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Mehqere Hag - A Journal of Jewish Culture, Vol. 11

From: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.beitberl.ac.il>
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Subject: Mehqere Hag - A Journal of Jewish Culture, Vol. 11
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 12:15:12 +0200

The Center for Jewish Holiday Studies at Beit Berl College is pleased to
announce the publication of Volume 11 {1999) of its annual, Mehqere Hag (Holiday
Studies): A Journal of Jewish Culture. This is the second volume to include articles in
English as well as Hebrew, with English-language summaries of the Hebrew articles.

Following are the Table of Contents of Vol. 11 and subscription information.

Table of Contents

English Section

Annette B. Fromm, "Two Holiday Celebrations in the Jewish Community
of Ioannina, Greece [6]
Arnold B. Rosenberg, "The Last Supper and the Anti-Havurah Meal" [17]

Abstracts of Hebrew Articles [46]

Hebrew Section

Holiday and Festival Studies

Israel Koren, "The Symbolic Significance of the Sukkah"                                        8
Israel Rosenson, "Miracles and Oil - On Some Parallels to the Miracle
   of the Cruse of Oil and Their Significance"                                                             24
Joseph Roth-Rotem and Nahum Sharvit, "The Public Passover
   Ceremonies at the Gilgal"                                                                                          32

Holidays in the Aggadah and the Halakhah

Shlomo Weissblueth, "On the Rule of Eating to Surfeit on the Eve of
the Day of Atonement - Reflections on Aggadah and Halakhah" 52
Naftali Toker, "The Quality of Hospitality - On the Astonished and
the Errant: 'The Legend of Abraham'" 61

Holiday Customs and Traditions

Zvi Friedhaber, "Dancing Customs on Purim"                                                           70
Simcha Goldsmith, "Reading the Hallel on Passover Evening -
   Explaining the Differences between the Babylonian and
   Palestinian Customs"                                                                                                   79
Dov Herman, "Ninth of Av Mourning Customs in the First
   Generations after the Destruction of the Second Temple"                                     86
Menashe Elyashiv, "The Holiday Torah Readings According to
   Early Palestinian Custom"                                                                                          96
Yitzhak Ganuz, "The Book of Lamentations between Desperation
   and Hope"                                                                                                                    104
Yitzhak Ganuz, "Hatikvah after the Ne'ilah Service"                                                106

Holiday Studies in Literature

Yardena Haddas and Geulah Gorny, "The 'Three Weeks' in Modern
Hebrew Children's Literature" 110

Religious Institutions and Traditions

Yael Levine-Katz, "Jerusalem of Gold" 120
Yaakov Geller, "The Karaite Holiday Calendar and Their Customs" 146

A Memorial to the Holocaust Victims

Eliezer Kleinman, "Man That Was Created in the Image of God -
Thoughts after a Trip to the Polish Death Camps" 156

Holocaust Testimonies - Observance of Kashrut in Labor Camps
during the Holocaust

Yitzhak Katz, in Hungary 150
Moshe Goldstein, in Siberia 161

Indexes to Volumes 1-11 166

Book Reviews 182

Abstracts of English Articles 186

Subscriptions

Subscriptions and back issues may be obtained by writing the editor at the
following address, or the undersigned:

Dr. Joseph Roth-Rotem
Chief Editor
Mehqere Hag
Center for Jewish Holiday Studies
Beit Berl College
44905 Beit Berl Post Office
Israel

Subscriptions - NIS 50.00 or $12.00 per annum. Postage in Israel
is included.
Foreign subscriptions should include $2.00 per volume for airmail
postage and handling.
Some copies ofVolumes 1-9 are still available at the same price
for individual volumes. Orders of 5 or more back issues will receive
a 20% discount if paid for in Israeli currency.

Sincerely,
Jonathan D. Safren
Editor of the English Section
Mehqere Hag - A Journal of Jewish Culture
Center for Jewish Holiday Studies
Beit Berl College
44905 Beit Berl Post Office
Israel
e-mail: yonsaf AT beitberl.beitberl.ac.il

Mehqere Hag - A Journal of Jewish Culture, Vol. 11, Jonathan D. Safren, 12/30/1999