Jits Van Straten
Biographic Data
| ID | 6204976 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jits Van Straten |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jits |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Straten |
| SIGNATURE | VAN STRATEN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Film Independent |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Jews and the Cholera Epidemics in Amsterdam in 1832 and 1849
Es gibt widersprüchliche Berichte in der Literatur in Bezug auf die Immunität der Juden gegen Infektionskrankheiten wie Pocken, Tuberkulose und Cholera. Diese Forschung bezieht sich auf die Choleraepidemien in den Jahren 1832 und 1849. Es lässt sich feststellen, dass die jüdische Bevölkerungsgruppe nicht resistenter gegen die Cholera war als die nicht-jüdische. Die Sterblichkeit war sogar signifikant höher bei Juden. Die Autoren zeigen, dass Unte…
The origin of East European Ashkenazim via a southern route
In der Literatur werden zwei Populationen als Vorfahren der osteuropäischen Aschkenazim erwähnt: Deutsche Juden und Chasaren. Ein deutscher Ursprung ist demografisch nicht möglich, eine Chasarische Herkunft kann ebenfalls nicht nachgewiesen werden und ist auch nicht plausibel. Der Verfasser schlägt das Denkmodell vor, dass die Vorfahren der osteuropäischen Aschkenazim zunächst um den Kimmerischen Bosporus angekommen sind, vorwiegend aus Anatolien…
Our Authors Respond: Shaul Stampfer, review of Jits van Straten, The origin of Ashkenazi Jewry: the controversy unraveled (New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2011), East European Jewish Affairs Volume 44, I…
The Origin of Ashkenazi Jewry: The Controversy Unraveled
Where do East European Jews – about 90 percent of Ashkenazi Jewry – descend from? This book conveys new insights into a century-old controversy. Jits van Straten argues that there is no evidence for the most common assumption that German Jews fled en masse to Eastern Europe to constitute East European Jewry. Dealing with another much debated theory, van Straten points to the fact that there is no way to identify the descendants of the Khazars in …
Did Shmu'el Ben Nathan and Nathan Hanover Exaggerate? Estimates of Jewish Casualties in the Ukraine During the Cossack Revolt in 1648
Early Modern Polish Jewry The Rhineland Hypothesis Revisited
Most scholars of Jewish history believe that there were between 10,000 and 55,000 Jews living in Poland in 1500. These estimates are based on the origin of these Jews: western Germany. The author observes that at the beginning of the sixteenth century Polish Jewry numerically corresponded to that of eastern Europe (i.e., Poland + European Russia). Starting from the number of Jews in Russia in 1897, he calculates the number of Jews in eastern Euro…
Infant Mortality and Nefalim in Amsterdam
In Jewish burial books based on the registration of death according to Halakha (body of Jewish religious law), the term nefel (plural, nefalim) is used. It is a term used for the death of a fetus from 10 to 12 weeks after conception or an infant who has lived for 30 days after birth. Before historians knew the meaning of nefel, it was assumed that it involved only miscarriage. The authors maintain that knowledge of the number of live-born nefalim…
The Jewish "Demographic Miracle" in Nineteenth-Century Europe Fact or Fiction
According to many prominent historians of the Jewish people, during the nineteenth century the Jewish population in western and eastern Europe increased about twice as fast as the non-Jewish population (the Jewish "demographic miracle"). It was supposed that lower Jewish child mortality was the main cause for the difference. The authors calculate nineteenth-century increases in Jewish and non-Jewish populations in the Netherlands, the Polish prov…
Cosmas of Prague and the Western Migration of Jews to Poland
C P W M J P Introduction The history of the European Jews, and especially that of the Polish and Russian Jews, has been linked to several mass migrations, in particular from western Europe. The migration of western Jews to Poland is the cornerstone of the origin of East European Jewry. In connection with these mass migrations, a report from by the Czech chronicler Cosmas of Prague is o…
Infant Mortality and Nefalim in Amsterdam
In Jewish burial books based on the registration of death according to Halakha (body of Jewish religious law), the term nefel (plural, nefalim) is used. It is a term used for the death of a fetus from 10 to 12 weeks after conception or an infant who has lived for 30 days after birth. Before historians knew the meaning of nefel, it was assumed that it involved only miscarriage. The authors maintain that knowledge of the number of live-born nefalim…
Our Authors Respond: Shaul Stampfer, review of Jits van Straten, The origin of Ashkenazi Jewry: the controversy unraveled (New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2011), East European Jewish Affairs Volume 44, I…
The Jewish "Demographic Miracle" in Nineteenth-Century Europe Fact or Fiction
According to many prominent historians of the Jewish people, during the nineteenth century the Jewish population in western and eastern Europe increased about twice as fast as the non-Jewish population (the Jewish "demographic miracle"). It was supposed that lower Jewish child mortality was the main cause for the difference. The authors calculate nineteenth-century increases in Jewish and non-Jewish populations in the Netherlands, the Polish prov…
Cosmas of Prague and the Western Migration of Jews to Poland
C P W M J P Introduction The history of the European Jews, and especially that of the Polish and Russian Jews, has been linked to several mass migrations, in particular from western Europe. The migration of western Jews to Poland is the cornerstone of the origin of East European Jewry. In connection with these mass migrations, a report from by the Czech chronicler Cosmas of Prague is o…
Infant Mortality and Nefalim in Amsterdam
In Jewish burial books based on the registration of death according to Halakha (body of Jewish religious law), the term nefel (plural, nefalim) is used. It is a term used for the death of a fetus from 10 to 12 weeks after conception or an infant who has lived for 30 days after birth. Before historians knew the meaning of nefel, it was assumed that it involved only miscarriage. The authors maintain that knowledge of the number of live-born nefalim…
The Jewish "Demographic Miracle" in Nineteenth-Century Europe Fact or Fiction
According to many prominent historians of the Jewish people, during the nineteenth century the Jewish population in western and eastern Europe increased about twice as fast as the non-Jewish population (the Jewish "demographic miracle"). It was supposed that lower Jewish child mortality was the main cause for the difference. The authors calculate nineteenth-century increases in Jewish and non-Jewish populations in the Netherlands, the Polish prov…
Early Modern Polish Jewry The Rhineland Hypothesis Revisited
Most scholars of Jewish history believe that there were between 10,000 and 55,000 Jews living in Poland in 1500. These estimates are based on the origin of these Jews: western Germany. The author observes that at the beginning of the sixteenth century Polish Jewry numerically corresponded to that of eastern Europe (i.e., Poland + European Russia). Starting from the number of Jews in Russia in 1897, he calculates the number of Jews in eastern Euro…
Did Shmu'el Ben Nathan and Nathan Hanover Exaggerate? Estimates of Jewish Casualties in the Ukraine During the Cossack Revolt in 1648
The Origin of Ashkenazi Jewry: The Controversy Unraveled
Where do East European Jews – about 90 percent of Ashkenazi Jewry – descend from? This book conveys new insights into a century-old controversy. Jits van Straten argues that there is no evidence for the most common assumption that German Jews fled en masse to Eastern Europe to constitute East European Jewry. Dealing with another much debated theory, van Straten points to the fact that there is no way to identify the descendants of the Khazars in …
Our Authors Respond: Shaul Stampfer, review of Jits van Straten, The origin of Ashkenazi Jewry: the controversy unraveled (New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2011), East European Jewish Affairs Volume 44, I…
The origin of East European Ashkenazim via a southern route
In der Literatur werden zwei Populationen als Vorfahren der osteuropäischen Aschkenazim erwähnt: Deutsche Juden und Chasaren. Ein deutscher Ursprung ist demografisch nicht möglich, eine Chasarische Herkunft kann ebenfalls nicht nachgewiesen werden und ist auch nicht plausibel. Der Verfasser schlägt das Denkmodell vor, dass die Vorfahren der osteuropäischen Aschkenazim zunächst um den Kimmerischen Bosporus angekommen sind, vorwiegend aus Anatolien…
Jews and the Cholera Epidemics in Amsterdam in 1832 and 1849
Es gibt widersprüchliche Berichte in der Literatur in Bezug auf die Immunität der Juden gegen Infektionskrankheiten wie Pocken, Tuberkulose und Cholera. Diese Forschung bezieht sich auf die Choleraepidemien in den Jahren 1832 und 1849. Es lässt sich feststellen, dass die jüdische Bevölkerungsgruppe nicht resistenter gegen die Cholera war als die nicht-jüdische. Die Sterblichkeit war sogar signifikant höher bei Juden. Die Autoren zeigen, dass Unte…
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