#halper

Are you looking for advice on how to appease an enemy, free a prisoner, or obtain a favor? Halper 458 is a document containing prescriptions of Psalms for specified problems. When in doubt, look to the Psalms, originating from the 11th-13th century.

To see the digitized version, visit Openn: http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/h458.html

This week, we’ll be looking at a series of Hebrew manuscripts from the Halper collection at the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library. The Halper manuscripts are among those included in the Scribes of the Cairo Geniza project on Zooniverse. If you like these manuscripts you should check out the project here - you can help!

Halper 455 is a document containing the recipe for an alcoholic beverage - seemingly wine. The text is written in both Hebrew and Arabic, and originates in the 11th century.

Halper 119, originating from the 13th-14th century, is a document that denotes the ethics and merits of charity, relying heavily on Talmudic and Midrashic texts. 

To view the digitized version, visit Openn: http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/h119.html

Halper 465, originating from the late 11th century, is a document containing a list of Jewish names, perhaps for the purposes of keeping track of who needed to pay the poll tax. Locations and professions are listed along with the names.

To see the digitized version, visit Openn: http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/h465.html

Jevrejski pisac Halper: Izrael ne želi mir, već manipulišući religijom stvoriti trajni sukob

Jeff Halper, jevrejski pisac, antroplog i aktivista sa adresom u Al-Qudsu (Jerusalem), izjavio je kako je cionizam “priča o raseljavanju“, te kako Izrael manipulišući religijom stvara neku vrstu trajnog sukoba, jer je to jedini način da i dalje vrši pritisak nad Palestincima i održava međunarodnu podršku. Smatra kako su Palestinici postali nebitni za arapski svijet, odnosno da palestinske ideje…