18 articles in this issue
Katrine Hassenkam Zoref
Dette års udgave af Rambam sætter fokus på en række stærke kvinder, som hver især har sat deres præg på det jødiske samfund i Danmark og dermed på dansk jødisk historie.
Bent Blüdnikow
The story of the work of the Jewish Nursery Society tells the story of the Jewish community's help to the poor and sick, but it also provides an insight into the role of women within the congregation. The society was established following the Royal Regula... see more
Sigge Enk
Om sygeplejeselskabets møder og formænd 1943-2014
Jacob Wendt Jensen
Victor Borge (1909-2009) alias Børge Rosenbaum was Jewish, but he was not religious. You could say that his Jewishness lay more in his culture and identity than in his faith. He did, however, insist on being buried at the Jewish cemetery in Copenhagen, al... see more
Allan Falk
The spring of 2014 marked the 200th anniversary of civil rights for the Jewish population in Denmark. This was celebrated at a big scale e.g. with festivities at the Copenhagen City Hall and in the main synagogue in Copenhagen and by publishing a series o... see more
Ib Katznelson
Ib Katznelson was only a little boy when, in the fall of 1943, he and his family were captured by the Germans as they were trying to escape to Sweden. Ib and his mother were taken to the concentration camp Ravensbrück and, later, ended up in another camp,... see more
Mikael Kristian Hansen
Emilius Bærentzen (1799-1868) is one of the less known portrait painters in the Golden Age of Danish art in the 19th century. As a pupil of C.W. Eckersberg, he became the most popular portrait painter in Copenhagen in the period 1830-1850. Emilius Bærentz... see more
Natalia Gutman
Black Milk - Holocaust in Contemporary ArtA concentration camp built from Lego, a gold brooch with the inscription Jude, and a pile of bleeding trunks were some of the works that could be seen at the exhibition Black Milk – Holocaust in contemporary art a... see more
Esther Kvetny Jarløv
A Portrait of a Danish-Jewish EntrepreneurThe mid-19th century, witnessed an increase in successful Jewish entrepreneurs in Copenhagen. One of the many thriving traders was Philip W. Heyman. He was the son of the Jewish merchant Wulff Heyman, who worked h... see more
Bent Blüdnikow, Katrine Hassenkam Zoref
Noam Griegst - A Look Through the LensNoam Griegst is a fashion photographer and one of the best in the industry. He grew up in an artistic home with parents who designed jewelleries and porcelain. Noam Griegst knew from an early age that he wanted to wor... see more
Marianne Schleicher
Gender and Love in the Jewish Bible and Early Rabbinical LiteratureBased on theories by Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, and Luce Irigaray, the article assumes that every culture must navigate wisely between unequivocal normativity and subversion of norms ... see more
Kathrine Tschemerinsky
Øresund after the MiracleCertain historical narratives have an almost mythological status. This is true for the rescue of the Danish Jews during the Second World War. Not just in Denmark, but internationally as well. Great emotions are at play and disappo... see more
Helene Apelt
Janina Katz in MemoriamThe poet and writer Janina Katz was tired of being labelled an “exile author”. Born and raised in Poland and arriving in Denmark at the age of 30, she wished to be judged by the same standards as other authors. But it is hard to ign... see more
Erik Høgh-Sørensen
Anmeldelse af:Robert Fischermann: At forstå er ikke at tilgive. En dansk kz-overlevers livslange rejse. Gyldendal, 2014.
Anmeldelse af:Ludmila Spektor: Emigrant på livstid. Erindringer. Skriveforlaget, 2014.
Margit Warburg
Anmeldelse af:Per B. Katz: Man skal blande sig - Uri Yaari in memoriam. Forlaget Ajour, 2014.
Merete Christensen
Anmeldelse af:Akiba Perlmutter: En Podekvist. Erindringer 1907-1945. Skriveforlaget, 2013.
Brian Arly Jacobsen
Anmeldelse af:Morten Thing: Anti-semitismens bibel. Historien om smædeskriftet Zions vises protokoller. Informations Forlag, 2014.