Berichten door Shulamit Reinharz

Over Shulamit Reinharz
Shulamit Reinharz retired from Brandeis University in 2017 where in addition to her teaching, speaking and publishing she revamped the Women's Studies Program, created the Women's Studies Research Center, and art gallery (2001). She established the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, which studies the intersection of Jews and gender. The author of 15 books, her recently completed volume (whose title is being debated) concerns her father's Holocaust experience in Germany and in Holland, where he became an onderduiker. Shula was born in Amsterdam in June 1946 and has visited the Netherlands frequently.
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Geschiedenis

Hiding in Holland 

18 juni 2024 Shulamit Reinharz 0

Het nieuwe boek van onze auteur Shulamit Reinharz is onlangs verschenen bij Amsterdam Publishers. Het gaat over de oorlogsgeschiedenis van haar vader de Duits-Joodse Max Michael Rothschild. Zijn onderduik vond grotendeels plaats in Nederland, vandaar de titel Hiding in Holland.  Fix it! In the winter of 1974, my husband, Jehuda, and I visited my parents in their suburban New Jersey home where I had grown up. When we all sat down for a meal, I … [Lees verder]

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Nieuws

Why do we eat dairy dishes on Shavuot?

25 mei 2023 Shulamit Reinharz 2

Speciaal voor De Vrijdagavond schrijft de Amerikaanse geleerde Shulamit Reinharz over de belangrijkste tradities van het Wekenfeest (ofwel Sjavoe’ot / Shavuot) met één prangende vraag: waarom eten we deze dagen al die melkkost? Tonight is the start of the two-day holiday of Shavuot, a very important moment in the Jewish calendar, seven weeks after Pesach. On Pesach, the early part of the seder includes singing or reciting the Ma Nishtana? Why is this night different from … [Lees verder]

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Opinie

Putting a Piece of Blemished Food on our Shabbat and Holiday Table

2 maart 2023 Shulamit Reinharz 0

After a recent Torah-study class where we learned Parashat Bo (Exodus: 12), I stepped into an inviting grocery store suffused with the mixed aromas of coffee, fruit, cheeses, exotic spices and more. Everything looked beautiful. But then I noticed a man in an employee’s uniform take ten large pears, put them in a plastic bag, walk to a trash bin and start to throw them away. What a horrible job, I thought, to throw away … [Lees verder]

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Kunst en Cultuur

Summer in Massachusetts, Jews Everywhere

6 juli 2022 Shulamit Reinharz 0

Summer in Massachusetts is glorious. Not only is the weather usually great, but there is so much to see and do – in and outside Boston. Every summer I try to take a road-trip, either by myself or with a friend. This year I traveled for 3 days with Viva who lives in Australia. I called our time together, a “Thelma and Louise” trip, although, of course, the beginning, middle and end were different that … [Lees verder]