Zu den Obliegenheiten der Prager Juden am Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts

Author(s): Lenka Matušíková / Language(s): German Issue: 1/1997

This article discusses the obligations of the Prague Jews at the end of the 17th century, especially the delivery of spices, fruits, fish and geese to various Christian households as New Year's gifts. The author analyzes the archival documents of the Bohemian Chamber, which supervised the Jewish community as a royal regal, and provides lists of the recipients and the amounts of the gifts. The article also reflects the economic and social situation of the Prague Jewish ghetto and its relations with the Christian environment.

The Prague Maharal and his Participation in the Jewish-Christian Polemics

Author(s): Abraham David / Language(s): English Issue: 1/1997

The article is about the Prague Maharal and his participation in the Jewish-Christian polemics in the 16th and 17th centuries. The author examines the historical evidence of the Maharal's involvement in theological disputes with the Christian clergy, as well as the legends and stories that surround his figure. The author also analyzes the polemical intention of the Maharal's writings, especially his work Beer ha-Gola, which contains replies to Christian accusations against the Talmud. The author concludes that the Maharal was an active and influential defender of Judaism in a hostile environment.

The Jewish Museum in Prague - 1997 Annual Report

Author(s): Leo Pavlát / Language(s): English Issue: 1/1997

This report summarizes the activities and achievements of the Jewish Museum in Prague (JMP) in 1997, the third year of its re-establishment after the closure of the State Jewish Museum. The report covers various aspects of the JMP's work, such as repairs and reconstruction of its sites, preparation of new permanent and temporary exhibitions, collection management and restoration, research and publication, educational and cultural programmes, archive and documentation, technical and security systems, and sponsorship and donations. The report also provides basic information on the JMP's property, exhibitions, attendance, contacts and collaboration, and prominent visits.

Terezín Painters

Author(s): Arno Pařík / Language(s): English Issue: 1/1980

The author surveys and characterizes pictures by adult painters imprisoned in the Terezin concentration camp-ghetto (Karel Fleischmann, Bedřich Fritta, Leo Haas, Ferdinand Bloch, Otto Ungar).

Children’s Drawings from the Terezin Concentration Camp and Their Application in Exhibitions of the State Jewish Museum

Author(s): Anita Franková / Language(s): English Issue: 1/1980

The authoress informs the readers about the character of the collection of children’s drawings from the Terezin concentration camp-ghetto kept in the State Jewish Museum. She describes the exhibition of the drawings and children’s literary production placed in the building of the former Ceremonial Hall.

Das literarische Schaffen im Konzentrationslager Theresienstadt

Author(s): Jarmila Škochová / Language(s): German Issue: 1/1980

The paper summarizes and characterizes literary production from the Terezin concentration camp-ghetto (children’s poems and magazines, Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, Karel Fleischmann and his literary production, etc.).

Aus dem Archivmaterial - das Apothekerprivilegium für H. M. Jaiteles aus dem Jahr 1783

Author(s): Vlastimila Hamáčková / Language(s): German Issue: 1/1980

A description of the privilege granted to the apothecary Hirschi Michl Jaiteles in the years 1783. The document is part of the archives funds of the State Jewish Museum.

Photographs

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): English Issue: 1/1980

La synagogue réformée de Prague (la „Vieille école“) et les études juives au cours du 19e siècle

Author(s): Vladimir Sadek / Language(s): French Issue: 2/1980

The author is interested in the first Jewish reform congregation founded in Prague as part of the Old School (later Spanish Synagogue), whose activities began in the year 1837. He mentions the origin of the congregation and its programme put forward by the Prague Jewish scholar of the Enlightenment period, Peter Beer. Mentioned in the article are also some scholars, who acted as rabbis and preachers in the first Prague reform congregation, such as Leopold Zunz, Michael Sachs and S. I. Kaempf.

Résumé

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): Russian,German Issue: 2/1980

Summaries for Judaica Bohemiae 1980/2.

Photographs

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): English,Russian Issue: 2/1980

Communications des activités du Musée juif d’etat

Author(s): Anita Franková,Vladimir Sadek / Language(s): English,French Issue: 1/1981

1. “Dessins des enfants du camp de concentration de Terezín“ - catalogue 2. The Exhibition “Jewish Prisoners in the Concentration Camp of Sachsenhausen“ 3. The Exhibition „Thirty Years” Existence of the State Jewish Museum

Alttschechische Glossen in mittelalterlichen hebräischen Schriften und älteste Denkmäler der tschechischen Literatur

Author(s): Jiřina Šedinová / Language(s): German Issue: 2/1981

The authoress pays attention to glosses in Old Czech to be found in medieval Hebrew books. First she mentions the most important Hebrew texts of this kind and papers dealing with the subject. She also discusses some orthographic problems, mainly the transcription of OÏd Czech into the Hebrew alphabet. Finally the glosses in Hebrew books are compared with those to be found in Latin texts dating from the 12th-13th centuries.

Communications

Author(s): Vladimir Sadek,Bedřich Nosek,Jiřina Šedinová,Daniel Mayer / Language(s): English Issue: 2/1981

1. Fourth European Congress on Hebrew Language and Culture 2. The Manchester Exhibition from the Collections of the State Jewish Museum 3. Restorations of the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague in 1980 4. 350th Anniversary of Johannes Kepler’s Death 5. The Facsimile of the Most Beautiful Pages of Maimonides’s “Mishne Torah“ in a Hungarian Edition

Резюме

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): Russian Issue: 2/1981

Summaries for Judaica Bohemiae 1981/2.

Photographs

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): English,Russian Issue: 2/1981

Резюме

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): Russian Issue: 1/1982

Summaries for Judaica Bohemiae 1982/1.

A Survey of Dr Tobias Jakobovits’ Scientific Work (1887-1944)

Author(s): Vladimir Sadek / Language(s): English Issue: 1/1982

The article surveys the scientific work of dr. Tobias Jakobovits, before World War II chief librarian of the Prague Jewish Religious Community and one of the representatives of pre-war Jewish studies in Prague. During the Holocaust period dr. T. Jakobovits worked in the war-time Central Jewish Museum in Prague and perished in Auschwitz in autumn, 1944.

Acquisitions to the Collections of the State Jewish Museum in Prague in the Years 1976-1980

Author(s): Jana Doleželová,Jana Čermáková,Arno Pařík / Language(s): English Issue: 1/1982

The article informs the readers about the acquisitions to the collections of objects made of metal, textiles, pictures, and Terezin relics.

Резюме

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): Russian Issue: 2/1982

Summaries for Judaica Bohemiae 1982/2.