Portrait of Mathilde Wiener Monasch (?) d.1864.

Mrs. Monasch is shown as a young woman wearing a gray translucent shawl and a lace bonnet with ornate flaps coming down over the ears. Some of her black hair is showing. She is shown in a 3/4 view; the eyes are lustrous, the corners of the mouth are raised in a half smile. On backing of original frame: "Zum Andencken von Ihren Schwiegersohn, J. Wollstein d. 20th February 1839" (In memory of your son-in-law J. Wollstein Feb 20th, 1839).

Seixas family papers, undated, 1746-1911, 1926, 1939.

The collection contains items relating to individual members of the family as well as the Seixas family in general. Included are papers of the following persons: Isaac Mendes Seixas (1708/9-1780/1), a copy of A voyage to Hudson's--Bay, by Henry Ellis, inscribed with his name on the title page, along with additional inscriptions on the end papers (1748); and a daily prayer book printed in Amsterdam (title page missing), with an inscription on the first page indicating that the book was owned by Seixas in 1758/9, and subsequently by his grandson, Theodore J. Seixas, in 1816/17.

Judah P. Benjamin collection, undated, 1838-1942.

The collection consists of 25 letters written by Benjamin between 1838 and 1881 on a variety of subjects, four Confederate notes and two bonds bearing his picture, miscellaneous items about Benjamin (1893-1942), nine issues of the Congressional globe with speeches by Benjamin, as well as separate copies of his printed speeches, and a photostatic copy of the "Diary of Events" (400 pp.) kept by Benjamin, the original of which is in the Library of Congress (1862-1864).

Franks family papers, 1711-1821, [1965-1968].

Contains business correspondence, accounts and documents relating to Jacob Franks of New York, his two sons, Moses and David, a nephew, Isaac, and a John Franks of Halifax, possibly a member of the family.

Lt. Colonel Rachel (Rae) Diane Landy papers undated, 1913-2000

Rachel Diane Landy Papers consist of correspondence, reminiscences, legal documents, journal, newspaper and magazine articles and color Xerox copies of photographs as well as original photographs. This collection is of value to researchers studying the history of Hadassah and the living conditions and state of medical care in Palestine during the second decade of the 20th century. It is also of interest to researchers studying women in America during the first half of the 20th century who were able to pursue a challenging and productive career and become a leader and innovator in their chosen field. In addition it will be of interest to those researching the graduates of the Cleveland public and professional schools at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, and the Cleveland Jewish community and the George Crile U.S. Army Hospital in Cleveland during the 1940's.

Address to George Clinton

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Letter of K.K. Beth Elohim Charleston, regarding address to George Washington

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Hebrew hymns and prayers after an earthquake, during the reign of George II (1727-1760)

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Letter from Manuel Josephson to K.K.S.I. regarding joint letter to George Washington

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Oath of allegiance to George II by Jews in American colonies

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Ephrussi Family Collection 1792-1958

Family tree, explanation

The Home of Hearing : George Lindbeck's understanding of community

The aim of this thesis was to examine the understanding of community in George Lindbeck s The Nature of Doctrine. Intrinsic to this question was also examining how Lindbeck understands the relation between the text and the world which both meet in a Christian community. Thirdly this study also aimed at understanding what the persuasiveness of this understanding depends on. The method applied for this task was systematic analysis. The study was conducted by first providing an orientation into the nontheological substance of the ND which was assumed useful with respect to the aim of this study. The study then went on to explore Lindbeck in his own context of postliberal theology in order to see how the ND was received. It also attempted to provide a picture of how the ND relates to Lindbeck as a theologian. The third chapter was a descriptive analysis into the cultural-linguistic perspective, which is understood as being directly proportional to his understanding of community. The fourth chapter was an analysis into how the cultural-linguistic perspective sees the relation between the text and the world. When religion is understood from a cultural-linguistic perspective, it presents itself as a cultural-linguistic entity, which Lindbeck understands as a comprehensive interpretive scheme which structures human experience and understanding of oneself and the world in which one lives. When one exists in this entity, it is the entity which shapes the subjectivities of all those who are at home in this entity which makes participation in the life of a cultural linguistic entity a condition for understanding it. Religion is above all an external word that moulds and shapes our religious existence and experience. Understanding faith then as coming from hearing, is something that correlates with the cultural-linguistic depiction of reality. Religion informs us of a religious reality, it does not originate in any way from ourselves. This externality linked to the axiomatic nature of religion is also something that distinguishes Lindbeck sharply from liberalist tendencies, which understand religion as ultimately expressing the prereflective depths of the inner self. Language is the central analogy to understanding the medium in which one moves when inhabiting a cultural-linguistic system because language is the transmitting medium in which the cultural-linguistic system is embodied. The realism entailed in Lindbeck s understanding of a community is that we are fundamentally on the receiving end when it comes to our identities whether cultural or religious. We always witness to something. Its persuasiveness rests on the fact that we never exist in an unpersuaded reality. The language of Christ is a self-sustaining and irreducible cultural-linguistic entity, which is ontologically founded upon Christ. It transmits the reality of a new being. The basic relation to the world for a Christian is that of witnessing salvation in Christ: witnessing Christ as the home of hearing the message of salvation, which is the God-willed way. Following this logic, the relation of the world and the text is one of relating to the world from the text, i.e. In Christ through the word (text) for the world, because it assumes it s logic from the way Christ ontologically relates to us.

Food patch choice in climbing perch Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792)

The current study analysed how the climbing perch Anabas testudineus an air-breathing freshwater fish make choice when a pair of food patches differing in the gain is presented. The results revealed no significant variation in the preference towards the patch of food material cumulated in one place over the same amount of food dispersed in a wider area and located at an equal distance. Additionally, enhancement of the value of dispersed or cumulated patch, by moving it towards the subject fish (spatial discounting) was also found to be ineffective in influencing the food patch utilisation in this species.

Manejo de las tres principales plagas del sorgo (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench), gusano cogollero (Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith), mosquita del sorgo (Stenodiplosis sorghicola Coquillet) y chinche pata de hoja (Leptoglossus zonatus dallas), en época de postrera del 2003 en la zona de Tisma, Masaya

El presente trabajo se realizó en la finca El Madroñal ubicada en el Km. 43 carretera Tipitapa-Masaya municipio de Tisma departamento de Masaya, con el objetivo de evaluar el efecto de cuatro tratamientos sobre las poblaciones de Gusano Cogollero Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), Mosquita del sorgo Stenodiplosis sorghicola (Coquillet) y Chinche pata de hoja Leptoglossus zonatus (Dallas), durante la época de postrera en los meses de Septiembre a Diciembre del 2003. Los tratamientos evaluados fueron asocio gandul-sorgo utilizando el gandul como barrera viva, el insecticida botánico: Nim aceite, el insecticida microbiológico: Beauveria bassiana en polvo y el insecticida químico: Diazinón comparados con una parcela sin aplicación: el testigo. Se realizaron muestreos cada ocho días, iniciando desde la siembra hasta la cosecha. Se seleccionaron cinco sitios al azar en cada repetición contabilizando el número de insectos encontrados. Los tratamientos fueron aplicados basados en umbrales de acción, para cogollero se utilizó el 40 % de cogollos dañados; en el caso de la mosquita dos individuos por panoja y para el chinche pata de hoja uno por panoja o sea con presencia. Se realizaron dos aplicaciones, una en etapa vegetativa dirigida al cogollero y la segunda en floración dirigida a la mosquita. En lo que respecta a chinche pata de hoja no alcanzó los umbrales establecidos. Los resultados obtenidos indican que no se encontraron diferencias significativas entre los tratamiento para cogollero. Sin embargo, para mosquita y chinche pata de hoja se detectó diferencias significativa entre los tratamientos esto se debe al efecto de las aplicaciones para mosquita ya que ambos afectan la misma etapa fenológica. Los tratamientos que presentaron la mayor población de mosquita fueron, testigo y Diazinón y para chinche los tratamientos que presentaron las mayores poblaciones fueron, Beauveria bassiana y Nim aceite. Con respecto al rendimiento, el tratamiento que presento mejor rendimiento fue Nim aceite con 6,570.00 Kg./Ha. y el que obtuvo menor rendimiento del grano fue el tratamiento Diazinón con 4,754.99Kg./Ha. El análisis económico indica que el tratamiento Barrera viva (gandul-sorgo) presentó mayor rentabilidad con 583.84 % seguido por los tratamientos Testigo absoluto con 504.16% y Nim aceite con 459.48%.