Meldungen 12-02-29
Medien zum weltweiten Thema Israel / Nahost
Fürchte dich nicht, denn du sollst nicht zuschanden werden.
Jesaja 54,4
… . - Schweiz
Klimawandel als besondere Herausforderung für Israel
Israel soll iranische Nuklearanlage zerstört haben
O bama würde über einen Angriff nicht informiert
… . aus aller Welt
Die „täglichen Vorkommnisse“ – zusammengestellt von Herbert
Dienstag, 28.02.2012:
- Soldaten entdeckten an der Grenze zu Ägypten Verdächtige, die nach Israel eingedrungen waren. Die Verdächtigen schossen auf die Soldaten, diese erwiderten das Feuer und trafen einen von ihnen tödlich. Die übrigen entkamen über die Grenze.
- Bei Beit Ummar beschädigten Steine werfende Araber einen israelischen Bus.
- Soldaten verhafteten in Judäa und Samaria insgesamt 4 gesuchte, terrorverdächtige Araber.
- Am südlichen Mount Hevron gab es Zusammenstöße, als PA-Araber einen Außenposten angriffen und Feuer legten. Kurz darauf behaupteten die Araber , israelische Siedler hätten ein arabisches Dorf angegriffen.
- In Schechem/Nablus wurde ein Israeli aufgegriffen und den israelischen Sicherheitskräften übergeben.
- Am Abend warfen PA-Araber bei Migdal Oz eine Brandbombe auf einen Bus.
- Eine Qassam schlug im Kreis Hof Aschkelon ein.
Humanitäres:
- 5.126t Waren und Gas (einschl. 227t Bäume) gingen Montag über Kerem Shalom in den Gazastreifen.
D ie Terror-Mullahs fahren ihren Schwachsinn weiter : Israel plante den Bombenanschlag in Bangkok, um ihn dem Iran anzuhängen.
Neues von Uli – direkt vor Ort aus Jerusalem
25.000 Dokumente der Kairoer Geniza jetzt online
von Ulrich W. Sahm, Jerusalem, 28. Februar 2012
Die wichtigste jemals entdeckte Sammlung mittelalterlicher jüdischer Dokumente in Hebräisch und Judeo-Arabisch, wurde von der Bodleian
Bibliothek in Oxford digitalisiert und ins Internet hochgeladen.
In der Kairoer Ben Ezra Synagoge im Viertel Fostat wurden zwischen dem 9. und 14. Jahrhundert „verbrauchte“ hebräische Manuskripte in einen Lagerraum geworfen, einer so genannten „Geniza“. Gemäß jüdischer Sitte sind hebräische Buchstaben „heilig“ und müssen „begraben“ werden. Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts entdeckten Forscher jene Geniza, und holten rund 250.000 Dokumente heraus, kleine Fragmente und ganze Bücher, alle handgeschrieben. Dieser einzigartige kulturelle Schatz wurde in alle Winde verstreut. Gemäß einer Pressemitteilung der Bodeleian Bibliothek seiensodass Teile dieser mittelalterlichen Sammlung heute auf mehrere Universitätsbibliotheken in England und in den USA verteilt und befinden sich teilweise in Privatbesitz. Das erschwere die Erforschung des mittelalterlichen Judentums. Die Bibliothek in Oxford hatte bis Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts systematisch Dokumente der Geniza ermittelt und aufgekauft.
Unter den in der Geniza gefundenen Dokumenten befinden sich neben Originalbriefen des jüdischen Gelehrten Maimonides auch viele Talmudfragmente. Die haben nach Angaben der Bodeliena eine besonders große Bedeutung, weil in Europa bis ins 16. Jahrhundert die meisten handschriftlichen Kopien des Talmuds verbrannt worden sind. Unter anderem rief der Reformator Martin Luther in seiner Spätschrift „Von den Jüden und ihren Lügen“ dazu auf, den Talmud zu verbrennen, was später die Nazis zu ihren Bücherverbrennungen motivierte.
Die Bodeliana besitzt etwa 25.000 Fragmente aus der Geniza. Die wurden jetzt in hoher Auflösung digitalisiert, um sie per Internet Forschern anderer Sammlungen von Geniza Dokumenten und dem interessierten Publikum zugänglich zu machen, erklärte laut Pressemitteilung Dr. Piet van Boxel, Projektleiter der Bibliothek. Auf der Homepage http://genizah.bodleian.ox.ac.uk können die Dokumente gemäß der Katalognummer oder Personennamen der Autoren, darunter 47 Werke des Maimonides gesucht und eingesehen werden. Maimonides ist der Verfasser des „Führers der Verwirrten“, eines der wichtigsten Werken der Philosphiegeschichte. Ebenso fanden sich in der Kairoer Geniza Schriften des mittelalterlichen Dichters Saadja Gaon. Neben Gebeten, Kopien liturgischer Schriften, Bibelabschriften und Talmudfragmenten enthält die Sammlung auch Briefe, Eheverträge und Geschäftsabkommen, das einen Einblick in die jüdische Welt im frühen Mittelalter bieten.
(C) Ulrich W. Sahm
Nachfolgend die Original-Pressemitteilung, wie ich sie per Email erhalten habe.
BODLEIAN LIBRARIES, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate release
From the store room to the web: Bodleian launches website featuring its 25,000 Cairo Genizah fragments Oxford, 28 February 2012. The Bodleian Libraries have digitized and made available for the first time their exceptional collection of the Cairo Genizah fragments ( http://genizah.bodleian.ox.ac.uk ). The website launch is marked by a bequest of five Genizah fragments from the library of the late Eli Weinberg. The Cairo Genizah is an accumulation of almost 280,000 medieval Jewish manuscript fragments, mostly written in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic. They were discovered in the late nineteenth century in an annex of the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Fustat, presently Old Cairo, Egypt. Documents accumulated there from the ninth to the fourteenth centuries, and remained there until their value for scholarship was discovered in the 19th century. The name of the collection, ‘Genizah’, comes from the Hebrew for ‘store room’. The members of the medieval Jewish communities considered the Hebrew alphabet so sacred that anything written in it was placed in a Genizah, literally ‘store’, rather than discarded. The Bodleian’s Genizah holdings are exceptional since the Bodleian was the first major library outside of the Middle East to acquire fragments from the Cairo Genizah at the end of the 19th century. Its acquisitions policy resulted in a meticulously planned purchase over the following years until the beginning of the 20th century. As a result the collection contains a remarkable representation of texts focused on specific subjects and includes fragments bigger than any collection in the world. The fragments in the Bodleian Library, totaling some 25,000 folios, stand out also for their size, comprising on average five folios, and forming in many cases complete quires, making them a treasure trove of great value compared to other collections. Of particular significance are the rare Talmud fragments of which so few survive because of the mass burnings of Talmud manuscripts in 16th-century Europe. The liturgical material, too, is important for shedding light on the little-known beginnings of Jewish prayer. The Bodleian is rich in both of these. The Cairo Genizah documents, ranging from complete volumes to small fragments, are an essential source for reconstructing in detail the religious, economic and cultural life of Jews in the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean region in the Middle Ages, an era of Jewish history about which little evidence previously existed. The material comprises Jewish religious writings such as biblical and Talmudic/rabbinic and liturgical fragments in addition to other disciplines such as philosophy, astronomy and astrology. No aspect of existence is left untouched in documents. Information on the vital role the Jews played in the economic and cultural life of the medieval Middle East and the relationship between Jews and Arabs is provided in community minutes, rabbinical court records, leases, title-deeds, endowment contracts, debt acknowledgments, marriage contracts and private letters. The Genizah fragments have been scattered over many different locations. Parts of the documents were acquired by a variety of institutions, libraries and individuals, dividing documents in a haphazard way. Single manuscripts or even leaves were separated, making it almost impossible to gain any understanding of their significance. For the first time, the Bodleian manuscript can now be consulted, browsed and read online. Using revolutionary technology, all 25,000 fragments which form the Bodleian Libraries’ Genizah Collection are captured in high-resolution digital images allowing readers to zoom in and examine the manuscript in detail. The electronic resource offers free worldwide access. Dr. Sarah Thomas, Bodley’s Librarian said, ‘The Bodleian Libraries are fortunate to hold the most significant collection of Genizah fragments in the world. We are grateful to Mr. George Blumenthal, the Polonsky Foundation and Sir Ronald Cohen who supported the digitization of our collection and the online catalogue. We are also thankful to Dr. Piet van Boxel for whom this major project was a swan song before his retirement last October. Due to the advancement in modern technology, we are now able to release these unique documents online to be studied by scholars from around the world and general public with an interest in the Jewish tradition.’ Dr. Piet van Boxel, Project Director and former Curator of the Hebrew holdings at the Bodleian Libraries said, ‘Making the Bodleian Libraries’ Genizah holdings available online will enable scholars to compare the fragments held in Oxford with those held in places like Cambridge, New York, Philadelphia or Manchester. This new online resource will inaugurate a new era in Genizah studies and will facilitate international research enabling experts to make progress with a long-term goal of Genizah research - identifying matching fragments in different collections. ’ The Bodleian’s involvement in this exciting endeavour has been made possible by the generous donation of Mr.George Blumenthal, a New York philanthropist, businessman and pioneer in digital communications. His contribution enabled the Bodleian Libraries to digitize the 25,000 Genizah fragments from their collections. Financial support from the Polonsky Foundation, Sir Ronald Cohen and other donors went towards the online catalogue. Ends - For further information on the Bodleian Libraries contact:
Oana Romocea
Communications, Bodleian Libraries
Tel: 01865 277627
Email: oana.romocea@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
NOTES TO THE EDITOR
The Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford form the largest university library system in the United Kingdom. They include the principal University library—the Bodleian Library—which has been a library of legal deposit for 400 years; major research libraries; and libraries attached to faculties, departments and other institutions of the University. The combined library collections number more than 11 million printed items, in addition to 30,000 e-journals and vast quantities of materials in other formats. For additional information see www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk .
The Bodleian Library’s Genizah holdings are exceptional since donors and librarians in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries focused on specific subjects. Of particular significance are the rare Talmudic fragments of which so few survive because of the mass burnings of Talmud manuscripts in 16th-century Europe. The second large section of the Bodleian collection is that of liturgical materials which shed light on the little-known beginnings of Jewish prayer. The fragments in the Bodleian Library, totaling some 25,000 folios, stand out not only for subjects preserved in them, but also for their size, comprising on average five folios, and forming in many cases complete quires, making them a treasure trove of great value compared to other collections.
The digitization project was facilitated by photographer Ardon Bar-Hama, known for photographing the world’s most treasured objects in libraries, museums, archives, private collections and institutions. His projects include the Codex Vaticanos in the Vatican, the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Israel Museum and the archives of the New York Philharmonic.
ABOUT GEORGE BLUMENTHAL
Over the last thirty years, George Blumenthal has founded companies in advanced communications technologies, medical devices and health information technology. His broadband expertise and knowledge about with regard to communications technology brought his companies substantial success in the cellular phone industry and have now moved him into a cutting-edge role in the EHR industry. He was the founder and Chairman of Cellular Communications, Inc. (Ohio and Michigan), Cellular Communications of Puerto Rico and Cellular Communications International (Italy). He was also the founder and Chairman of International CableTel (now Virgin Media); the only cable television company servicing all of the United Kingdom. Cellular Communications, Inc. was acquired by AirTouch Communications in 1996. Cellular Communications of Puerto Rico was acquired by SBC Communications in 1999 and Cellular Communications International, Inc. was acquired by Mannesmann AG in December of 1998. He was also the founder of TERAMed, Inc., a medical device company, which was acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 2002. Over the past five years, George Blumenthal has worked to create a suite of electronic health records (EHRs) systems, which is offered as a cloud computing service. The eHealth Made EASY suite of products has been designed to meet the needs of healthcare professionals in the United States and around the world. The underlying IT platform powering eHealth Made EASYtm has facilitated over 250,000,000 outpatient visits over the past decade. Mr Blumenthal is also a member of the Screen Actors Guild and has appeared in nine movies, including Wall Street, Traffic, The Perfect Murder, The Flamingo Kid, and most recently, Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps.
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