Word: jewish
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Harvard Menorah Society Prize of $100 which is offered annually by J. H. Schiff under the auspices of the Menorah Society will be awarded this year for the second time. The competition is open to all undergraduates, who may choose their own subjects under the general head of Jewish history and culture. The subjects chosen must be approved by Professor C. H. Toy and the written essay handed to him before...
...government of the Hebrews, said Dr. Abbott, was far in advance of the times, and forms a large basis for American institutions. The main features of the ancient Jewish government were the division of authority into legislative, judicial, and executive bodies; the existence of two representative bodies, the Great Congregation and the Council of Elders; the first constitutional king known to history; freedom of speech; free industrial education provided by law; and an established church, to which membership and support were optional. The Levitical Code was regulative, not mandatory. It did not require worship, but prescribed absolute forms for those...
...HARVARD MENORAH SOCIETY. "The Modern Scientific Treatment of Post-Biblical Jewish History, as Illustrated in the Writings of Zunz, Graetz, and Harkavy." Professor Toy. Thayer...
...HARVARD MENORAH SOCIETY. "The Modern Scientific Treatment of Post-Biblical Jewish History, as Illustrated in the Writings of Zunz, Graetz, and Harkavy." Professor Toy. Thayer...
...play deals with the attempt of a European diplomat of Jewish birth to unite his people and lead them back to Palestine. He is hampered by lack of money, due to the indifference of the rich Jewish bankers and the petty dissensions among his followers, who at the end, defeat him and his cause. Lack of funds compels him to abandon his pro- jected colony in Palestine and turn to the more accessible land of Africa. His followers, however, refuse to accept any substitution for the Promised Land, and at the very moment of his supposed triumph, turn against...