The Shochet: A Memoir of Jewish Life in Ukraine and Crimea (Vol. 2)

Set in Ukraine, Crimea, and Israel, this unique two-volume autobiography offers a fascinating, detailed picture of life in Tsarist Russia and Israel during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Goldenshteyn (1848-1930), a traditional Jew who was orphaned as a young boy and became a shochet (kosher slaughterer) as a young man, is a master storyteller. Folksy, funny, streetwise, and self-confident, he is a keen observer of his surroundings. His accounts are vivid and readable, sometimes stunning in their intensity. The memoir is brimming with information. Goldenshteyn’s adventures shed light on communal life, persecution, family relationships, religious practices and beliefs, social classes, local politics, interactions between Jews and other religious communities, epidemics, poverty, competition for resources, migration, war, technology, modernity and secularization. In chronicling his own life, Goldenshteyn inadvertently tells a bigger story—the story of how a small, oppressed people, among other minority groups, struggled for survival in the massive Russian Empire and in the Land of Israel. Volume two begins in 1873, when Goldenshteyn obtains his first position as a shochet in Slobodze, and it follows him to the Crimea, where he endures 34 years of vicissitudes. In 1913, he fulfills a dream of immigrating to the Land of Israel, hoping to find tranquility in his old age. Instead, he is met with the turbulence of the First World War, as battles rage between the retreating Ottoman Turks and the advancing British forces. Informed by research in Ukrainian, Israeli and American archives and personal interviews with the few surviving individuals who knew Goldenshteyn personally, The Shochet is a magnificent new contribution to Jewish and Eastern European history.https://touroscholar.touro.edu/tup/1048/thumbnail.jp

InTouch Week of January 20, 2025

New Study Reveals Obese Children Face Higher Risks in Vehicle Strikes Inaugural Drs. Joel and Judith R.F. Kupersmith Endowed Lecture Set for January 28 Pet the Stress Away Brings Comfort to Campus Student Spotlight: D.P.T. Student Shares Research on Robotic Technology Faculty Spotlight: From Pupil to Professor: Alumni Lighting the Way at NYMC Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Rossi Helps Others Move Forwardhttps://touroscholar.touro.edu/in_touch/1348/thumbnail.jp

InTouch Week of February 17, 2025

NYMC Celebrates 165 Years of Excellence Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Hosts Research Symposium Stowe House Renamed Stowe-Whitt House in Memory of Ray Whitt, M.D. Alumni Spotlight: Driving Success in Public Healthhttps://touroscholar.touro.edu/in_touch/1351/thumbnail.jp

InTouch Week of January 6, 2025

Celebrating the Best of 2024 What Matters Most to Medical School Admissions Staff SHSP Adds Two Joint Degree Programs: Psy.D./M.P.H. and D.O./M.P.H. Pregnant Women with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Can Deliver Safely with Careful Management Love at NYMChttps://touroscholar.touro.edu/in_touch/1346/thumbnail.jp

InTouch Week of February 10, 2025

HeLa Conference Highlights Solutions to Health Equity NYMC Alums Share Marriage, Memories, and a Lifetime Together NYMC Goes Red for National Heart Month New Area of Concentration Closes the Gap in Quality Improvement Education for Tomorrow’s Doctors SLP Alumna Shares Insights with Prospective Students Connect and Mentor Event Bridges Public Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Student Spotlight: From Dentistry to Public Health: An M.P.H. Student’s Journey to Transform Global Public Healthhttps://touroscholar.touro.edu/in_touch/1350/thumbnail.jp

The Rights of Englishmen, A Primary Source Reader for Students of Early Modern British History & Early American History

This book is a collection of primary sources from the United Kingdom and English-Speaking North America from the Magna Carta in 1215 through the middle of the 19th Century, with commentary and an introduction from Dr. Robin Ishler. The purpose of the book is not only to act as a resource for students of Early Modern British history and early American history, but also to demonstrate the deep political and philosophical connections between the United States and the larger English legal and societal context from which it emerged. Dr. Ishler argues that it is an unfortunate reality that many history and political science courses in the United States often downplay these fundamental linkages. The book aims to show the history of the so called ‘rights of Englishmen’ as they were codified, interpreted, examined, and implemented in different ways in the United Kingdom and throughout the British Empire in North America. It also explores a few representative works of English and American political philosophy. The book seeks to demonstrate how the United Kingdom and the United States are both products of the same great conversation on rights, laws, and representative government. While the colonial society in which these ideas emerged was deeply flawed, the ideas themselves evolved to become the cornerstone of contemporary democracy in their respective countries.https://touroscholar.touro.edu/opentextbooks/1007/thumbnail.jp

Legal Writing Simplified

This book has been designed to help law students learn to write analytically in a straight-forward, simple, yet effective style. I have included text to explain the particular writing concepts and videos that explain concepts clearly. Different modalities can be useful in order to appeal to different learning styles. My hope is to demonstrate that mastering the art of legal writing can positively impact all aspects of law school and all aspects of a legal career.https://touroscholar.touro.edu/opentextbooks/1010/thumbnail.jp

InTouch Week of March 17, 2025

SOM Continues Tradition of Distinction with 2025 Alpha Omega Alpha Induction Focused Ultrasound\u27s Promise for Neurological Disorders A Clinical Experience Abroadhttps://touroscholar.touro.edu/in_touch/1356/thumbnail.jp

Constitutional Freedoms in the United States

Constitutional Freedoms is an undergraduate text for courses in civil rights and liberties. It covers most of the subject areas of other undergraduate texts, although it rearranges some in ways that are more conducive to student learning. The major difference is that freedoms of speech and press are treated together as aspects of communication, rather than separately because so distinguished in the US Constitution. The book includes sections on Supreme Court procedure, methods of interpretation, and tests for unconstitutionality, as well as information about experiential learning opportunities for students.https://touroscholar.touro.edu/opentextbooks/1008/thumbnail.jp

InTouch Week of March 10, 2025

The Importance of the Human Connection in Health Care Takes Center Stage Celebrating Innovation at SHSP Research and Scholarship Day TU Expands Footprint with New York College of Podiatric Medicine NYMC Presents Poster Exhibit, Confronting Hate M.P.H. Generalist and Dr.P.H. Programs Now STEM-eligible Cutaneous Lupus Clinical Trials May Overlook Darker-Skinned Patients NYMC Blood Drive: A Powerful Act of Generosity and Community FIMO Club Leads Successful Winter Food Drive with NYMC Community Support Faculty Spotlight: From Pupil to Professor: Lori Solomon, M.D. \u2799, M.P.H. \u2709https://touroscholar.touro.edu/in_touch/1355/thumbnail.jp