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Chabad on Ice
(The Donner Institute, 2022-06-14)
The article examines the Finnish branch of Chabad Lubavitch as a fundamentalist and charismatic movement that differs from other branches of ultra-Orthodox Judaism in its approaches to outreach to non-observant Jews. Whilst ...
‘The Golden Chain of Pious Rabbis’: the origin and development of Finnish Jewish Orthodoxy
(The Donner Institute, 2019-05-26)
This article provides the first historiographical analysis of the origins of Jewish Orthodoxy in Helsinki and describes the development of the rabbinate from the establishment of the congregation in the late 1850s up to ...
Laws, doctrines and practice: a study of intermarriages and the ways they challenged the Jewish Community of Helsinki from 1930 to 1970
(The Donner Institute, 2019-05-26)
The identities, customs and habits of religious congregations are tightly connected to the history of these congregations and to the specific religious tradition or denomination they consider themselves to be a part of. ...
Intersections of gender and minority status: perspectives from Finnish Jewish women
(The Donner Institute, 2019-05-26)
In this article, I examine how contemporary Finnish Jewish women understand their roles and identities as women in a small Orthodox Jewish community, on the one hand, and as members of a tiny minority in largely secular ...
Challahpulla: where two wor(l)ds meet
(The Donner Institute, 2019-05-26)
The relationship between food and religion is a lived activity formed by the dynamics of both tradition and adaption. Religious commitments to food are influenced by various factors, ranging from personal spirituality and ...
From a young Jewish model to a Salvation Army Officer. Fête juive and the case of Chava Slavatitsky
(The Donner Institute, 2023-12-12)
The captivating painting of Helene Schjerfbeck, Fête juive / Lehtimajanjuhla (1883), is considered to this day an exceptional piece of art with significant cultural value. It already carries great value, aside from its ...