Aus meinem Leben 1899-1918

The memoir was written between 1899 and 1918. Family history going back to the early 18th century. Recollection of the author's childhood in Hildesheim. Moritz was the youngest child of Joseph and Bena Guedemann. Early death of his father in 1847. Moritz attended the Jewish elementary school prior to the age of five. In 1843 he was enrolled in the episcopal "Josephinum Gymnasium", where he was the only Jewish student in the entire school. He had friendly relationships with students and teachers and was not confronted with antisemitism during his school years. Moritz Guedemann graduated in 1853 and enrolled in the newly established Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau. Description of teachers and colleagues in the seminary. Doctorate in 1858 and continuation of rabbinic studies. Occasional invitation to preach at the high holidays in Berlin, where Moritz got acquainted with the famous rabbi Dr. Michael Sachs. Position as a rabbi in Magdeburg in 1862. Small publications of studies in Jewish history. Engagement with Fanny Spiegel. In 1863 Moritz and Fanny Guedemann got married. Offer to succeed rabbi Michael Sachs in Berlin. Division and intrigues in the Jewish community and withdrawing from the position. Invitation to give a sermon in Vienna. In 1866 Moritz Guedemann was nominated to succeed rabbi Mannheimer at the Leopoldstadt synagogue in Vienna. Austro-Prussian war and defeat of Austria in Koeniggraetz. Initial difficulties and cultural differences. Criticism toward his orthodox conduct in the Vienna Jewish press ("Neuzeit"). Cultural life in Vienna. Welfare institutions and philanthropists. Difference within the Jewish community. Crash of the stock exchange and rise of antisemitism. Publication of sermons and studies in Jewish history. In 1891 Max Guedemann became chief rabbi of Vienna. Speeches against antisemitism and blood libel trials. He was awarded with the title "Ritter" of the Kaiser Franz Joseph order for these achievements. Death of his wife in

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.

Memorandum of marriages and births by Reverend Gershom Seixas

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Letter announcing election of Aaron Levy as trustee of K. K. S. I.

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Address to K. K. S. I. regarding Polonies Talmud Torah

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Liberty

In terms of critical discourse, Liberty contributes to the ongoing aesthetic debate on ‘the sublime.’ Philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) defined the sublime as a failure of rationality in response to sensory overload: a state where the imagination is suspended, without definitive reference points—a state beyond unequivocal ‘knowing.’ I believe the events of September 11, 2001 eluded our understanding in much the same way, leaving us in a moment of suspension between awe and horror. It was an event that couldn’t be understood in terms of scope or scale. It was a moment of overload, which is so difficult to capture in art. With my work I attempt to rekindle that moment of suspension. Like the events of 9/11, Liberty defies definition. Its form is constantly changing; it is always presenting us with new layers of meaning. Nobody quite had a handle on the events that followed 9/11, because the implications were constantly shifting. In the same way, Liberty cannot be contained or defined at any moment in time. Like the events of 9/11, the full story cannot be told in a snapshot. One of the dictionary definitions for the word ‘sublime’ is the conversion of ‘a solid substance directly into a gas, without there being an intermediate liquid phase’. With this in mind, I would like to present Liberty as a work that is literally ‘sublime.’ But what’s really interesting to me about Liberty is that it presents the sublime on all levels: in its medium, in its subject matter (that moment of suspension), and in its formal (formless) presentation. On every level Liberty is sublime—subverting all tangible reference points and eluding capture entirely. Liberty is based on the Statue of Liberty in New York. However, unlike that statue which has stood in New York since 1886 and can be reasonably expected to stand for millennia, this work takes on diminishing proportions, carved as it is in carbon dioxide, a mysterious, previously unexplored medium—one which smokes, snows and dramatically vanishes into a harmless gas. Like the material this work is carved from, the civil liberties of the free world are diminishing fast, since 9/11 and before. This was my thought when I first conceived this work. Now it’s become evident that Liberty expresses a lot more than just this: it demonstrates the erosion of civil liberties, yes. However, it also presents the intangible, indefinable moments in the days and months that followed 9/11. The sculptural work will last for only a short time, and thereafter will exist only in documentation. During this time, the form is continually changing and self-refining, until it disappears entirely, to be inhaled, metabolised and literally taken to heart by viewers.

Order to pay Aaron Levy, regarding K. K. Mikve Israel

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Clerk's list of offerings, 4th quarter

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Letter of Jacob Abrahams, shochet

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Waves in branched hydraulic pipes

The paper deals with the classical problem of axi-symmetric transmission of low amplitude waves through a circular pipe containing a viscous liquid. Exact governing equations are identified and solved, the radial as well as the axial component of the velocity being considered. Attention is drawn to certain fallacies underlying the conventional approach. The parameters required in the formulation of the transfer matrix for a pipe have been evaluated. In order to evaluate the response at the terminal point of a branched system for a sinusoidal input at one of the ends, a general algorithm has been developed.

Humanum : Hans Küngin maailmaneetos-projektin eettiset perusteet

Tutkimuksen tehtävänä on analysoida pitkän linjan katolisen ekumeenikon Hans Küngin uusinta uskontoteologista projektia. Sen perusajatuksen voi tiivistää seuraavasti: Uskonnoille on saatava yhteinen perusetiikka globaalin rauhan tavoittamiseksi. Lähdemateriaali koostuu Küngin 1980-luvulla alkaneen uskontoteologisen kauden tuotannosta. Tutkimusmetodina käytetään argumentatiivisesti painottunutta systemaattista analyysiä. Tarkoituksena on analysoida ja punnita premissejä, joilla Küng perustelee maailmaneetos-projektin tarpeellisuuden. Kolme käsitettä nousevat esiin: uskonto, maailmanrauha ja moraali. Nämä argumentit muodostavat samalla kontekstin, jossa Küngin teologiset perusprinsiipit tulevat esille. Küng käyttää sekä pragmatistista että filosofis-teologista metodia maailmaneetos-projektin perustelemisessa. Argumentatiivisen luonteensa vuoksi tutkielman ominaispiirre on keskustelevuus. Keskustelevuuteen liittyen tutkielmassa painottuu kriittinen näkökulma. Kokonaisanalyysissä hyödynnetään laajalti maailmaneetos-projektiin liittyvää kirjallisuutta ja varteenotettavia puheenvuoroja. Alussa esitellään Uskontojen maailmanparlamentin maailmaneetoksen julistus. Tämän asiakirjaan kohdistuvat kommenttipuheenvuorot muodostavat kontekstin, jonka piirissä Küngin projektiin liittyvää keskustelua usein käydään. Luvussa 2 käsitellään maailmaneetos-projektin ensimmäistä argumenttia, joka voidaan tiivistää seuraavasti: uskonto on välttämätön moraalin lähtökohta. Küngin pragmatistinen argumentti uskonnon puolesta on se, että uskonnot ovat käytännössä osoittautuneet parhaiksi moraalin vaalijoiksi. Küngin filosofis-teologinen argumentti puolestaan muodostuu väitteestä, että uskonto on myös teoreettisessa tarkastelussa ainoa kestävä vaihtoehto moraalin perustelemiselle. Küng perustaa jälkimmäisen argumentaationsa Kant-kritiikkiin. Kantin moraaliteorian tarkempi analyysi kuitenkin paljastaa, että maailmaneetos-projektin teologinen ansatsi on pikemminkin Kantin autonomiakäsitykselle analoginen. Luvussa 3 käsitellään toista argumenttia, joka kuvastuu olettamuksessa: maailmaneetos-projektin varsinainen päämäärä on maailmanrauha. Tällainen piirre viittaa reaalipolitiikkaan globaalissa mittakaavassa. Niistä muodostuu maailmaneetos-projektin pragmatistinen metodi tämän argumentin kohdalla. Maailmanrauha-argumenttia voidaan kuitenkin kritisoida sekä pragmatistiselta että filosofis-teologiselta kannalta. Tästä johtuen Küng itsekin viime kädessä hylkää pragmatismin ja nojaa filosofis-teologiseen argumentaatioon. Sen mukaan maailmanrauha ei voi olla ylin päämäärä, vaan moraali. Luvussa 4 moraalin keskeisyys maailmaneetos-projektissa tulee eksplisiittisesti ilmi. Vaikka Küng kritisoi pragmatistisen argumentaation turvin perinteisiä uskontoteologisia positioita epärealistismista,hän kuitenkin itse esittää filosofis-teologisen mallin totuuskriteeriksi kaikille uskonnoille. Tämän kriteerin eettinen osa on olennaisin ja Küng kutsuu sitä nimellä humanum. Tarkemmassa analyysissa humanum osoittautuu peruskantilaiseksi moraaliksi. Humanum on maailmaneetos-projektia strukturoiva filosofis-teologinen keskipiste. Tästä johtuen maailmaneetos-projekti altistuu kuitenkin uskontorealistiselle kritiikille: sen voidaan nähdä ajavan valistukseen perustuvaa klassista moraali-imperialismia vastoin uskontojen omaa itseymmärrystä. Tämä onkin projektin suurin ongelmakohta ainakin eettiseltä kannalta. Johtopäätöksenä voidaan todeta, että uskonnon rooli on maailmaneetos-projektissä korkeintaan moraalin käytännöllisenä motivaattorina. Maailmanrauha on sinänsä hyvä päämäärä, mutta vain siksi ja sikäli kuin se on sopusoinnussa Küngin humanistisen moraali-ihanteen kanssa. Küngin argumentaatio on pragmatistista ja hän vetoaa maailmaneetos-projektin argumentoinnissaan realismiin sekä poliittisella että uskontoteologisella tasolla. Tosiasiassa maailmaneetos-projektin voidaan nähdä perustuvan pragmatismin kanssa ristiriidassa oleviin ja siten myös epärealistisiin piilotavoitteisiin uskontojen moraalin länsimaistamisesta. Avainsanat: Globaali etiikka, uskontoteologia, teologinen etiikka, globalisaatio, rauha, Kant, pragmatismi

Determination of optimal trajectory under design constraints for a satellite launch vehicle

An optimal pitch steering programme of a solid-fuel satellite launch vehicle to maximize either (1) the injection velocity at a given altitude, or (2) the size of circular orbit, for a given payload is presented. The two-dimensional model includes the rotation of atmosphere with the Earth, the vehicle's lift and drag, variation of thrust with time and altitude, inverse-square gravitational field, and the specified initial vertical take-off. The inequality constraints on the aerodynamic load, control force, and turning rates are also imposed. Using the properties of the central force motion the terminal constraint conditions at coast apogee are transferred to the penultimate stage burnout. Such a transformation converts a time-free problem into a time-fixed one, reduces the number of terminal constraints, improves accuracy, besides demanding less computer memory and time. The adjoint equations are developed in a compact matrix form. The problem is solved on an IBM 360/44 computer using a steepest ascent algorithm. An illustrative analysis of a typical launch vehicle establishes the speed of convergence, and accuracy and applicability of the algorithm.

Recognition of nonstructural protein-peptides by cytotoxic t-lymphocytes raised against japanese encephalitis-virus

We have previously reported that Lyt(2+) cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) can be raised against Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in BALB/c mice. In order to confirm the presence of H-2K(d)-restricted CTL and to examine their cross-recognition of West Wile virus (WNV), we tested the capacity of anti-JEV CTL to lyse uninfected syngeneic target cells that were pulsed with synthetic peptides. The sequence of the synthetic peptides was predicted based upon the H-2K(d) binding consensus motif. We show here that preincubation of uninfected syngeneic targets (P388D1) with JEV NS1- and NS3-derived peptides [NS1 (891-899) and NS3 (1804-1812)], but not with JEV NS5-derived peptide [NS5 (3370-3378)], partially sensitized them for lysis by polyclonal anti-JEV CTL. These results indicate the CTL recognition of NS1- and NS3-derived peptides of JEV.

Crystal structure of 3-acetylcoumarin-o-aminobenzoylhydrazone and synthesis, spectral and thermal studies of its transition metal complexes

Transition metal [Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II) and Cd(II)] complexes of a new Schiff base, 3-acetylcoumarin-o-aminobenzoylhydrazone were synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses, magnetic moments, conductivity measurements, spectral [Electronic, IR, H-1 and C-13 NMR, EPR] and thermal studies. The ligand crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P2(1)/n with a = 9.201(5), b = 16.596( 9), c = 11.517(6) angstrom, beta= 101.388(9)degrees, V = 1724.2 (17) angstrom(3) and Z = 4. Conductivity measurements indicated Mn(II) and Co(II) complexes to be 1 : 1 electrolytes whereas Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II) and Cd(II) complexes are non-electrolytes. Electronic spectra reveal that all the complexes possess four-coordinate geometry around the metal.