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Yiddish: A Survey and a Grammar, Second Edition

Yiddish: A Survey and a Grammar, Second Edition

S.A. Birnbaum

Syracuse, 2001 joel berkowitz. Shakespeare on the American Yiddish Stage. Iowa City, 2002 joachim neugroschel (ed. and transl.). No Star Too Beautiful: Yiddish Stories from 1382 to the Present. New York, 2002 joel berkowitz (ed.). Yiddish ...
Shakespeare on the American Yiddish Stage

Shakespeare on the American Yiddish Stage

Joel Berkowitz

In Shakespeare on the American Yiddish Stage, Joel Berkowitz knowledgeably and intelligently constructs the history of this unique theatrical culture. The Jewish King Lear of 1892 was a sensation.
Beau Monde on Empire’s Edge: State and Stage in Soviet Ukraine

Beau Monde on Empire’s Edge: State and Stage in Soviet Ukraine

Mayhill C. Fowler

Joel Berkowitz (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003), 159–74, and Barbara Henry, “Jewish Plays on the Russian Stage, St. Petersburg, 1905–1917,” in Yiddish Theater: New Approaches, ed. Joel Berkowitz (Oxford: Oxford University Press, ...
Son of Hope: The Prison Journals of David Berkowitz

Son of Hope: The Prison Journals of David Berkowitz

David Richard Berkowitz

From late 1975 through 1977, David Berkowitz went on a killing spree in the New York metropolitan area--a spree that left six people dead and seven wounded.
Wrestling with Shylock: Jewish Responses to The Merchant of ...

Wrestling with Shylock: Jewish Responses to The Merchant of ...

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As theater historian Joel Berkowitz has demonstrated, Shakespeare was the playwright that American Yiddish writers and performers turned to most often for inspiration as well as artistic recognition.6 79 Within Shakespeare's oeuvre, certain ...
Inventing the Modern Yiddish Stage: Essays in Drama, ...

Inventing the Modern Yiddish Stage: Essays in Drama, ...

Joel Berkowitz

Collects leading scholars’ insight on the plays, production, music, audiences, and political and aesthetic concerns of modern Yiddish theater.
The Boundaries of Desire: A Century of Good Sex, Bad Laws, ...

The Boundaries of Desire: A Century of Good Sex, Bad Laws, ...

Eric Berkowitz

By focusing on the experiences of real people who played central roles in the formation of our sexual rights, Berkowitz adds a compelling human element to what might otherwise be faceless legal battles—ultimately arguing that compassion ...
Landmark Yiddish Plays: A Critical Anthology

Landmark Yiddish Plays: A Critical Anthology

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Edited, Translated, and with an Introduction by Joel Berkowitz and Jeremy Dauber Offering snapshots of a pivotal era in which the Jews of Europe made the transition from a traditional to a more modern world, the Yiddish plays translated and ...
Jewish Theatre: A Global View

Jewish Theatre: A Global View

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Ed. Joel Berkowitz. Oxford: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2003. 61–75. Kaszyński, Stanisław. Teatralia kaliskie. Materiały do dziejów sceny kaliskiej ( 1800–1970). ŁódΩ: Wydawn. Łódzkie, 1972. Klier, John. “'Exit, Pursued by a Bear': ...
Rewriting Russia: Jacob Gordin's Yiddish Drama

Rewriting Russia: Jacob Gordin's Yiddish Drama

Barbara J. Henry

Ahuva Belkin treats the purimshpil's often erotic and grotesque subject matter in “ The 'Low' Culture of the Purimshpil,” in Yiddish Theatre: New Approaches, ed. Joel Berkowitz (Oxford and Portland, Ore.: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, ...
Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime

Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime

Eric W. Hickey

David Richard Berkowitz became known as the "Son of Sam" because he claimed that his neighbor Sam's dog instructed him to kill. During his reign of terror in New York City, Berkowitz also earned the moniker of ",44-Caliber Killer," gunning ...
Hosea, Joel, and Amos

Hosea, Joel, and Amos

Bruce C. Birch

The book of Joel has not always been held in high esteem among the prophets. In fact, even church people who have done some significant Bible study would be hard-pressed to tell you anything about Joel's message. But even among those ...
The Words and Music of Billy Joel

The Words and Music of Billy Joel

Ken Bielen

· Photographs · A discography of Joel's recordings including albums and singles · A selected discography of cover versions of Joel's songs by other recording artists · A filmography · A bibliography of significant books and articles ...
Twelve Prophets: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, and Jonah

Twelve Prophets: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, and Jonah

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AUTHORSHIP, DATE AND CIRCUMSTANCES The prophet, after whom this short book is named, is called simply "Joel son of Pethuel" (1 : 1). Although the name Joel is quite common in the historical narratives of the Old Testament, nothing ...
The Michigan Bar Journal

The Michigan Bar Journal

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Dorothy Joel Joel Jr. N.O. (Otto) Stockmeyer, Professor of Law at Thomas M. Cooley Law School and former Chairman of ... Stroup cites, too, the notorious Boyden sense of humor and observes that Joel's wit is often the peace-keeping vehicle ...
The Words and Music of Billy Joel

The Words and Music of Billy Joel

Ken Bielen

This detailed exploration looks at the musical works of recording artist Billy Joel and his impact on popular culture. • Photographs • A discography of Joel's recordings including albums and singles • A selected discography of cover ...
Joel's Use of Scripture And the Scripture's Use of Joel: ...

Joel's Use of Scripture And the Scripture's Use of Joel: ...

John Strazicich

This work focuses on the appropriation and resignification of scripture in Joel and its NT "Nachleben," where Israel's literature functions as "an authoritative medium of refraction," The purpose is to recover the canon's unrecorded ...
CD Review Digest: Jazz, popular, etc

CD Review Digest: Jazz, popular, etc

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Joel Flegler, 273 Woodland Street, P.O. Box 720, Tenafly, NJ 07670. Phone: (201 ) 567-3908. Fax: (201) 816-0125. Editor: Joel Flegler. Subscriptions: U.S. $34; all others $49 (bi-monthly). 6x9. Advertising Director: Joel Flegler. Circulation: ...
More Joel on Software: Further Thoughts on Diverse and ...

More Joel on Software: Further Thoughts on Diverse and ...

Avram Joel Spolsky

This is a new selection of essays from the author's web site, http://www.joelonsoftware.com.
Descendants of East Tennessee pioneers

Descendants of East Tennessee pioneers

Olga Jones Edwards

27, 1946, Joel Walton Wheeler, Jr. b Feb. 4, 1921 Warner, Okla. son of Joel W. Wheeler and Katherine Marie McClarrens. Ch.: Joel Walton b Sept. 13, 1947, Boulder, Colo.; Jan Ray b Aug. 16, 1949; Karen Marie b Sept. 23, 1950; Janine Kay ...
Understanding Contemporary American Conservatism

Understanding Contemporary American Conservatism

Joel D. Aberbach

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Names: Aberbach, Joel D., author. Title: Understanding contemporary American conservatism / Joel D. Aberbach, University of California, Los Angeles. Description: New York, NY: Routledge, ...
Abounding Health Naturally

Abounding Health Naturally

Sharon Jean Wiginton

Eating for Health and Wellness, a CD set by Dr. Joel Robbins, DC, ND, MD Health through Nutrition, a CD set by Dr. Joel Robbins, DC, ND, MD Juicing for Health, a book and CD set by Dr. Joel Robbins, DC, ND, MD Attitudes and Health , a CD ...
Expanding Graphs: Proceedings of a DIMACS Workshop, May ...

Expanding Graphs: Proceedings of a DIMACS Workshop, May ...

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Proceedings of a DIMACS Workshop, May 11-14, 1992 Joel Friedman. Series in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science Volume 10 Expanding Graphs Joel Friedman Editor American Mathematical Society 10 Joel Friedman, ...
A Hanukkah with Mazel: Read-Aloud Edition

A Hanukkah with Mazel: Read-Aloud Edition

Joel Stein

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Stein, Joel Edward, author. | Vavouri, Elisa, illustrator. Title: A Hanukkah with Mazel / by Joel Edward Stein ; illustrated by Elisa Vavouri. Description: Minneapolis : Kar-Ben Publishing  ...
The Books of Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah

The Books of Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah

Leslie C. Allen

Certainly Joel is no consistent eschatologist. It is characteristic of him to cull a variety of motifs from Judah's eschatological repertoire and to use them without constructing a systematic synthesis. 3. OCCASION AND PURPOSE The first part of ...
Joel, Amos, Obadiah: An Exegetical Commentary

Joel, Amos, Obadiah: An Exegetical Commentary

Thomas J. Finley

Patterson represents a different school of thought when he argues that Joel's language "goes beyond a literal locust plague in 2: 1 -1 1 (e.g., vv. 3, 6, 10), especially as amplified in the details contained in the spiritual challenge based on this ...

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