Jewish literature

famous diary of a 13-year old Dutch Jewish girl hiding from the Nazis to escape the Holocaust

memoir by Primo Levi

Muwashshah ( '''' 'girdled'; plural '; also ' 'girdling,' pl. ') is a strophic poetic form that developed in al-Andalus in the late 10th and early 11th centuries. The ', embodying the Iberian rhyme revolution, was the major Andalusi innovation in Arabic poetry, and it was sung and performed musically. The muwaššaḥ features a complex rhyme and metrical scheme usually containing five '''' ( 'branches'; sing. '), with uniform rhyme within each strophe, interspersed with ' ( 'threads for stringing pearls'; sing. '') with common rhyme throughout the song, as well as a terminal kharja'' ( 'exit'), t

wit and humor in Jewish culture

literature written by Jews on Jewish themes

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approach to interpretation in Torah study

Rabbi of end of Second Temple period

Jewish prankster (1757–1811)

Book of Jacob ben Isaac Ashkenazi.

thumb|right|Pinkes of the Jewish community of Frankfurt (Oder)|Frankfurt an der Oder A pinkes (, plural pinkeysim; , also pinkas, , plural pinkasim) is the ledger of a Jewish community, in which the proceedings of and events relating to the community are recorded. Such record book were used to co-ordinate and document organizations in Jewish towns and villages throughout the early modern period in Europe.

Jewish ethical works emphasizing virtue

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