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  • From: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.ac.il>
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  • Subject: Mehqere Hag 12
  • Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 12:56:17 +0200

     The Center for Jewish Holiday Studies at Beit Berl College is pleased to announce the publication of Volume 12 (2001) of its annual, Mehqere Hag (Holiday Studies): A Journal of Jewish Culture. This is the third 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. 12 and subscription information:
 
English Section
Remy Landau, Al-Biruni's New Moons
Ephraim Nissan, On the Treatment of Some Toponyms or Ethnics in a sharh on the Haggadah
 
Abstracts of Hebrew Articles
 
Hebrew Section
Holiday and Festival Studies
 
Yehuda Shaviv, Between Passover and the Day of Atonement
Shlomo Weissblueth, Did the Israelites Really Not Fast on the Day of Atonement during the Dedication of the First Temple?
Dvora Ushpizay, Purim - A Feminist View of the Legend 
Yehoshafat Nevo, The Biblical Passover as Viewed through the Prism of Traditional Passovers

Holiday Customs and Traditions

Avraham Ophir Shemesh, The Symbolism of Foods Made with Legumes in Jewish Festivals
Joseph Tavory, Kiddush for Purim
 
Holidays in Aggadah and Prayer
Israel Rosenson, The Aleinu Prayer - Legends about Its Early Composer
Yaffa Binyamini, The Myth of R. Shimon bar Yohai - A Study in Rabbinic Aggadah

Holiday Studies in Literature

Naftali H. Tucker, The Seder Eve and the Appearance of Elijah in Y. L. Peretz's "The Miracle Worker"
 
Holiday Customs and Traditions
Yael Levine-Katz, Jerusalem of Gold
Jacob Geller, The Jews of Ethiopis - Their Festivals and Their Integration into Jewish Tradition
 
A Memorial to the Holocaust Victims - Testimonies
Jacob Kahan, The "Awe-ful" Days at Archangelsk
 
Abstracts of English Articles

Subscriptions
     Subscriptions and back issues may be obtained by applying to the following  address, or to  the undersigned:

Mehqere Hag
Center for Jewish Holiday Studies
Beit Berl College
44905 Beit Berl Post Office
Israel
e-mail: intmoed AT beitberl.ac.il
website: http://www.beitberl.ac.il

     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.
     Volumes 1-11 are 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,

Dr. Jonathan D. Safren

Editor of the English Section
Mehqere Hag - A Journal of Jewish Culture
Center for Jewish Holiday Studies
Beit Berl College
Beit Berl Post Office
44905 Israel 


  • Mehqere Hag 12, Jonathan D. Safren, 09/09/2001

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