Mikva’ot are an important resource for understanding Jewish women’s lives and rituals. Although certain features of mikveh are constant over time, other “stylistic” elements change and reflect evolving ideas about purity, gender, and the purpose of the ritual. Visual designer Albert Kiefer has posted a fabulous digital simulation of the medieval mikveh in Venlo (Netherlands) … Continue reading
I was excited to see two fabulous new essays on material culture in the latest issue of the AJS Review (Volume 36 / Issue 02 / November 2012). The first is an essay on seventeenth-century ritual baths in Altona, Germany. In “To Immerse their Wives”: Communal Identity and the “Kahalishe” Mikveh of Altona, Debra Kaplan (Yeshiva University) “examines the … Continue reading
One of my much beloved colleagues recently expressed surprise that I knew how to do a screen capture, so in the spirit of sharing tips, I thought I would make quick post on a couple of easy ways to capture images and video. If you are using Firefox, the easiest way to capture images is … Continue reading
I recently proposed a session in which THATCampers could discuss the relationship between Jewish Studies and recent debates about race and ethnicity in digital humanities. I am particularly interested in talking about how certain platforms (digital archives, gaming, blogs, online genealogy sites, social media?) present either opportunities or pitfalls for thinking about the social construction … Continue reading
On the Family History and Migration page of Why Use Material Culture in Your Classes? I mentioned that one could have students use iPhoto to visualize the trajectories of different key families in early America. In this post I want to explain how to use iPhoto to make maps. At the risk of being obvious, you … Continue reading
A blog of Jewish and (Western) Sephardic Interest
Tips for finding you ancestors in Early America & the caribbean
the history of 'the unruly sort of clowns' and other early modern peculiarities
Matt Houlbrook: mobile historian; beard growing, head shaving; occasional cycling.
stories from a nineteenth-century prison
visuals visioned and thoughts thunked
Articles by 3d year students of English Studies, Université Paris-Diderot
Using Material Culture in the Jewish Studies Classroom
A Group Blog on Early American History
Using Material Culture in the Jewish Studies Classroom
Using Material Culture in the Jewish Studies Classroom
Research notes in quantitative humanities
Using Material Culture in the Jewish Studies Classroom
Using Material Culture in the Jewish Studies Classroom
Using Material Culture in the Jewish Studies Classroom
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