Jane Addams (1860-1935): Social worker and Peace Builder

The name Jane Addams is typically associated with the Settlement House Movement. As a founder of Hull House, the first settlement house in the United States, Addams worked tirelessly on behalf of the poor and oppressed. Less widely known is the depth of her concern about peace and her efforts as a peace builder. A more careful review, however, of Addams’ words and works reveals her passionate commitment to the abolition of war and the restoration of peace. This biographical sketch highlights the breadth and depth of Addams’ work both as an advocate for the poor and as an advocate for peace.

Recent Increase in Black Carbon Concentrations from a Mt. Everest Ice Core Spanning 1860-2000 AD

A Mt. Everest ice core spanning 1860-2000 AD and analyzed at high resolution for black carbon (BC) using a Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) demonstrates strong seasonality, with peak concentrations during the winter-spring, and low concentrations during the summer monsoon season. BC concentrations from 1975-2000 relative to 1860-1975 have increased approximately threefold, indicating that BC from anthropogenic sources is being transported to high elevation regions of the Himalaya. The timing of the increase in BC is consistent with BC emission inventory data from South Asia and the Middle East, however since 1990 the ice core BC record does not indicate continually increasing BC concentrations. The Everest BC and dust records provide information about absorbing impurities that can contribute to glacier melt by reducing the albedo of snow and ice. There is no increasing trend in dust concentrations since 1860, and estimated surface radiative forcing due to BC in snow exceeds that of dust in snow. This suggests that a reduction in BC emissions may be an effective means to reduce the effect of absorbing impurities on snow albedo and melt, which affects Himalayan glaciers and the availability of water resources in major Asian rivers. Citation: Kaspari, S. D., M. Schwikowski, M. Gysel, M. G. Flanner, S. Kang, S. Hou, and P. A. Mayewski (2011), Recent increase in black carbon concentrations from a Mt. Everest ice core spanning 1860-2000 AD, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L04703, doi: 10.1029/2010GL046096.

Bibliographie des travaux Moise Schwab : (1860 - 1904)

par P. Hildenfinger

Cinquante ans d'histoire : L' Alliance Israélite Universelle (1860 - 1910)

par N. Leven

Programm zur Eröffnung des jüdisch-theologischen Seminars zu Breslau "Fränckel'sche Stiftung" : den 16. Ab 5614, 10. August 1854

Enth.: Über palästinische und alexandrinische Schriftforschung / vom Direktor Z. Frankel. Zur Geschichte des jüdisch-theologischen Seminars / vom Kuratorium

Die Abgaben und die Schuldenlast der Wormser jüd. Gemeinde : 1563 - 1854

ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der jüd. Gemeinde Worms mit zwei Briefen des A. Weckerling. Von S. Rothschild

Vom ersten bis zum zweiten Tempel : Geschichte der israelitischen Cultus-Gemeinde in Wien (1820 - 1860)

von G. Wolf

Cantate : Psalm 45 ; [Cantate aus Anlass der Feier der silbernen Hochzeit unseres ... Kaiserpaares ... Franz Joseph I. und ... Elisabeth Amalie Eugenia ; 24te April 1854 - 1879]

[in Musik gesetzt von] J[acob] Bachmann

Le Sionisme politique et son fondateur Théodore Herzl : (1860-1904)

par Baruch Hagani