Re: Conference on Jews in a Changing World
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 97 09:12:49 -0500
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Subject: Re: Conference on Jews in a Changing World
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Re: Re: Conference on Jews in a Changing World
On Sun, 31 Aug 1997 18:18:19 +0300 (EET DST) "J. Shawn Landres" <shawn.
[email protected]> wrote:
> I would be interested to know the authors & contents of the 1995
> conference book. Please also let us know about availability & pricing.
The content:
Introduction
R.Ferber. In the sixth millenium, in the expiring twentieth century
Official part
Greetings of the President of Latvia G.Ulmanis, Prime Minister M.Gailis,
Vice-President of the Latvian Academy of Sciences J.Stradinsh
Science and Torah, Ethnics and Philosophy
V.Greene. Body and soul: Jewish medical ethics in secular Israel
S.Glick. The Jewish contribution to medical ethics towards the 21st century
T.Gurvich. Maimonides' medical ethics in modern medicine
P.Kalms. Jewish business ethics
R.Ferber. Symmetry of Jewish tradition and today's choice
H.Branover. Convergence between the views of natural science and the Torah
in our days
M.Kule. The importance of Jewish philosophy of the 20th century in today's
changing world
E.Freiberga. Emmanuel Levinas about the ethical dimension of philosophy
S.Kovalchuk. Jewish philosophy in Latvia in the 20s-30s: M.Vaintrob, M.
Lazerson, M.Shats-Anin
United People
N.Lamm. Jewish unity: the underlying concept
Y.Kaniel. The Holy Land or the Land of Israel? The process of secularization
of the land at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries
A.Kletskin. Diaspora - normality or anachronism?
V,Greene. A proposed srudy of the epidemiology of assimilation
N.Barkan. Some aspects of the effects of the Holocaust on the present and
the future of the Jewish people
A.Levin. Effect of the third wave of emigration to Israel on the change in
national consciousness of the Jews in the Soviet Union and in Russia
Culture and Education
S.Heltzer. Comparison between the fates of Hebrew and Yiddish languages in
the 20th century
V.Malakhov. Jewish culture under postmodernism conditions
A.Stepansky. Jewish culture in Russia at the turn of the centuries
Y.Itzhaki. The question of Jewish identity and its expression in Jewish
literature
R.Genzeleva. The dynamics of national identity of a Russian-Jewish writer:
Vasilii Grossman
M.Leinvand. The musical aesthetics of hasidism
M.Chernenko. Jews in a changing world: cinematographic aspect
E.Slivkin, The new Russian-language Jewish encyclopedia - the most important
Jewish publication in Russian of the 20th century
I.Burov. Russian Jewish encyclopedia - the first attempt to create a
regional Jewish encyclopedia
N.Loewenthal. Communicating Jewish spirituality to women and girls in Riga,
1937-1941: a model for today?
A.Civion. The principles of Jewish education for adults. Theory and practice.
A.Fridman. The Jewish school in a small community of the former Soviet Union
(example of Riga)
Live History
L.Dribins. Interrelations between Latvians and Jews in the mirror of the
Latvian press (1880-1988)
G.Smirin. The Jewish periodic press in Latvia before World War I
A.Stranga. The Jewish communities in the Baltic states, 1918-1940: teh leagl
aspect
I.Gerasimova. The activities of he Jewish sections in Byelorussia
I.Arad. The fate of Soviet Jews in the years of the World War II in the
light of documents found in recently opened archives
Life of the Communities
G.Krupnikov. The problem of survival of the Jewish community in post-
communist countries
M.Grubarg. The Jewish community of St.Petersburg in the 21st century:
attempt of a forecast
A.Dusman. The Jewish community of Estonia
M.Aron. History and present situation of the Jewish religious community of
Riga
Z.Kats. Perspectives of of the Jewish community in Latvia. Attempt of a
sociological study
B.Volkovich. The Jewish community of Daugavpils: historical tradition and
our time
I.Lempertas. Attempt of forecasting the perspectives of survival of the
Jewish community in Lithuania
Appendices
Conference as reflected by press
Photos from the album of the conference
E.Antimonova. Ad Marginem. Drawings on the margins of a conference
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Availability: to receive the book, contact Prof.Ruvin Ferber, University of
Latvia, 19 Rainis Blvd, Riga, LV-1586, Latvia. Tel. 371-7-227130, 371-7-
227301; fax 371-7-820113; email [email protected]
Information from the conference organizers: the price of the book itself is
about 4 $ US (the publication is not commercial, and the book is intended to
be affordable for people in the fSU). Taking into account mailing expenses
the total price might be some 10 - 20 $ US (depending on to which country it
is mailed).
Boris
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