IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 327: Jewish Borders: Physical, Social, Religious, and Economic Aspects
Monday 6 July 2020, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center, Tel Aviv University |
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Organiser: | Simha Goldin, Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center, Tel Aviv University |
Moderator/Chair: | Simha Goldin, Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center, Tel Aviv University |
Paper 327-a | Borders between Religions (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Religious Life, Social History |
Paper 327-b | The Community, the Neighbourhood, and the Wall: Urban Jewish Communities in Medieval Germany and the Perception of Borders (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Religious Life, Social History |
Paper 327-c | Borders of Professions (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Religious Life, Social History |
Abstract | Medieval European Jewish communities lived in a sphere marked by borders imposed both from within and without. The Jewish neighborhood was a physical, social, and topographical space reflecting unique adaptations of residential and communal needs according to religious laws and customs as they developed within the Christian cities of the period. This session aims to examine the religious, social, physical, and economic borders that were in play, their development over time, and their influence on the Jewish communities and the broader society within which they lived. |