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Jewish year and his feast
Pilařová, Kateřina ; Pargač, Jan (advisor) ; Krupková, Jaroslava (referee)
The thesis deals with important and festive days in the Jewish calendar. It studies their origin both in historical context and in the context of celebrations and customs observed during the festivals. It deals with the festivals both from the religious point of view, i.e. religious commands and orders, and from the societal point of view where it aims at mapping the customs and traditions which are followed but which are not based on religious texts or rabbi tradition. The scope of the text dedicated in the thesis to specific festivals does not strictly copy the religious importance or the popularity of a particular festival with Jewish population; rather, it is guided by the scope of historical background and customs followed in connection with the festival. As a result, some less popular festivals in the society are more prominent than it would have been expected judging by their importance. The thesis presents individual festivals in the chronological order of the religious year, with the exception of Shabbat which is observed every week and Rosh Chodesh celebrated monthly. These festivals were included before other festivals and make up a separate chapter. The broad scope of the thesis encompassing all festive days, including modern festivals, mostly established by the State of Israel, enables...
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Common Elements of Judaism and "Jehovah's Witnesses" Religions Society in Relation to the Territory of Czech Republic
Kutinová, Zuzana ; Kohout, Ivan (advisor) ; Biernot, David (referee)
This thesis is focused on the research of common features between the religious society of Jehovah's Witnesses and Judaism in the Czech Republic. First, it deals with the historical origin of the religious society itself and its roots in our country. Subsequently, the thesis deals with the structure and functioning of this organization and with the events of World War II, which brought much suffering to its members and to Jewish people. It then traces the similarities between traditions and customs and the associated way of life. Finally, it examines the self-perception of the relationship of members of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious society to Judaism. For this purpose, qualitative interviews with current and former members and quantitative questionnaires administered to members in each congregation are used. The field research was conducted in the congregations of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious society, specifically in the congregation in Benešov and in the territory of the capital city of Prague.
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New synagogue Jablonec nad Nisou
Obadalová, Kateřina ; Vostrejž, Dušan (referee) ; Dulenčín, Juraj (advisor)
The main goal of the thesis was to design a synagogue in Jablonec nad Nisou with additional functions in the form of administration, a kosher restaurant, and a museum. The site of the former synagogue, which served its purpose until 1938 when it was burned down during Kristallnacht, is now only marked by a memorial. The site is located between the historic part of the town, on a sloping terrain. The concept was to preserve the slope of the terrain and to insert a building that would meet the needs of the Jewish community and also blend in with the surrounding buildings and movement of people in the area. A vertical division of the site was proposed with a staircase providing access to the synagogue and kosher restaurant, as well as the adjacent glass and jewelry museum. A four-story building (a museum, administration of the Jewish community, and a community center with a mikveh) complements the existing street buildings and aims to visually correspond to them in a modern way. This building also connects to the synagogue, which is visually embedded in the terrain, and the kosher restaurant. A ramp for the disabled people horizontally divides the site. The facade was designed with a simple scraped plaster in combination with a smooth plaster. The kosher restaurant is visually separated as a cube using bronze-colored stainless steel mesh. New greenery and green areas were proposed in the surrounding area, which then connect to the green roofs of the buildings.
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New synagogue Česká Lípa
Tomický, Ondřej ; Velek, Jan (referee) ; Dulenčín, Juraj (advisor)
The subject of my diploma thesis is the design of a new synagogue and a Jewish community centre in a town Česká Lípa. The area in question is located on the street U Synagogy, on the south-eastern edge of the historic city centre, on the site where the Jewish town was located in the past. However, the long history of the Jewish community of Česká Lípa, which had its synagogue, Jewish school, rabbinate, mikveh ritual bath and others, was interrupted by the events of the Second World War and the subsequent post-war developments in Czechoslovakia and the world. The original synagogue was burned down by the Nazis in 1938, and many of the monuments of the Jewish community in Česká Lípa gradually disappeared, as did the community itself. My goal is to design a new facility for the Jewish community. Therefore, I designed a proposal for a new synagogue and a community centre, including the administration of the Jewish community with an archive of Jewish literature, exhibition, and lecture spaces, the new mikveh ritual bath and kosher restaurant for members of the community and the general public. The design also includes the overall revitalization of the public space and its pedestrian accessibility, the planting of new greenery and the placement of two new monuments to commemorate the Jewish past of Česká Lípa. The designed project should than serve not only members of the Jewish community, but the whole general public as a new public space that will offer new opportunities for socialization, education, and leisure in a more dignified environment. The defining element of the proposal is the site of the former synagogue, which will become a courtyard that will be surrounded on the three sides by the new synagogue and community centre. Both buildings face the city centre with their main facades and main entrances. Both the synagogue and the community centre will be situated on a raised terrace accessible by a staircase, symbolizing the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The chosen morphology and material design of the buildings intend to evoke the sense of massiveness, stability, dignity, and safety to the passers-by. Two new monuments will be placed on an axis of the new courtyard – the column and the fountain. The column on the place of the former entrance to the former synagogue symbolizing a raised-up finger in warning. The fountain on the spot of the bema, a sacred place where no one except for the rabbi is allowed. The water will symbolically prevent the movement of pedestrians who will have to go around this former sacred place. Nowadays, there is a public parking lot on the site of the former synagogue, and the entire area of the former Jewish town is in a state of neglect. I sincerely hope that with my proposal I will contribute to the commemoration of the Jewish past of Česká Lípa, to understanding among the people and that the nowadays neglected area will become a dignified public space.
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New synagogue Jablonec nad Nisou
Janáková, Adéla ; Baranyai, René (referee) ; Dulenčín, Juraj (advisor)
The subject of this thesis is the design of the new synagogue in Jablonec nad Nisou on Lipanská Street. In the past, there used to be a synagogue for more than 280 believers that was located in the area which is being considered. The synagogue was burned down by Nazi Germany in 1938, during Kristallnacht. Today, it is a public space, public parking and a memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. The goal of the design is to create a new synagogue, the primary location of the Jewish community including the administration with the rabbinate, a community center, a study room and a library of Jewish literature, multi-purpose spaces, a kosher restaurant for community members and the general public, a kosher food store, a museum of Jewish culture and a mikveh ritual bath. The objects will be used for members of the Jewish community and at the same time for the education of the general public and academics. The construction of the building complex is located in an area with relatively challenging terrain. The key moment was dealing with the setting of the building on a steep slope and at the same time designing the correct operation of the individual buildings. The location of the kosher restaurant attracts the public from the adjacent Lipanská street, and at the same time it is also located in the quiet part towards the south. Its sales area is two-storey, so it also extends to the level of the lower floor open to the river. There is a quiet zone between the restaurant and museum buildings - summer outdoor seating, or museum exhibition. The museum is also situated along the adjacent street, where the main entrance to the building is located. The facade of the museum is characterized by an alternation of convex and arched windows towards the inside, which open into the elevated exhibition hall. Objects should radiate minimalism and purity. Therefore, light shades of colors were chosen. In the upper part, the facades are covered with white stucco plaster. In the part of the ground floor, a motif of flutes pointing vertically towards the sky was designed using shaped plaster in a shade of light gray.
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An Old Testament text and its paraphrases
ŠTĚPÁNOVÁ, Alena
The aim of the bachelor thesis is the comparison of the book of Esther from the Old Testament with its selected paraphrases and a critical evaluation of the work of the authors of the paraphrases with the text. The thesis first briefly introduces the story of the book of Esther and its main character. Then the contents of the book of Esther in the Czech study translation of the Bible (Masoretic text) are compared with the contents of the book of Esther in the Czech translation of the Jerusalem Bible (Septuagint). Subsequently, selected paraphrases in both versions are compared according to a predetermined structure. The assessment of the texts was carried out using the method of comparative analysis, where the main differences and similarities of the compared works were pointed out. As a result, it was also evaluated how the paraphrase changes or does not change the original point of the book of Esther. At the end of the work, the findings of these comparisons are summarized.
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Election of Israel in Kuzari by Judah Halevi
LANDOVÁ, Barbora
The thesis deals with conception of the teaching of the election of Israel in a work called Kuzari by the medieval Jewish philosopher Judah Halevi. In the third chapter, it is focused on Halevi's conception of the election of people, land, and language. In the fourth chapter, there is a comparison of the interpretation of Ex 19,5 by standard commentaries with Halevi's own in a connection with the election of Israel.
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The Comparations of the Jewish Theme in E. Hostovksy and L. Winder
LANDOVÁ, Lucie
This bachelor thesis deals with comparison of the work of the Czech writing author Egon Hostovský and the German writing author Ludwig Winder. Its aim is to trace elements appearing in both works and differences or similarities in their interpretation. The material for comparison is mainly Jewish motives and traditions in the works, the contents and quality of the main character´s relationships with family members and other characters, as well as expressing the protagonists' feelings about the surroundings, in which they live. The sources for comparison are books Ghetto v nich and Die jüdische Orgel.
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The Holocaust in Jewish American Fiction
SENKOVÁ, Anna
The aim of this thesis is to use the analysis of nine literary works to identify distinctive features of Holocaust fiction. The theoretical part of the thesis considers the various approaches of society towards the Holocaust, as well as the way Judaism perceives fiction, Holocaust fiction in particular. The analytical part operates with the individual stories of the following American authors: Rebecca Goldstein, Bernard Malamud, Gordon Lish, Philip Roth, Cynthia Ozick, Rebecca Makkai and Budd Schulberg. The analysis focuses on the position of the characters as well as the significant aspects of each story separately. The final part points out the differences and similarities, as well as the most prominent aspects of the Holocaust fiction.
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