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  • Media Combination  (4)
  • Anonymous.  (3)
  • Herzog, David,  (1)
  • Jüdisches Museum Berlin 〈1999-〉
  • Judaism Customs and practices.  (4)
  • 1
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    Pathways of my life / (1991)
    Chicago, IL :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 277 , typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1991
    Keywords: Herzog, Anna. ; Herzog, David, ; Herzog family. ; Herzog, Leopold. ; Universität Graz. ; College teachers. ; Education, Higher 1918-1933. ; Jews Persecutions 1938-1945. ; Jewish religious education. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Judaism Sermons. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Rabbis. ; Jews Customs and practices. ; Graz (Austria) ; Ostrava (Czech Republic) ; Oxford (England) ; Trnava (Slovakia) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: David Herzog wrote his autobiography in German while living in England. This is an English translation by his son, Fred F. Herzog.
    Abstract: Family history 1869-1946; lives of parents; description of Jewish life in Tyrnau; Hebrew and religious studies in Tyrnau, description of teachers; description of pogrom in wake of Tisza-Eszlar ritual slaughter trial; other childhood experiences of anti-Semitism; talmudic studies in Pressburg (Bratislava); detailed account of experiences in secondary school; years at seminary in rabbinical seminary and University in Berlin; recollections of life in Berlin in 1890's; experience of anti-Semitism in Berlin; move to Ostrau (Hungary) to work as rabbi; life in Ostrau; move to Prague-Simchow; became chief rabbi in 1907 and university professor in Graz; increasingly worsening situation in Graz after 1932; internment in prison after Nazi seizure of power in 1938; experience of Kristallnacht in Graz; emigration to England in 1939; life in London.
    Abstract: In an epilogue, Fred F. Herzog provides more information about his father and describes his parents' life in Oxford. Also included is an appendix, listing David Herzog’s lectures at Karl-Franzens-Universität in Graz, 1909-1938.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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    Leo Baeck Institute New York
  • 2
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    Lebenserinnerungen eines Juden /
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    Language: German
    Pages: 25 , typewritten manuscript (carbon copy).
    Keywords: Kahn, Arthur David. ; Children. ; Families 19th century. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Germany History 1789-1900. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in a small German town in orthodox Jewish atmosphere; description of domestic life and Jewish festivals.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Leo Baeck Institute New York
  • 3
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    Language: English
    Pages: 560 pages (double space) : , Typewritten manuscript (carbon copy).
    Keywords: Folklore ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Hasidism. ; Hotelkeepers. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jewish religious education. ; Jewish way of life. ; Jews Social life and customs 19th century. ; Jews Social life and customs 19th century. ; Judaism Liturgy. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Rabbis. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Hungary. ; New York (N.Y.) ; Slovakia. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs start at the "Hotel Vienna" in New York, where the author starts his reflection on his childhood in Vamia, a small Hungarian-Slovak town. Predominance of Hungarian and Magyar culture within the official institutions and schools. German and Yiddish were the main languages for the Hasidic Jewish community besides knowledge of Hungarian, Slovak and Hebrew. Superstition and mysticism within the general populace. Business connection with Vienna, the capital of the monarchy. Description of the Hasidic Jewish community and its members. Jewish education and studies with the well-respected Rabbi Shloimo Gasser. Reflection on Jewish traditions and circumcision rites. Description of certain characters in the community. Recollections of Jewish wedding ceremonies and engagement traditions. Celebration of Jewish holidays within the family and the Jewish community. Detailed portrayal of ritual and liturgy. Description of the synagogue's interior and its functions for the celebration of the holidays. Reflection on the Jewish history throughout the centuries. Rich recollection of stories and myths in the Hasidic tradition. Description of certain food customs and clothing traditions. Trip with the author's grandfather to Belz, where they spend Yom Kippur at the Belz wonder rabbi (Tzadik). Detailed description of prayers and the encounter with the Tzadik at the Kol Nidre night.
    Abstract: Changing scene to the "Cafe Zentral" in Vienna, the meeting place of intellectuals. The author studied at the Vienna Theological Seminary and composed short stories for newspapers. Story about the fate of two female Jewish protagonists (Sonya and Katya). Recollections of World War One. Detailed description of a Sabbath celebrations and scholastic discussions. Reflection on "eshes chayil". The author emigrated with his wife to the United States. They settled in New York, where he took over the management of the "Hotel Vienna". Recollections of the World Congress of Jewish Women in New York. Description of the spas in Bohemia.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file, table of contents
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    Leo Baeck Institute New York
  • 4
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    Taubheit und Stummheit.
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    Language: German
    Pages: 37 pages : , typescript (fragment).
    Former Title: Untitled
    Keywords: Talmud. ; Deaf. ; Deaf Institutional care. ; Jews Medicine. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: Essay on the traditional perception of deaf and mute people in bible and Talmud, including prescriptions for education as well as medical and social treatment.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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