The Hindu-Jewish relationship and the significance of dialogue : participants' reflections on the 2007 and 2008 Hindu-Jewish summits at New Delhi and Jerusalem

The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not new and significant developments for the Hindu and Jewish faiths, and the relationship that exists between them, can be demonstrated from the results of the Hindu-Jewish Leadership Summits of 2007 and 2008 in Delhi and Jerusalem. I argue that new and significant developments can be observed with this Hindu-Jewish encounter with regards to official rulings of Halacha (Jewish law), proper understandings of sacred symbols of Hinduism, and even improved Islamic-Jewish relations. After analyzing the approaches, themes, and unique framework found within this encounter, it is clear that the Hindu-Jewish leadership summits mark new and significant developments in inter-religious dialogue between the two traditions, culminating in the redefinition of Hinduism as a monotheistic religion.

An investigation of twentieth century observant Jewish fine artists

People of the Jewish faith base their belief on the written word of the Torah. Presented in this paper are fine artists that produce work within these laws. The Torah sets guidelines for life and morality. The belief system within this domain is that visual images have an impact on the viewers, and artists are accountable for what they produce. This is in opposition with art education, where freedom of expression takes precedence over morality. The results of this study will form the basis for a curriculum for the community college. The researcher's area of inquiry is directed to painting and sculpture made by artists of the Jewish faith who follow the Torah, meaning those who are observant of their faith and practices. Their skills and perceptions will be presented to educate the viewer about their visions. The research questions were posed to rabbinical authorities and artists in order to establish a clear and defined statement of what the Jewish law is regarding the fine arts. The evidence presented was obtained by questionnaires, personal interviews, articles, and opinions from Jewish scholars. Four rabbis were selected based on their erudition on Torah law, and their strong leadership positions in Jewish educational institutions. The ten artists were selected based on recommendations from art historians, and art and gallery directors. The artists and the rabbis were mailed questionnaires, which was followed by an interview. The conclusion from this study is that fine artists are encouraged to use their talents, this is supported by the Torah text, and rabbinic explanation. The restriction for the Jewish artist is in making a replication of a realistic full-scale figure, making a visual rendition of G-d, a nude, or violent image. Art is made by the observant Jew with the intention of enhancing the world with visions inspired by their belief in the Torah. A crucial belief in Judaism is that there is but one G-d, and all man-made images should reflect the majesty of G-d's creations.

Civil & criminal procedure of Jewish courts /

Excerpt: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Students' annual. v. 1, 1914.

Mandatory Reporting Laws and the Identification of Severe Child Abuse and Neglect

This book provides the first comprehensive international coverage of key issues in mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect. The book draws on a collection of the foremost scholars in the field, as well as clinicians and practice-based experts, to explore the nature, history, impact and justifiability of mandatory reporting laws, their optimal form, legal and conceptual issues, and practical issues and challenges for reporters, professional educators and governments. Key issues in non-Western nations are also explored briefly to assess the potential of socio-legal responses sex trafficking, forced child labour and child marriage. The book is of particular value to policy makers, educators and opinion leaders in government departments dealing with children, and to professionals and organisations who work with children. It is also intended to be a key authority for researchers and teachers in the fields of medicine, nursing, social work, education, law, psychology, health and allied health fields.

Opinion on Cohanim, in handwriting of Abraham H. Cohen, son of hazan Cohen of Philadelphia

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Duties to the dead and dying

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Judaísmo y problemática bioética de la reproducción asistida : consideraciones generales

Resumen: La milenaria Ley judía en su devenir y completitud a través del análisis y respuesta a los coyunturales problemas del acontecer histórico en sus diversas circunstancias, aborda también y en profundidad desde sus comienzos lo denominado actualmente como bioética. Este trabajo expone y examina en particular las modernas técnicas de reproducción asistida, y los fundamentos de la Ley por la cual las más importantes autoridades legislativas del judaísmo determinan según el caso el deber, permisión o prohibición de su implementación más la problemática y los desafíos en esta área de competencia. Esto último aplicable también a la sociedad en general transmitiendo el mensaje de la no reducción de la reproducción humana a una mera cuestión de posibilidad técnica o en función de los deseos o sentimientos del ser humano, sino concibiéndola como una cuestión de suma responsabilidad y compromiso no sólo en relación a los agentes partícipes sino también respecto de su descendencia.

Culture-bound technological solutions: An artificial theoretic insight

Sometimes, technological solutions to practical problems are devised that conspicuously take into account the constraints to which a given culture is subjecting the particular task or the manner in which it is carried out. The culture may be a professional culture (e.g., the practice of law), or an ethnic-cum-professional culture (e.g., dance in given ethnic cultures from South-East Asia), or, again, a denominational culture prescribing an orthopraxy impinging on everyday life through, for example, prescribed abstinence from given categories of workday activities, or dietary laws. Massimo Negrotti's Theory of the artificial is a convenient framework for discussing some of these techniques. We discuss a few examples, but focus on the contrast of two that are taken from the same cultural background, namely, technological applications in compliance with Jewish Law orthopraxy. •Soya-, mycoprotein- or otherwise derived meat surrogates are an example ofnaturoid; they emulate the flavours and olfactory properties, as well as the texture and the outer and inner appearance, of the meat product (its kind, cut, form) they set out to emulate (including amenability to cooking in the usual manner for the model), while satisfying cultural dietary prohibitions. •In contrast, the Sabbath Notebook, a writing surrogate we describe in this paper, is atechnoid: it emulates a technique (writing to store alphanumeric information), while satisfying the prohibition of writing at particular times of the liturgical calendar (the Sabbath and the major holidays).

Intégration sociale des immigrants au Canada : conformité des comportements matrimoniaux des jeunes immigrants face à la population canadienne au fil des générations

Près d’un Canadien sur cinq est né à l’étranger. Les niveaux d’immigration ne cessant de croître, la façon dont ces nouveaux venus s’intégreront à leur société d’accueil joue grandement sur l’avenir du pays. Dans les études d'intégration, une attention particulière est portée aux jeunes formant la première et la seconde génération puisqu’ils représentent le lien intergénérationnel entre membres de leurs familles, communautés culturelles et natifs canadiens. Ce mémoire porte sur les tendances liées aux comportements matrimoniaux des différentes générations d’hommes et de femmes provenant de diverses régions géographiques, comparativement à ceux de la population canadienne, incluant l’analyse du rôle que pourraient y jouer les communautés culturelles. En utilisant le recensement de 2001, l'analyse fait une distinction entre le Québec et le reste du Canada, et se concentre sur la probabilité de vivre ou non en union selon l’âge puis, pour ceux en union, la probabilité d’être marié ou en union libre. Les résultats démontrent que les comportements matrimoniaux des immigrants issus d’une union mixte (ayant un parent né au Canada) se conforment plus rapidement à ceux de la population locale que ceux ayant deux parents nés à l’étranger. Aussi, nos résultats révèlent que les immigrants issus de diverses régions géographiques présentent des comportements matrimoniaux et des profils selon le statut générationnel distincts alors que certains d’entre eux ne montrent aucun signe de convergence vers les comportements matrimoniaux des natifs canadiens. Finalement, les résultats liés à la taille et à la présence d’une communauté culturelle varient selon les différents modèles.

Les Dispenses matrimonials d’impediment al Bisbat de Girona a finals del segle XIX: Una exploració

Visió de la societat gironina de finals del segle XIX a través de l’anàlisi de les dispenses matrimonials d’impediment de l’Arxiu Diocesà de Girona. S’indiquen els diferents impediments de consanguinitat i afinitat i els requisits que havien de complir els sol·licitants per tal de poder contraure matrimoni. És compara les dades sobre mobilitat geogràfica i social de les dispenses d’impediment amb les dispenses de proclames del mateix període

[ Majmūʻat rasāʼil]

li-Maḥmūd Afandī al-Ḥamzāwī.

Hādhā Risālah fī ṣadāq Sayyidatinā Fāṭimah al-Zahrāʼ bint Sayyid al-Mursalīn / lil-Fāḍil al-ʻAllāmah Imām al-ʻulamāʼ Mawlawī Ṣibghat Allāh Qāḍī al-Mulk : manuscript, 1863 or 4

Title from f. 1r.

al- Murabbaʻ fī ḥukm al-ʻaqd ʻalá al-madhāhib al-arbaʻ : manuscript, [1735 or 6]

With: Hādhihi al-Fatāwá lil-ʻAllāmah al-Shaykh Muḥammad al-Khalīlī al-Maqdisī al-Shāfiʻī (ff. 4v-39r).

Lettre à Flora.

Greek text and French translation of: Pros Phlōran.

Sefer Ḥaye adam : bo niḳbetsu u-vaʾu be-seder nakhon kol ha-mitsṿot asher yaʻaseh otam ha-adam kol yeme ḥeldo /

Includes the commentary Nishmat Adam.