‘Mazzel tov’ biedt een indringend, uniek inkijkje in de onbekende wereld van een gesloten orthodox-joods gezin in Antwerpen. Zes jaar lang begeleidt auteur Margot Vanderstraeten de kinderen van de familie Schneider bij hun huiswerk. Via dochter Elzira en zoon Jakov krijgt ze geleidelijk aan toegang tot hun wereld. Hier heersen religieuze wetten en eeuwenoude tradities die de Vlaamse studente…
Please Disable Adblock to Show Download Link
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Margot Vanderstraeten
Genre : Religion
Summary : Een meeslepend en confronterend verhaal over opgroeiende kinderen in een modern-orthodox joods milieu, gezien door de ogen van de niet-Joodse auteur. ‘Mazzel tov’ biedt een indringend, uniek inkijkje in de onbekende wereld van een gesloten orthodox-joods gezin in Antwerpen. Zes jaar lang begeleidt auteur Margot Vanderstraeten de kinderen van de familie Schneider bij hun huiswerk. Via dochter Elzira en zoon Jakov krijgt ze geleidelijk aan toegang tot hun wereld. Hier heersen religieuze wetten en eeuwenoude tradities die de Vlaamse studente maar moeilijk kan rijmen met de tijd: de jaren negentig. Maar ook de joodse familie wordt beproefd door de open, maar kritische werkstudente. Dat zij ongehuwd samenwoont met haar Iraanse vriend Nima wekt achterdocht. Gaandeweg winnen – aan beide zijden – respect, nieuwsgierigheid en humor het van verontwaardiging en verwerping. Als de kinderen afgestudeerd zijn zal Vanderstraeten ze jaren later in Israël en New York opzoeken.
Please Disable Adblock to Show Download Link
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : J.S. Margot
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Summary : 'Margot's is an exceptional voice, illuminating a section of society rarely seen in a refreshingly frank manner... Any reader interested in the central questions of our time will find enlightenment here' Deborah Feldman, author of Unorthodox When 20-year-old student J. S. Margot took a tutoring job, little did she know it would open up an entire world. In the family's Orthodox Jewish household, she would encounter endless rules – 'never come on a Friday, never shake hands with a man' – and quirks she had not seen before: tiny tubes on the doorposts, separate fridges for meat and dairy products. Her initial response was puzzlement and occasionally anger, but as she taught the children and fiercely debated with the family, she also began to learn from them. Full of funny misunderstandings and unexpected connections, Mazel Tov is a heartwarming, provocative and disarmingly honest memoir of clashing cultures and unusual friendships – and of how, where adults build walls, sometimes only children can tear them down. J.S. Margot (b. 1967) is a journalist and freelance writer based in Antwerp. An award-winning contributor to leading national newspapers De Standaard and De Morgen, she has also written five novels and lectures regularly in both the Netherlands and Belgium. In 2017 she was awarded the E. du Perronprijs and the Prize for the best Religious book from the VUKPP for Mazel Tov, which was also highly acclaimed in the Dutch and Belgian press. Mazel Tov has been translated into German, French and Polish and won the Best Book Award in Poland; it is her first book to be translated into English.
Please Disable Adblock to Show Download Link
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Dina Siegel
Genre : Social Science
Summary : The academic study of diamonds is as multi-faceted as the precious stones themselves. Mineralogists and geographers have written about them, as have historians and economists and students of art and fashion. They each shine their light on a different aspect of this source of luminous radiance. But who would venture to describe the entire complicated worldwide system starting in the diamond mines and ending with the consumers of Western metropolises? In The Mazzel Ritual: Culture, Customs and Crime in the Diamond Trade, Russian-Israeli cultural anthropologist and criminologist Dina Siegel follows the route of a diamond from the mines of Africa to the shops of Europe and the United States, as it passes through countless hands and places and is smuggled, stolen, cut, polished, sold, exchanged and, finally, worn as jewelry. In the course of this long and exciting journey, a wide range of people face all sorts of risks and criminality, as well as various moral and ethical judgments. Siegel describes the range of ethnic groups that are active in the diamond trade and the culture and customs that are specific to this business. She analyses the dangers and threats to the industry and aims to uncover the strategies and tactics to deal with them. Finally, this story of risk, trust and crime examines the vulnerability of diamond production and distribution to illicit and criminal activities. This book is about the diamond business itself as well as about those involved in it. It tells the story of people who simply cannot stay away from this expensive and alluring commodity.
Please Disable Adblock to Show Download Link
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Benjamin Maximilian Eisenhauer
Genre : Foreign Language Study
Summary : This dictionary contains around 60,000 English terms with their Dutch translations, making it one of the most comprehensive books of its kind. It offers a wide vocabulary from all areas as well as numerous idioms. The terms are translated from English to Dutch. If you need translations from Dutch to English, then the companion volume The Great Dictionary Dutch - English is recommended.
Please Disable Adblock to Show Download Link
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author :
Genre : Jews
Summary :
Please Disable Adblock to Show Download Link
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : David Godwin
Genre : Body, Mind & Spirit
Summary : One of the most trusted reference works ever published on the Cabala has been revised and expanded. Featuring a new and more usable format, this book is a complete guide to cabalistic magick and gematria in which every demon, angel, power and name of God ... every Sephirah, Path, and Plane of the Tree of Life ... and each attribute and association is fully described and cross-indexed by the Hebrew, English, and numerical forms. All entries are now incorporated into one comprehensive dictionary. There are hundreds of new entries and illustrations, making this book even more beneficial for Cabalistic pathworking and meditation. It now has many new Hebrew words and names, as well as the terms of Freemasonry, the entities of the Cthulhu mythos, and the Aurum Solis spellings for the names of the demons of the Goetia. It contains authentic Hebrew spellings, and a new introduction that explains the uses of the book for meditation on God names. The Cabalistic schema is native to the human psyche, and Godwin's Cabalistic Encyclopedia will be an invaluable reference tool for all Cabalists, magicians, scholars and scientists of all disciplines.
