Northeastern Jewish Studies Blog
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By Simon Rabinovitch. Like many others, I was shocked to read on Saturday (August 15, 2020) that Ruth Gavison, one of Israel’s most prominent legal and constitutional scholars had passed away, at the age of 75. Ruth Gavison spent a long career as an esteemed professor on the Hebrew University’s law faculty (and remained Professor… Continue reading Ruth Gavison, in Memoriam
Painting (above) by Isaak Asknaziy, 1893. By Debra H. Mandel. The library has various media resources on Yiddish and Klezmer music, which thrived in Eastern Europe and America amongst Ashkenazi Jews during the 19th century through the mid-20th century. The genre was further shaped by American jazz. Klezmer musicians performed at life-cycle functions and took… Continue reading An Introduction to Yiddish and Klezmer Music through the Northeastern University Library
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