RABINOWITZ, JOEL — (1828–1902), one of the first Jewish ministers in South Africa. Born in Lublin, Poland, Rabinowitz was second minister to the synagogue in Birmingham, England. He came to Cape Town in 1859, when the congregation was struggling to keep alive.… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Simon Thirgood — Simon Jeremy Thirgood (* 6. Dezember 1962 in Monrovia, Liberia; † 30. August 2009 in Äthiopien) war ein britischer Ökologe und Naturschützer, der vor allem durch seine Arbeit über Schottische Moorschneehühner und Kornweihen sowie über die vom… … Deutsch Wikipedia
GLAZER, SIMON — (1878–1938), U.S. Orthodox rabbi and author. Glazer, who was born in Ezwillig, Lithuania, was ordained in 1896 by Rabbi Alexander Mose Lapidus and Rabbi Isaac Rabinowitz. He fled from service in the Russian army; unable to receive permission to… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HALKIN, SIMON — (1898–1987), Hebrew poet, novelist, and educator. Born in Dobsk near Mohilev, Russia, he immigrated to the United States in 1914. He taught at the Hebrew Union College School for Teachers in New York City (1925–32), and after settling in Ereẓ… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ḤASIDISM — ḤASIDISM, a popular religious movement giving rise to a pattern of communal life and leadership as well as a particular social outlook which emerged in Judaism and Jewry in the second half of the 18th century. Ecstasy, mass enthusiasm, close knit … Encyclopedia of Judaism
GENIZAH, CAIRO — Introduction The term genizah is a word shortened from the rabbinical Hebrew phrase bet genizah (see also genizah ). Its counterpart in late biblical Hebrew is genez (pl. genazim, ginzei) which in Esther evidently means a treasury, as well as the … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Pulp Fiction (film) — Infobox Film name = Pulp Fiction caption = Promotional artwork writer = Quentin Tarantino Roger Avary starring = John Travolta Samuel L. Jackson Uma Thurman Bruce Willis Harvey Keitel Tim Roth Amanda Plummer Maria de Medeiros Ving Rhames Eric… … Wikipedia
Crime in Russia — International comparison of homicide rates, 2004 Crime in Russia is present in various forms. Organized crime include drug trafficking, money laundering, human trafficking, extortion, murder for hire, fraud etc. Many criminal operations engage in … Wikipedia
Pulp Fiction — This article is about the Quentin Tarantino film. For the film s soundtrack, see Pulp Fiction (soundtrack). For the fiction magazine genre, see Pulp magazine. For other uses, see Pulp Fiction (disambiguation). Pulp Fiction … Wikipedia
