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The Hebrew Inscription on the Crucifix at Charles Bridge in Prague. The Case of Elias Backoffen and Berl Tabor in the Appellation Court

Author(s): Alexandr Putík / Language(s): English Issue: 1/1996

The article examines the historical and legal background of the gilded Hebrew letters on the cross, which read "Holy, Holy, Holy, the Lord of Hosts". The author identifies the Jewish person who was fined for writing blasphemy against the cross as Elias Backoffen, and traces his involvement in the conflicts and lawsuits within the Land's Jewry, an organization of Bohemian Jews. The author also analyzes the sources and documents related to the case, and challenges some of the previous interpretations and legends.

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Zeitgenössische Reaktionen auf die josephinische Toleranz der Juden in Böhmen und Mähren. Prager und Wiener Diskussion über die Toleranz der Juden zwischen 1781 und 1782

Author(s): Jiří Kuděla / Language(s): German Issue: 1/1996

This study examines the contemporary reactions to the Josephine tolerance of the Jews in Bohemia and Moravia, focusing on the Prague and Vienna discussion between 1781 and 1782. The author collects and paraphrases most of the known occasional prints that appeared on this topic, and analyzes their arguments and perspectives. The study also provides some historical background on the situation of the Jews in the Habsburg monarchy, especially after the annexation of Galicia and Lodomeria, and the influence of the enlightened ideas on the Jewish emancipation.

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Systematic Collection of Memories Organized by the Jewish Museum in Prague-IV

Author(s): Anna Hyndráková,Anna Lorencová / Language(s): English Issue: 1/1996

The document contains a collection of memoirs from survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust, organized by the Jewish Museum in Prague and provides brief annotations of the recorded memoirs, numbered from 301 to 400, with information such as the names, dates, places, and experiences of the individuals. The memoirs cover various aspects of the Holocaust, such as deportation, ghetto life, concentration camps, resistance, hiding, liberation, and post-war adaptation. The document is a valuable source of historical and personal testimonies of the Jewish fate during the Nazi occupation.

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On the Topography and Demography of the Prague Jewish Town Prior to the the Pogrom of 1389

Author(s): Alexandr Putík / Language(s): English Issue: 1/1995

The aim of this study is, in first place, the reconstruction of the size of the Prague Jewish Town (Jewish Quarter of the Old Town of Prague) from the fifties to the eighties of the 14th century. Determining the size and number of houses in the Ghetto forms the basis for a more realistic estimate of the number of Jewish inhabitants in the period prior to the pogrom of 1389. To the extent needed to attain the main aim, this study touches on questions about the beginning of the Jewish Quarter.

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Prager jüdische Eliten von 1780 bis in die 1. Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts

Author(s): Jiří Kuděla / Language(s): German Issue: 1/1992

This article examines the role of the Jewish elites in Prague from 1780 to the first half of the 19th century, focusing on their economic, intellectual, and cultural achievements. It also analyzes the challenges and obstacles they faced in their integration into the Czech and German society, such as religious, linguistic, and political issues. The article highlights the diversity and complexity of the Jewish elites, who were influenced by various factors such as the Josephinian reforms, the Haskala movement, the Napoleonic wars, and the national revival. The article argues that the Jewish elites contributed significantly to the shaping of the Jewish identity and the development of the city of Prague.

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Notes Bibliographiques

Author(s): Anita Franková,Jiří Kuděla,David Chaloupka / Language(s): English,German Issue: 1/1992

Review of: Rainer Erb und Werner Bergmann, Die Nachtseite der Judenemanzipation. Der Widerstand gegen die Integration der Juden in Deutschland 1780 - 1860. Antisemitismus und jüdische Geschichte, Band 1, Metropol Verlag, Berlin 1989, 303 Seiten Aschkenas, Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Kultur den Juden. Nr. 1, Möhlau Verlag, Wien - Köln, 1991 Peter Dittmar, Die Darstellung der Juden in der populären Kunst zur Zeit der Emanzipation. K. G. Saur, München 1992, 479 Seiten, 300 Abbildungen Svět bez lidských dimenzí (Eine Welt ohne menschliche Dimensionen). Praha, Statní židovské muzeum, 1991

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Jewish Hebrew Studies in the Czech Lands in the Pre- -Enlightenment and Enlightenment Periods. Part III. Beginnings of Modern Teaching of Hebrew at the Main Jewish School in Prague

Author(s): Bedřich Nosek / Language(s): English Issue: 1+2/1991

This paper examines the development of Jewish Hebrew studies in the Czech Lands from the pre-Enlightenment to the Enlightenment period, focusing on the teaching of Hebrew language and grammar at the Main Jewish School in Prague. It introduces the life and work of Wolf Mayer, a prominent Hebrew teacher and grammarian, who authored several textbooks and commentaries on Hebrew and biblical exegesis. It analyzes Mayer's grammar book "Torat Leshon Ivrit", which was based on the works of his predecessors and contemporaries, but also introduced some innovations and modifications. It shows how Mayer applied his knowledge and experience to his pedagogical activities and his contribution to the Haskala movement and the Wissenschaft des Judentums.

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Communications

Author(s): Vladimir Sadek / Language(s): French Issue: 1/1972

1. Le cycle des conférences d’automne 1970, du Musée Juif d’Etat 2. Le cycle des conférences du Museé Juif d’Etat en 1971 3. L’exposition „Kepler et Prague“

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Communications

Author(s): Miroslav Kryl / Language(s): German Issue: 1/1973

1. Terezín (Theresienstadt) am 3, September 1972 2. Le cycle des conférences „De l’histoire de l’art juif“

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Résumé

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): Russian,German Issue: 1/1974

Summaries of Judaica Bohemiae 1974/1.

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En mémoire de Josef Polák

Author(s): Oliva Pechova / Language(s): French Issue: 2/1986

The article commemorates the 100th anniversary of the birth of dr. Josef Polák, who was a member of the staff of the war-time Jewish museum in Prague, participated in preparing its exhibitions and perished in Auschwitz at the end of World War II. The readers are informed about his life and work in the field of museology and history of art.

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A Significant Source of Information about Prisoners’ Recitation and Theatrical Activities in the Terezin Concentration Camp-Ghetto (Karel Herman’s Collection Dating from the Years 1942—1945)

Author(s): Miroslav Kryl / Language(s): English Issue: 2/1986

When imprisoned in the Terezin concentration camp-ghetto, Karel Heřman collected a number of documents. The collection, which is kept in the Terezin Memorial, represents the most important source of information on the prisoners’ activities in the field of theatre and recitation. The author of the paper mentions the most important data from Heřman’s collection concerning Terezin theatrical performances and revues.

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Communications - Notes Bibliographiques

Author(s): Jarmila Škochová,Vlastimila Hamáčková,Vladimir Sadek,Jiřina Šedinová / Language(s): English,German Issue: 2/1986

Review of: Alicja Szlazakowa: Janucz Korczak, Bratislava 1984, 89 S. Joža Karas: Music in Terezín 1941—1945, New York 1985, 223 pages Alena Hájková: Komika jako nástroj kritiky maloměšťáctví v díle Karla Poláčka (Die Komik ais Instrument der Kritik am Kleinbürgertum im Werk des Karel Poláček), Studie CSAV 7, Praha, Academia 1985, 109 S., russisches Resümee Thérèse und Mendel Metzger: Jüdisches Leben im Mittelalter nach illuminierten hebräischen Handschriften vom 13. bis 16. Jahrhundert. Edition Popp, Würzburg, Verlag GmbH et Co., 1983, 324 Seiten Holzschnitte und Plastiken von Leopold Hecht

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Communications

Author(s): Jarmila Škochová,Jana Doleželová,Jiřina Šedinová,Vladimir Sadek / Language(s): English,French,German Issue: 2/1985

Some Notes on Making Use of Hebrew Manuscripts and Old Printed Books for Exhibition Purposes Exposition -«L’Ornement dans l’art populaire» (des collections du Musée Juif d’Etat de Prague) Die Jugend im Konzentrationslager Theresienstadt 1941—1945 Neuzugänge von Archivgegenständen in den Sammlungen „Verfolgung“ und „Theresienstadt“

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Art in the Concentration Camp of Terezin

Author(s): Markéta Petrášová / Language(s): English Issue: 1/1985

The article mentions some works of art made in the Terezin concentration camp-ghetto and surveys various spheres of the prisoners’ artistic activities. Terezin drawings by about forty authors, either kept in the State Jewish Museum or the Terezin Memorial, are studied from the point of view of the techniques used, motifs chosen and depicted, etc.

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Communications

Author(s): Jarmila Škochová,Markéta Petrášová / Language(s): French Issue: 1/1985

Les dessins de Terezín par les membres de la famille Klein; Exposition „Le Génocide hitlérien en Europe et en Pologne 1933—1945“

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Communications

Author(s): Vladimir Sadek,František Kadlec,Anita Franková,Jana Čermáková / Language(s): English,French,German Issue: 1/1983

New Exhibition of the Synagogue Textiles Collection of the State Jewish Museum in Prague; The Exhibition „The Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague in the Works of Romantic Painters“; Exposition itinérante des dessins d’enfant de Terezín en Italie; Musik in den Konzentrationslagern; The Results of Two Years’ Work on the Restorations of the Memorial to the Victims of Nazism in the Pinkas Synagogue; Die Restaurierung der Grabsteines von Hendl Bassewi auf dem Alten jüdischen Friedhof in Prag

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Résumé

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): French,Russian Issue: 2/1974

Summaries for Judaica Bohemiae 1974/2

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Communications

Author(s): Anita Franková,Svetlana Adlová / Language(s): Russian Issue: 2/1975

1. Детские рисунки из концентрационного лагеря Терезин 2. Выставка, посвященная работе Государственного еврейского музея в Праге 3. Ein Bericht über die Restaurierung und Konservierung einer Gewürzbüchse

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Résume

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): Russian Issue: 2/1976

Summaries of Judaica Bohemiae 1976/2.

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