PRESS — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction in australia and new zealand in belgium in canada in czechoslovakia in england yiddish press in france in germany and austria between the two world wars after world war ii… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
GERMANY — GERMANY, country in north central Europe. The Talmud and the Midrash use Germania (or Germamia ) as a designation for northern European countries, and also refer to the military prowess of these peoples and to the threat they posed to the Roman… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ZIONISM — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the word and its meaning forerunners ḤIBBAT ZION ROOTS OF ḤIBBAT ZION background to the emergence of the movement the beginnings of the movement PINSKER S AUTOEMANCIPATION settlement… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BERLIN — BERLIN, largest city and capital of Germany. The Old Community (1295–1573) Jews are first mentioned in a letter from the Berlin local council of Oct. 28, 1295, forbidding wool merchants to supply Jews with wool yarn. Suzerainty over the Jews… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SWITZERLAND — SWITZERLAND, central European republic. The Medieval Community Since the frontiers of Switzerland have undergone a long process of evolution, it is difficult to determine where and when the Jews appeared for the first time. In Kaiseraugst a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KROJANKER, GUSTAV — (1891–1945), German author and Zionist editor. Born in Berlin, Krojanker studied economics in the universities of Berlin and Munich. Under the direction of the economist Lujo Brentano he published his dissertation Die Entwicklung des… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LOEWENSTEIN, KURT — (1902–1973), Zionist journalist and essayist. Born in Danzig, he studied law and economics at Breslau and Berlin universities and played a leading role in the German pre Zionist youth movement Jung Juedischer Wanderbund. Later he was closely… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
WELTSCH, ROBERT — (1891–1982), Zionist editor and journalist. Born in Prague, while a student he joined the Zionist students society Bar Kochba. During World War I he served as a frontline officer in the Austro Hungarian army. In 1920 he participated in the Prague … Encyclopedia of Judaism
TRIETSCH, DAVIS — (1870–1935), Zionist leader and author. Born in Dresden, Germany, Trietsch was educated in Berlin and subsequently studied migration problems in New York (1893–99). There he conceived (1895) the idea of settling Jews in cyprus , but he pursued… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Robert Weltsch — (b. 1891, Prague; d. 1982, Jerusalem) was a journalist, editor and prominent Zionist.He was editor of the [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCdische Rundschau Jüdische Rundschau] (Jewish Review), a newspaper published twice a week in Berlin,… … Wikipedia
