- židovství
- židovství n fig. Judentum n
Čeština-německý slovník.
Čeština-německý slovník.
CZECHOSLOVAK LITERATURE — By force of historic circumstances, Jews in the Czech lands – Bohemia and Moravia – before World War I tended on the whole to identify themselves with the culture of the ruling Austrians, while Jews in Slovakia mostly absorbed Hungarian culture.… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LEDA (Lederer), EDUARD — (1859–1944), Czech author and one of the leaders of Jewish assimilation in Czechoslovakia. Leda was born in Chotoviny, Bohemia. In his novels and short stories Leda portrayed many Jewish characters, often expressing through them his own thoughts… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
FEDER, RICHARD — (1875–1970), Czech rabbi; from 1953 chief rabbi of Moravia residing in Brno, and from 1961 also chief rabbi of Bohemia. After graduating at the Vienna rabbinical seminary, he officiated in Kojetin and other communities, where the preaching was… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
FUCHS, ALFRED — (1892–1941), Czech journalist, publicist, translator and author. Born in Prague, Fuchs was a Zionist in his youth, but later he became an assimilationist and edited publications of the organized assimilationist movement of Czech Jews (see … Encyclopedia of Judaism
GELLNER, FRANTIŠEK — (1881–1914), Czech writer, poet, and cartoonist, and the outstanding satirist of his time. Born in Mladá Boleslav, Bohemia, into a poor family, Gellner studied painting first in Munich and then in Paris, where he published his early cartoons in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
GOTTLIEB, FRANTIŠEK — (1903–1974), Czech poet and author. Born in Klatovy, Bohemia, Gottlieb studied law and was influenced by otokar fischer at Charles University in Prague. He was an active Zionist in his youth, and made Jewish nationalism the ideological basis of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HOSTOVSKÝ, EGON — (1908–1973), Czech novelist. Hostovský was born in Hronov, Bohemia. After serving as literary adviser to several Prague publishers, he joined the Czechoslovak Foreign Ministry, and escaped to the U.S. shortly before the Nazi invasion. Hostovský… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KAPPER, SIEGFRIED or VÍTĚZSLAV — (1821–1879), Czech poet and the first Jew to publish in Czech. Born and educated in Prague, Kapper graduated in medicine from the University of Vienna and spent some time as a physician, but he devoted his life mainly to writing. Like moritz… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KOHN, JINDŘICH — (1874–1935), Czech political writer and philosopher. A lawyer by profession, Kohn was the author of scores of essays and articles on political, sociological, historical, and philosophical subjects. Only a few of his studies, such as Politika a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LANGER, FRANTIŠEK — (1888–1965), Czech playwright, novelist, and physician. Langer was born in Prague. His first play, Svatý Václav ( St. Wenceslas, 1912), was staged by the Prague National Theater before he was 23. An officer in the Austrian army in World War I,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
POLÁČEK, KAREL — (1892–1945), Czech writer and journalist, a participant in the Friday Visitors literary gatherings of Karel Čapek and probably the outstanding Czech humorist after Hašek. Born in Rychnov nad Kněžnou, Bohemia, he began his career as a reporter in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism