sources, and his almost secular attitude, which
challenges the modern picture of medieval Jews living in a
religious age. In his influential novel, A Guest for the Night, the
Nobel Laureate author Shmuel Yosef Agnon emphasized the importance
of Sepher Yosippon as a valuable reading to understand human
nature. Bowman's translation of Flusser's notes, as well as his own
scholarship, offers a well-wrought story for scholars and students
interested in Jewish legend and history in the medieval period,
Jewish studies, medieval literature, and folklore studies.
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