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  • 1
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783030956028
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 230 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Year of publication: 2022
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Middle East—Politics and government. ; Internationaler Konflikt ; Sicherheitspolitik ; Politisches Interesse ; Außenpolitik ; Strategie ; Sicherheit ; Israel ; Iran ; Naher Osten ; Mittlerer Osten
    Abstract: 1 Israeli concerns about Iran -- 2 Iran, Arabs and Israel -- 3 Israel Hezbollah Hamas and PA -- 4 The IDZ vs Hezbollah -- 5 War in Syria -- 6 Russian intervention in Syria -- 7 USA, Israel and Iran -- 8 US and an attack on Iran -- 9 The lessons of History.
    Abstract: This book offers an in depth discussion of the Israeli – Iranian conflict, and its implications for the United States and Arab states. The main topic is Israel’s approach to handling Iran and its partners, given Iran’s ambitions, including its plan to produce nuclear weapons. The author explains the complexity of the Iranian – Israeli – Arab triangle, while offering suggestions on how the United States can assist Israel in this matter. The volume also contributes a unique point of view on events and military factors. Ehud Eilam is a former private contractor for the Israeli Ministry of Defense, where for several years he conducted research in different branches of the Israeli Defense Forces.
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  • 2
    ISBN: 9783030839581
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 181Seiten) , Tabellen, graphische Darstellungen, Diagramme, Karten
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Year of publication: 2022
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
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    Keywords: Peace. ; Operations research. ; Decision making. ; Game theory. ; Mediation. ; Dispute resolution (Law). ; Conflict management. ; Middle East—Politics and government. ; Nahostkonflikt ; Verlauf ; Konflikt ; Konfliktregelung ; Diplomatie ; Verhandlung ; Verhandlungstheorie ; Spieltheorie ; Israel
    Abstract: Laying the Groundwork -- The Middle East Conflict -- The Analytic Hierarchy Process -- Retributive Conflicts and the AHP -- Structuring the Hierarchy to Make Tradeoffs -- Lessons Learned -- The Pittsburgh Principles -- Implementation to the Principles -- The Palestinian Refugee Problem -- Strategic Communications -- Looking Ahead.
    Abstract: This book presents an interdisciplinary approach to conflict solution focusing on a very specific type of conflict, retributive conflicts . It is unique in the treatment of these and how relative measurement is used to find equilibrium solutions. The authors present an alternative process to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They do so in two ways that are different from past efforts. The first is by formally structuring the conflict and the second is the manner in which discussions were conducted and conclusions drawn. The approach will help create a solution and provide negotiators with a unique pathway to consider the thorny issues and corresponding concessions underlying the deliberations, together with their implementation. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) provides a way to conflict solution with the participation of negotiators for the parties. It is a positive approach that makes it possible to reason and express feelings and judgments with numerical intensities to derive priorities. With the assistance of panels of Israeli participants and Palestinian participants brought together in 2006 to 2017, AHP was applied for the first time in a group setting to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The process makes it clear that moderation in different degrees by both sides is essential to arrive at acceptable agreements on concessions proposed and agreed upon by both sides.
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9783030935191
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XX, 257 Seiten)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Year of publication: 2022
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
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    Keywords: Middle East—Politics and government. ; Peace. ; World politics. ; Middle East—History. ; Terrorism. ; Political violence. ; Nahostkonflikt ; Friede ; Friedensverhandlung ; Diplomatie ; Verhandlung ; Israel
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Prime Minister for a second time -- Chapter 2. The Syrian track and the PLO probes -- Chapter 3. The Dilemma between the Palestinian and Syrian tracks -- Chapter 4. Rabin’s vision of Russia and its commonwealth states -- Chapter 5. In preparation for the signing with Arafat -- Chapter 6. First work meeting between Rabin and Arafat in Cairo -- Chapter 7. A trip to Cairo with Shimon Peres -- Chapter 8. The talks in Taba, The Rivalries and the Misunderstandings -- Chapter 9. A Crisis in Taba and Talks in Cairo -- Chapter 10. Rabin’s visit to the White House -- Chapter 11. Meeting in Paris -- Chapter 12. Meeting Arafat in Tunis -- Chapter 13. Coordination Meetings with the Americans -- Chapter 14. Second meeting with Arafat -- Chapter 15. A decisive meeting between Rabin and Arafat -- Chapter 16. The meeting with the King of Morocco -- Chapter 17. Between Peres and Arafat -- Chapter 18. Wading through the Middle Eastern swamp -- Chapter 19. Meeting with the former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel in Paris -- Chapter 20. Shimon Peres and the Cairo accord with Arafat -- Chapter 21. The massacre in Hebron -- Chapter 22. Negotiations in Washington -- Chapter 23. Meeting the Pope in the Vatican -- Chapter 24. Arafat’s deceptions -- Chapter 25. Final days by Rabin’s side.
    Abstract: This book shares first-hand insights into the implementation of the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestinians, written by a high-ranking Israeli military intelligence officer and former foreign policy advisor to Israel’s fifth prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin. It offers a diary of the political events surrounding the Israeli prime minister in 1993–1994, focusing on a key turning point in the Israeli-Arab conflict – those crucial days when Rabin had to choose between promoting a peace process with the Palestinians or trying to strike a deal with the Syrians and waiting for the Jordanians to join. The book sheds new light on Rabin’s attitudes towards the Palestinians, on his meetings with Yasser Arafat, and on what went on behind the scenes of the official diplomatic negotiations. Readers will learn about the power struggles and ego-driven rivalries between Israeli politicians and high-ranking generals, about the relationship between politicians and the media, and about problems such as the leaking of sensitive information to the press. This book will be of interest not only to scholars, but also and more importantly to policymakers around the world, and to anyone interested in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and finding a two-state solution in the region. “A vital and extremely well-written book, not only for the academia, but above all for the decision makers across the globe, West and East, North and South, in fact anyone who talks about a two-state solution in the region". Arno Tausch, Professor of Political Science, Innsbruck University, Austria.
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783031153327
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 149 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Year of publication: 2022
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Political Marketing and Management
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    Keywords: Diplomacy. ; Comparative government. ; Marketing. ; Communication in politics. ; Middle East—Politics and government.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa -- 3. Israel Institute of New Zealand -- 4. Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council -- 5. Australia Palestine Advocacy Network -- 6. Conclusion.
    Abstract: “This is a significant contribution to our understanding of issues campaigning and lobbying in our evermore complex and global world of 8 billion people. This is a book that gives a critical understanding of how nation brands, international policies and issue group campaigns are branded and developed. Funding, pressure group activity and the complexity of global issue campaigning and lobbying are explored alongside Israel and Palestine within the context of Australia and New Zealand.” - Phil Harris, Professor, University of Chester, UK This book looks at how both advocacy groups in New Zealand and Australia use political marketing to conduct advocacy and support Israeli and Palestinian public diplomacy and nation branding. The focus lies on their marketing orientation, segmentation/targeting/ positioning (STP), and internal marketing practices. The theoretical framework will draw upon several political marketing frameworks and concepts including the product/sales/market-oriented framework, the STP process, and Petitt's internal stakeholder marketing approaches. The book examines four case studies: (1) the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA), (2) the Israel Institute of New Zealand (IINZ), (3) the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC), and (4) the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN). To ensure balance and comparison, four groups representing both the pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian camps in NZ and Australia were selected. Other criteria included their broad scope of activity, approachability/accessibility, and connections to state actors through advocacy, public diplomacy, and nation branding. Andrew Lim is a researcher based in New Zealand who is particularly interested in how advocacy groups can contribute to public diplomacy. He is also interested in New Zealand politics, history, and social issues.
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783031087097
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXV, 416 p. 3 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Year of publication: 2022
    Series Statement: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Security, International.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Inside the Military Courts -- Chapter 2. Going to Prison -- Chapter 3. Inside/Outside Citizenships. Carceral Generations and the Frontiers of Political Action -- Chapter 4. Women, A Separate Experience? -- Chapter 5. After Oslo. The Endless Dematerialized Borders of the Prison Web -- Chapter 6. Inside/Outside Carceral Citizenships. Post-Second Intifada Mobilizations and Politics -- Chapter 7. The Incorporated Prison. Living Beyond Detention -- Chapter 8. The Incorporated Prison. Release?.
    Abstract: “There is not one page in this stunningly researched book that is not worth reading; no one has revealed so profoundly how the prison Israel has built has sought to crush Palestinian lives—far beyond the concrete walls of detention.” —Ann Stoler, The New School for Social Research, New York, USA “A penetrating and at times, poignant examination of the critical yet often overlooked role of incarceration in determining and shaping individual and collective lives.” —Sara Roy, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, USA “This is an urgently necessary and important, if harrowing, book. Deeply researched, lucidly argued, and historically comprehensive in its approach, it will be an indispensable resource for studying Palestine, and global carcerality more generally.” —Laleh Khalili, Queen Mary University of London, UK “In a nutshell, this book is an essential reference for understanding Palestinian society.” —Abaher El Sakka, Birzeit University, Palestin This book deals with the contemporary history of the imprisonment of Palestinians in Israeli prisons since 1967, and, since the 2000s, in Palestinian facilities. Widely shared in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, incarceration endurably marks personal and collective stories, and has spun a prison web, a kind of suspended detention. Approximately 40 percent of the male population has been to prison. This book shows how the judicial and prison practices applied to Palestinian residents of the OPT are major fractal devices of control contributing to the management of Israeli borders, and shape a specific bordering system based on a mobility regime. This history of confinement is that of the prison web, and of the in-between political, social, and personal spaces people weave between Inside and Outside prison. Based on in-depth ethnographic fieldwork, archives, and extensive institutional documentation, this political anthropology book deals with carceral citizenships and subjectivities; masculinities, femininities, gender relations, parentality, and intimacy. Woven like a web, this story is built around places, moments, people, and their testimonies. Stéphanie Latte Abdallah is CNRS researcher at CERI-Sciences Po, France, specialized in Middle East Studies. .
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783031136740
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 232 p. 19 illus., 18 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Year of publication: 2022
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
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    Keywords: Security, International. ; Middle East—Politics and government. ; International law. ; Political ethics. ; Terrorismus ; Bekämpfung ; Justizmord ; Operation ; Moral ; Einflussgröße ; Ethik ; Verhältnismäßigkeitsgrundsatz ; Effektivität ; Israel
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Overview - The use of targeted killing within Israel’s counter-terrorism policy over the years, its goals, characteristics and evolution in Israel -- Chapter 2. Potential Cost of Targeted Killing as a Counter-terrorism Strategy - Does Targeted Killing Trigger a Retaliatory "Boomerang Attack" -- Chapter 3.The death penalty – can a government act as a judge and an executioner? -- Chapter 4. The intelligence component of targeted killing – how does one prevent lethal mistakes? -- Chapter 5. The distinction principle of targeted killing – does a targeted killing of a terrorist means a deliberate hit on a combatant or a civilian? -- Chapter 6. The proportionality principle of targeted killing – Is a targeted killing really targeted? -- Chapter 7. The identity of the target – is there a justification to hit the political level of a terrorist organization or just its operational level? -- Chapter 8. Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations.
    Abstract: The book explores the main moral, ethical and operational dilemmas of targeted killings from an Israeli perspective. Even though many countries contending with terrorism have adopted this tool (either overtly or covertly) within the arsenal used in implementing their counter-terrorism policies, it seems that Israel, as one of the world's leading practitioner of targeted killing in its counter-terrorism effort, constitutes the most appropriate case study for reviewing implications and dilemmas associated with this practice. Each chapter will present a different ethical–moral–operational dilemma emanating from a deployment of a targeted killing. The analysis of Israeli considerations and solutions to these dilemmas is built around interviews with Israeli decision-makers, former senior security officials and other experts. The chapters also cover public opinion polls in order to highlight the views of the Israeli public vis-a-vis each dilemma. Finally, chapters will conclude with lessons learned and offer recommendations for a practical and moral solution. The final chapter then draws together universal conclusions and recommendations for the use of targeted killings. Boaz Ganor is Founder and Executive Director of the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), and Ronald S. Lauder Chair for Counter-Terrorism at Reichman University in Israel. Liram Koblentz-Stenzler is a senior researcher and head of the Global Far-Right Extremism Desk at the International Institute for Counter Terrorism (ICT) at Reichman University, Israel.
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  • 7
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    Cham : Palgrave Macmillan | Cham : Springer International Publishing
    ISBN: 9783030760311
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 270 pages)
    Year of publication: 2021
    Series Statement: Renewing the American Narrative
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    Abstract: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Praise for Generations of Jewish Directors and the Struggle for America's Soul -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Jewish Directors and the "New Covenant"-Wyler, Lumet, and Spielberg -- The New Covenant, the American Jeremiad, and the American Soul -- Jewish Modernism and the American Story: A Shared "Mission" to the World -- Levinas, Ethical Transcendence, and the New Covenant -- William Wyler -- Sidney Lumet -- Steven Spielberg -- The New Covenant Today: David Brooks -- Part I: William Wyler's America -- Chapter 2: Bogart to Bogart: A Changing America from Dead End to The Desperate Hours -- Escape from the Past: Prejudice, Persecution, and Pogroms -- Wyler's Two Bogarts: American Gangsters -- Location Location -- Dead End and The Bridge -- "Baby Face" and Big Brother: The American Family in Crisis -- Chapter 3: Wyler: Surveying the Changing American Scene -- The War Years: Fighting for Liberal Democracy -- Love, Gender, and Sexuality -- Ben-Hur in the Time of Trump: A Brief Note -- The Liberal Challenge: African-Americans and the American Soul -- Part II: Sidney Lumet: Conscience and Democracy -- Chapter 4: Jew Grit: The New York Frontier and the Making of a Moralist -- The Lower East Side -- Conscience of the City: Serpico -- Martyrdom -- Hippie Cop of the Counter Culture -- Chapter 5: Filming "The Crisis of American Civic Liberalism" -- The Virulence of Mediated Madness: Network -- Daniel I: A New York Epic from the Lower East Side to the Bronx -- Daniel 2: The Existential and Ethical Imperative: Love and Death in America -- Part III: Steven Spielberg: Reform, Redemption, and Films of American Renewal -- Chapter 6: Spielberg, America's Soul, and the New Covenant -- Seeker: The Journey of Steven Spielberg -- Schindler's List I: The Holocaust and Democracy at Home
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  • 8
    ISBN: 9783319219332
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (282 p)
    Year of publication: 2015
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Applied Jewish values in social sciences and psychology
    DDC: 150
    Keywords: Applied psychology ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Contributors -- About the Editors -- Chapter-1 -- Introduction: Making a Jewish Contribution to the Social Sciences: What Are Jewish Social Values and Why Do They Matter? -- Meaning of Jewish Social Values -- An Ethic of Engagement -- Universalism in Jewish Thought -- Making a Jewish Contribution -- Jewish Medical and Business Ethics -- The Current State of Jewish Social Values -- Summary of the Book -- Conclusion -- References -- Part I -- Education -- Chapter-2 -- Self-Regulation Among Students: Sharpening the Questions -- Introduction -- Overview of Chapter -- Student Learning and Development: Self-Regulation -- Research on Self-Regulation -- Belongingness is a Reason to Self-Regulate -- A Jewish Approach to Self-Regulation -- A Note on Jewish Sources -- Two Jewish Ways to Build Self-Regulation Capacity -- Some Examples of Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches Based on Jewish Ideas and Practices -- Social and Environmental Context -- Social Exclusion -- Self-Regulation and Future Orientation -- Applying These Approaches to Nonreligious Youth -- Implications for Educational Change -- The Childhood Roots of Adult Quality of Life -- Self-Regulation and Whole School Reform -- Students' Self-Regulation and Adults Who Care About Them -- Seeking Adult Guidance -- Disrupting Students' Unconscious Internal Responses -- Future Orientation -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Introduction -- Introducing the Interventions -- Brief Summary of the Relevant Literature -- Background Research Information for the Four-Part Curricular Intervention -- Descriptive, Explanatory, Peer Strategies and Strengths Information -- Descriptive Information -- Explanatory Information -- Peer Strategies Information -- Strengths Information -- Inclusion Considerations -- Curricular Intervention.
    Description / Table of Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; About the Editors; Chapter-1; Introduction: Making a Jewish Contribution to the Social Sciences: What Are Jewish Social Values and Why Do They Matter?; Meaning of Jewish Social Values; An Ethic of Engagement; Universalism in Jewish Thought; Making a Jewish Contribution; Jewish Medical and Business Ethics; The Current State of Jewish Social Values; Summary of the Book; Conclusion; References; Part I; Education; Chapter-2; Self-Regulation Among Students: Sharpening the Questions; Introduction; Overview of Chapter
    Description / Table of Contents: Student Learning and Development: Self-RegulationResearch on Self-Regulation; Belongingness is a Reason to Self-Regulate; A Jewish Approach to Self-Regulation; A Note on Jewish Sources; Two Jewish Ways to Build Self-Regulation Capacity; Some Examples of Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches Based on Jewish Ideas and Practices; Social and Environmental Context; Social Exclusion; Self-Regulation and Future Orientation; Applying These Approaches to Nonreligious Youth; Implications for Educational Change; The Childhood Roots of Adult Quality of Life; Self-Regulation and Whole School Reform
    Description / Table of Contents: Students' Self-Regulation and Adults Who Care About ThemSeeking Adult Guidance; Disrupting Students' Unconscious Internal Responses; Future Orientation; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3; Informing Our Interventions with the Wisdom of the Sages: Biblical and Rabbinic Inspiration for Fostering Sensitivity Towards Individuals with Disabilities; Introduction; Introducing the Interventions; Brief Summary of the Relevant Literature; Background Research Information for the Four-Part Curricular Intervention; Descriptive, Explanatory, Peer Strategies and Strengths Information; Descriptive Information
    Description / Table of Contents: Explanatory InformationPeer Strategies Information; Strengths Information; Inclusion Considerations; Curricular Intervention; Study Results upon Implementing the Four-Part Curricular Intervention; Study Methods; Participants; Procedure; Results; Background Research Information for Realabilities; Strengths Information and the Affect/Effort Theory; Study Results upon Implementing Realabilities; Study Methods; Participants; Procedure; Results; Descriptive Analysis; Main Analysis; Discussion; Conclusion to Chapter; A Judaic Approach to Sensitivity; References; Chapter-4
    Description / Table of Contents: Addressing Social Exclusion in Schools and Youth GroupsThe Nature of a Group; Group Dynamics in Schools; Group Dynamics in Summer Camps; Jewish Values on Inclusion; The Responsibility to Be Inclusive; Isolation and Exclusion; From Vulnerable to Victim; Casual Dislike; Leadership; Countering Inadvertent Social Exclusion; Qualitative Findings; Quantitative Findings; Conclusions; References; Chapter-5; Epistemology, Ethics, and Moral Education: A Methodological Justification for a Moral Curriculum Based on Jewish Social Values; Introduction; Overview of Chapter
    Description / Table of Contents: Two Accounts of Practical Reasoning: The Scientific and the Experiential
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    ISBN: 9783319016580
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XV, 872 p. 72 illus) , online resource
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    Year of publication: 2014
    Series Statement: American Jewish Year Book 113
    DDC: 304.8
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Religion and education ; Religion (General) ; Migration ; Demography
    Abstract: This book, in its 113th year, provides insight into major trends in the North American Jewish community, examining Jewish education, New York Jewry, national and Jewish communal affairs, and the US and world Jewish population. It also acts as an important resource with its lists of Jewish Institutions, Jewish periodicals, and academic resources as well as Jewish honorees, obituaries, and major recent events. It should prove useful to social scientists and historians of the American Jewish community, Jewish communal workers, and the press, among others.  For more than a century, the American Jewish Year Book has remained and continues to serve, even in the Internet age, as the leading reference work on contemporary Jewish life. This year’s volume, with its special reports on Jewish education and  the New York community and its updates on Jewish population statistics, Jewish institutions, and the major Jewish figures who passed in the year past, continues this splendid tradition. Pamela S. Nadell, Chair, Department of History, American University and Co-editor, Making Women’s Histories: Beyond National Perspectives  The 2013 volume of the American Jewish Year Book impressively demonstrates that Arnold Dashefsky and Ira Sheskin have restored this important resource in all its former glory. Bruce A. Phillips, Professor of Sociology and Jewish Communal Service, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles Having a current American Jewish Year Book on my shelf is like having a panel of experts on American Jewish life at the ready, prepared to give me thoughtful, accurate answers and observations on the key issues, trends and statistics that define our continental Jewish community today. Well into its second century, the American Jewish Year Book continues to be an essential resource for serious leaders, practitioners and students who seek to ground their work in solid research and up-to-date data. Jacob Solomon, Greater Miami Jewish Federation President and CEO
    Description / Table of Contents: PREFACEACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- PART I. REVIEW ARTICLES -- Jewish Education in a New Century: An Ecosystem in Transition, J, Woocher, M. Woocher -- New York Jewry, S.M. Cohen, et.al. -- National Affairs, E. Felson -- Jewish Communal Affairs, L. Grossman -- Jewish Population in the United States, 2013,    I.M. Sheskin, A. Dashefsky --  World Jewish Population, 2013, S. DellaPergola -- PART II. JEWISH INSTITUTIONS -- Jewish Federations -- Jewish Community Centers -- National Jewish Organizations -- Synagogues, College Hillels, and Jewish Day Schools -- Jewish Overnight Camps -- Jewish Museums -- Holocaust Museums, Memorials, and Monuments -- PART III. JEWISH PRESS -- National Jewish Periodicals Local Jewish Periodicals -- PART VI. ACADEMIC RESOURCES -- Jewish Studies Programs -- Major Books on the North American Jewish Community -- Academic Journals Covering the North American Jewish Community -- Scholarly Articles on the Study of the North American Jewish Community -- Websites for North American Jewish Community Research -- PART V. MAJOR EVENTS, HONOREES, AND OBITUARIES -- Major Events in the North American Jewish Community, June 2012 to May 2013 -- Persons Honored by the Jewish and General Community, June 2012 to May 2013,- Obituaries, June 2012 to May 2013 -- Author Index.
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    ISBN: 9783319010625
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (X, 228 p. 48 illus, online resource)
    Year of publication: 2014
    Series Statement: History and Philosophy of Psychology
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Pind, Jörgen L. Edgar Rubin and psychology in Denmark
    DDC: 330
    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Psychology, clinical ; Psychology ; Philosophy (General) ; Psychology, clinical ; Psychology History ; Biografie ; Rubin, Edgar 1886-1951
    Abstract: Is it a glass centerpiece--or is it really two faces? The familiar optical illusion known as the Rubin Vase embodies the complexities of the brain's recognition of visual figures and backgrounds. Its creator's accomplishments, however, extend far beyond this well-known concept. Edgar Rubin and Psychology in Denmark tours a tumultuous century of history, politics, culture, and thought as reflected in the intellectual life of Denmark following the Golden Age of Kierkegaard and H. C. Andersen. Rubin's scholarly journey takes him from the debate over the scientific study of "the soul" to the maturation of perceptual psychology, providing both human context for our modern understanding of consciousness and a timeline for the recognition of psychology as science. Besides his revolutionary discoveries in visual perception, less-known aspects of his work are explored, such as his observations on taste and the perception of speech, as is his relationship--and reluctant contribution--to Gestalt theory. In these pages, Rubin is portrayed as a thinker simultaneously of his time and place and distinctly universal and modern. Included in this fascinating biography:  The role of philosophy in the development of psychology. From psychophysics to experimental psychology. The education of psychologists. Rubin and the phenomenological approach in psychology. The impact of Rubin’s work on Visually Experienced Figures and why it still resonates today. Setback and perseverance during World War Two. Niels Bohr and Edgar Rubin. Rubin's later work and legacy to modern psychology. For those interested in the history of psychology and the history of ideas, and for students and specialists in perceptual psychology, Edgar Rubin and Psychology in Denmark will inform, inspire, and even delight
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Growing up in CopenhagenCopenhagen, 1833 -- Jews in Denmark -- Family and early years -- Education -- Gazing into the heavenly light -- 2. Psychology without a soul -- The lure of metaphysical longings -- A bon papa sort of man -- A quality of familiarity -- Food for thought -- Tutorials in the Philosophical Factory -- 3. Apprentice in Lehman's Laboratory -- The psychologist dares not experiment on the soul -- The intrepid experimenter -- Aristotle and Socrates in Copenhagen -- Ekliptika -- Paradoxical warmth -- Magister artium -- 4. Triumph and tragedy in academia -- Sympathetic understanding -- Purgatory in Göttingen -- Høffding’s last lecture -- Rubin's revolution in perception -- The boat of my soul staggers -- Høffding’s successor -- 5. Philosopher or psychologist -- Competing for a professorate -- The metaphysician in overalls -- Lehmann's successor -- The end of an era -- Drawn unto the Gestalt bandwagon -- 6. The aspective psychologist -- Explorations in the human sensorium -- An old-fashioned introspectionist -- Playing the part of your bad conscience -- Popularizing psychology -- Pest over Europe -- A taste for England -- Aspective Psychology -- Occupation, arrest, and the flight to Sweden -- 7. Final years and legacy -- The return from Sweden -- Remembering Rubin -- Rubin and Bohr -- The consummate observer -- Rubin's vase.
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    ISBN: 9783319081267
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 172 p. 21 illus) , online resource
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    Year of publication: 2014
    DDC: 364
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Criminology ; Israel ; Polizei ; Terrorismus ; Bekämpfung
    Abstract: This timely and important work takes a critical look at the shifting roles of police, who are becoming increasingly tasked with handling terrorism threats on top of their regular responsibilities. With an unprecedented empirical study of the Israel National Police, the authors of this book examine whether this increased focus on security-related threats may come at the expense of addressing “classic” police responsibilities, such as fighting crime and dealing with local, day-to-day community problems. They also examine whether this shift has had a detrimental effect on police-community relationships and perceptions of police legitimacy, as their role changes from “service” to “suspicion.”   Through a four-year, multi-method study , the authors of this work have examined the effects of this shifting role on a number of key areas of policing, including police effectiveness at fighting crime and police legitimacy, drawing conclusions applicable to any democratic police force. The results of the study provide a number of concrete recommendations for maintaining effectiveness and community relationships of the police, with increasing responsibilities, challenges, and limited resources. This work will be of interest for researchers in criminology and criminal justice, particularly with a focus on police studies and counter-terrorism; police administrators; and researchers in related disciplines, such as sociology and public administration
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction and Study ContextTerrorist Threats and Police Performance -- Police Involvement in Counterterrorism and Public Attitudes Toward the Police -- The Effects of Security Threats on the Antecedents of Police Legitimacy -- How Do Majority Communities View the Potential Costs of Policing Terrorism -- Policing Terrorism from the Perspective of the Arab Minority -- How Does the Israel National Police Perceive Its Role in Counterterrorism and the Potential Outcomes -- Summary and Conclusions.
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    ISBN: 9783319050560
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIII, 234 p) , online resource
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    Year of publication: 2014
    Series Statement: Springer Praxis Books
    Parallel Title: Print version Religions and Extraterrestrial Life : How Will We Deal With It
    DDC: 200
    Keywords: Humanities ; Philosophy ; Astrophysics ; Astrobiology ; Astronomy ; Religion (General)
    Abstract: In the twenty-first century, the debate about life on other worlds is quickly changing from the realm of speculation to the domain of hard science. Within a few years, as a consequence of the rapid discovery by astronomers of planets around other stars, astronomers very likely will have discovered clear evidence of life beyond the Earth. Such a discovery of extraterrestrial life will change everything.  Knowing the answer as to whether humanity has company in the universe will trigger one of the greatest intellectual revolutions in history, not the least of which will be a challenge for at least some terrestrial religions. Which religions will handle the discovery of extraterrestrial life with ease and which will struggle to assimilate this new knowledge about our place in the universe? Some religions as currently practiced appear to only be viable on Earth. Other religions could be practiced on distant worlds but nevertheless identify both Earth as a place and humankind as a species of singular spiritual religious importance, while some religions could be practiced equally well anywhere in the universe by any sentient beings.  Weintraub guides readers on an invigorating tour of the world’s most widely practiced religions. It reveals what, if anything, each religion has to say about the possibility that extraterrestrial life exists and how, or if, a particular religion would work on other planets in distant parts of the universe
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Discovering Extrasolar PlanetsOnce Upon a Time -- Pluralism Through Western History -- The Discovery of the Century -- Detecting Exoplanets -- Are Angels Extraterrestrials? -- Part II: Major Religions of the World and Extraterrestrial Life -- Judaism -- Setting the Stage for Modern Christianity -- Roman Catholicism -- Orthodox Christianity -- The Church of England and the Anglican Communion -- Mainline Protestant Christianity -- Evangelical and Fundamentalist Christianity -- From Christian Roots -- Mormonism -- Islam -- Hinduism -- Buddhism -- Jainism -- Sikhism -- Bahá’í Faith -- Are We Ready? -- Appendix: The Exoplanets Revealed by the Kepler Mission Through 2013.
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  • 13
    ISBN: 9783319016580
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XV, 872 p. 72 illus, online resource)
    Year of publication: 2014
    Series Statement: American Jewish Year Book 113
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    Series Statement: Bücher
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Religion and education ; Religion (General) ; Migration ; Demography ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Religion and education ; Religion (General) ; Migration ; Demography
    Abstract: This book, in its 113th year, provides insight into major trends in the North American Jewish community, examining Jewish education, New York Jewry, national and Jewish communal affairs, and the US and world Jewish population. It also acts as an important resource with its lists of Jewish Institutions, Jewish periodicals, and academic resources as well as Jewish honorees, obituaries, and major recent events. It should prove useful to social scientists and historians of the American Jewish community, Jewish communal workers, and the press, among others.  For more than a century, the American Jewish Year Book has remained and continues to serve, even in the Internet age, as the leading reference work on contemporary Jewish life. This year’s volume, with its special reports on Jewish education and  the New York community and its updates on Jewish population statistics, Jewish institutions, and the major Jewish figures who passed in the year past, continues this splendid tradition. Pamela S. Nadell, Chair, Department of History, American University and Co-editor, Making Women’s Histories: Beyond National Perspectives  The 2013 volume of the American Jewish Year Book impressively demonstrates that Arnold Dashefsky and Ira Sheskin have restored this important resource in all its former glory. Bruce A. Phillips, Professor of Sociology and Jewish Communal Service, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles Having a current American Jewish Year Book on my shelf is like having a panel of experts on American Jewish life at the ready, prepared to give me thoughtful, accurate answers and observations on the key issues, trends and statistics that define our continental Jewish community today. Well into its second century, the American Jewish Year Book continues to be an essential resource for serious leaders, practitioners and students who seek to ground their work in solid research and up-to-date data. Jacob Solomon, Greater Miami Jewish Federation President and CEO
    Description / Table of Contents: PREFACEACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- PART I. REVIEW ARTICLES -- Jewish Education in a New Century: An Ecosystem in Transition, J, Woocher, M. Woocher -- New York Jewry, S.M. Cohen, et.al. -- National Affairs, E. Felson -- Jewish Communal Affairs, L. Grossman -- Jewish Population in the United States, 2013,    I.M. Sheskin, A. Dashefsky --  World Jewish Population, 2013, S. DellaPergola -- PART II. JEWISH INSTITUTIONS -- Jewish Federations -- Jewish Community Centers -- National Jewish Organizations -- Synagogues, College Hillels, and Jewish Day Schools -- Jewish Overnight Camps -- Jewish Museums -- Holocaust Museums, Memorials, and Monuments -- PART III. JEWISH PRESS -- National Jewish Periodicals Local Jewish Periodicals -- PART VI. ACADEMIC RESOURCES -- Jewish Studies Programs -- Major Books on the North American Jewish Community -- Academic Journals Covering the North American Jewish Community -- Scholarly Articles on the Study of the North American Jewish Community -- Websites for North American Jewish Community Research -- PART V. MAJOR EVENTS, HONOREES, AND OBITUARIES -- Major Events in the North American Jewish Community, June 2012 to May 2013 -- Persons Honored by the Jewish and General Community, June 2012 to May 2013,- Obituaries, June 2012 to May 2013 -- Author Index.
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  • 14
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing
    ISBN: 9783319065847
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIX, 182 p. 1 illus, online resource)
    Year of publication: 2014
    Series Statement: Studies in the History of Law and Justice 2
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. David, Joseph Jurisprudence and theology
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    Keywords: Philosophy, medieval ; Philosophy of law ; History ; Religion (General) ; Law ; Law ; Philosophy, medieval ; Philosophy of law ; History ; Religion (General) ; Hochschulschrift ; Theologie ; Recht ; Halacha ; Rechtsdenken ; Erinnerung
    Abstract: The book provides in depth studies of two epistemological aspects of Jewish Law (Halakhah) as the?Word of God?? the question of legal reasoning and the problem of knowing and remembering. - How different are the epistemological concerns of religious-law in comparison to other legal systems? - In what ways are jurisprudential attitudes prescribed and dependent on theological presumptions? - What specifies legal reasoning and legal knowledge in a religious framework? The author outlines the rabbinic jurisprudential thought rooted in Talmudic literature which underwent systemization and enhancement by the Babylonian Geonim and the Andalusian Rabbis up until the twelfth century. The book develops a synoptic view on the growth of rabbinic legal thought against the background of Christian theological motifs on the one hand, and Karaite and Islamic systemized jurisprudence on the other hand. It advances a perspective of legal-theology that combines analysis of jurisprudential reflections and theological views within a broad historical and intellectual framework. The book advocates two approaches to the study of the legal history of the Halakhah: comparative jurisprudence and legal-theology, based on the understanding that jurisprudence and theology are indispensable and inseparable pillars of legal praxis
    Abstract: The book provides in depth studies of two epistemological aspects of Jewish Law (Halakhah) as the ‘Word of God’ - the question of legal reasoning and the problem of knowing and remembering. -   How different are the epistemological concerns of religious-law in comparison to other legal systems? -   In what ways are jurisprudential attitudes prescribed and dependent on theological presumptions? -  What specifies legal reasoning and legal knowledge in a religious framework? The author outlines the rabbinic jurisprudential thought rooted in Talmudic literature which underwent systemization and enhancement by the Babylonian Geonim and the Andalusian Rabbis up until the twelfth century. The book develops a synoptic view on the growth of rabbinic legal thought against the background of Christian theological motifs on the one hand, and Karaite and Islamic systemized jurisprudence on the other hand. It advances a perspective of legal-theology that combines analysis of jurisprudential reflections and theological views within a broad historical and intellectual framework. The book advocates two approaches to the study of the legal history of the Halakhah: comparative jurisprudence and legal-theology, based on the understanding that jurisprudence and theology are indispensable and inseparable pillars of legal praxis
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction Legal Theory Reconsidered.- Section one: Legal ReasoningHalakhic Comparative Jurisprudence.- Error and Tolerance -- Unsettled Disputes -- Judicial Discretion (Shiqqul haDa’at) -- Law and Violence -- Legal Reasoning: Structure and Theology -- Section Two: Knowing and Remembering -- Divine Memory -- Covenantal Memory -- Mission and Memory -- Theorizing Knowledge.- Bibliography -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9783319081267
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 172 p. 21 illus, online resource)
    Year of publication: 2014
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Jonathan-Zamir, Tal Policing terrorism, crime control and police-community relations
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Criminology ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Criminology ; Israel ; Polizei ; Terrorismus ; Bekämpfung ; Israel ; Polizei ; Terrorismus ; Bekämpfung
    Abstract: This timely and important work takes a critical look at the shifting roles of police, who are becoming increasingly tasked with handling terrorism threats on top of their regular responsibilities. With an unprecedented empirical study of the Israel National Police, the authors of this book examine whether this increased focus on security-related threats may come at the expense of addressing “classic” police responsibilities, such as fighting crime and dealing with local, day-to-day community problems. They also examine whether this shift has had a detrimental effect on police-community relationships and perceptions of police legitimacy, as their role changes from “service” to “suspicion.”   Through a four-year, multi-method study , the authors of this work have examined the effects of this shifting role on a number of key areas of policing, including police effectiveness at fighting crime and police legitimacy, drawing conclusions applicable to any democratic police force. The results of the study provide a number of concrete recommendations for maintaining effectiveness and community relationships of the police, with increasing responsibilities, challenges, and limited resources. This work will be of interest for researchers in criminology and criminal justice, particularly with a focus on police studies and counter-terrorism; police administrators; and researchers in related disciplines, such as sociology and public administration
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction and Study ContextTerrorist Threats and Police Performance -- Police Involvement in Counterterrorism and Public Attitudes Toward the Police -- The Effects of Security Threats on the Antecedents of Police Legitimacy -- How Do Majority Communities View the Potential Costs of Policing Terrorism -- Policing Terrorism from the Perspective of the Arab Minority -- How Does the Israel National Police Perceive Its Role in Counterterrorism and the Potential Outcomes -- Summary and Conclusions.
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    ISBN: 9783319047621
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIII, 242 p, online resource)
    Year of publication: 2014
    Series Statement: International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées 213
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Crome, Andrew The restoration of the Jews
    Keywords: Brightman, Thomas 1562-1607 Criticism and interpretation ; Bible Hermeneutics ; Humanities ; History ; Religion (General) ; Humanities / Arts ; Humanities ; History ; Religion (General) ; Jews Restoration ; Protestantism and Zionism ; Brightman, Thomas 1562-1607 ; Brightman, Thomas 1562-1607 ; Zionismus ; Geschichtstheologie ; Eschatologie ; Puritaner ; England ; Judentum ; Heilsgeschichte ; Soteriologie ; Puritaner ; Geschichte 1600-1660 ; Brightman, Thomas 1562-1607 ; Bibel ; Hermeneutik
    Abstract: This book offers the first detailed examination of the life and works of biblical commentator Thomas Brightman (1562-1607), analysing his influential eschatological commentaries and their impact on both conservative and radical writers in early modern England. It examines in detail the hermeneutic strategies used by Brightman and argues that his method centred on the dual axes of a Jewish restoration to Palestine and the construction of a strong English national identity. This book suggests that Brightman’s use of conservative modes of “literal” exegesis led him to new interpretations which had a major impact on early modern English eschatology. A radically historicised mode of exegesis sought to provide interpretations of the Old Testament that would have made sense to their original readers, leading Brightman and those who followed him to argue for the physical restoration of the Jews to the Holy Land. In doing so, the standard Reformed identification of Old Testament Israel with elect Christians was denied. This book traces the evolution of the controversial idea that Israel and the church both had separate unfulfilled scriptural promises in early modern England and shows how early modern exegetes sought to re-construct a distinctly English Christian identity through reading their nation into prophecy. In examining Brightman’s hermeneutic strategies and their influence, this book argues for important links between a “literal” hermeneutic, ideas of Jewish restoration and national identity construction in early modern England. Its central arguments will be of interest to all those researching the history of biblical interpretation, the role of religion in constructing national identity and the background to the later development of Christian Zionism. Much has been written about seventeenth-century English apocalyptic thought, but Crome's patient and judicious analysis of Thomas Brightman breaks new ground. It succeeds in laying bare the hermeneutical logic that fuelled the rise of Reformed Judeo-centric millennialism. The book deserves a wide readership among scholars concerned with the history of biblical interpretation, Protestant eschatology, English national identity, and Christian Zionism'.  - Professor John Coffey, Professor of Early Modern History, University of Leicester  Andrew Crome's ground-breaking study of Thomas Brightman offers a new and sometimes surprising account of the development of millennial thinking in and beyond early ...
    Description / Table of Contents: IntroductionChapter 1: The Literal Sense, Apocalypse and the Jews in History -- Chapter 2: Historicising Allegory: Thomas Brightman and the Historicising Commentary -- Chapter 3: Consistent Literalism and the Restoration of the Jews -- Chapter 4: Tracing Brightman’s Influence: Judeo-Centrism 1610-40 -- Chapter 5: Tracing Brightman’s Influence: Judeo-Centrism 1640-60 -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Comparison of editions of Brightman’s commentaries.
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