Shattered Encounters: From My Father's House (1947) to My Father's House (2008)

In the aftermath of World War II, approximately 500,000 Holocaust survivors immigrated to Israel. The complex experiences of this shattered group and their encounters with Israeli society were reduced to a series of superficial representations in Israeli feature films. In films produced both in pre-state Israel, and in the early decades of the fledgling state, Holocaust survivors were depicted as traumatized individuals saved by other Jews and transformed into active, strong, healthy civilians in the new land. By the late 1970s, however, Israeli society had changed, as did the cinematic representation of the encounter between native Israelis and the Holocaust survivors. A shift to a dystopian depiction took place, in which a traumatized group of people, neglected by veteran Israelis, were relegated to the margins of society. This article will analyze the profound change that took place between earlier and later representations. It will discuss the motivating factors and cinematic depictions through the lenses of two films which tell the same story, but from completely different perspectives: My Father's House (Herbert Klein, 1947) and My Father's House (Danny Rozenberg, 2008). While sharing the same title, these films were produced in different eras, and thus, shed light on different depictions of similar encounters

Study of alternate optical and fine guidance sensor designs for the space infrared telescope facility (SIRTF)

A unique optical design was developed that compensates for the coma degraded images caused by field chopping in SIRTF. The conic constants of a Cassegrain telescope were altered to compensate for the coma induced by the secondary mirror tilt. The modulation transfer function is essentially independent of secondary mirror tilt, and diffraction limited image quality is maintained over a several arcminute field during chopping. With an untilted secondary mirror, the coma compensated (CC) design has a smaller field than the unchopped Ritchey-Chretien design; but use of relay optics, such as the inverted Cassegrain design developed for the fine guidance sensor (FGS), can increase the CC telescope's field size. A reactionless secondary mirror chopper mechanism that uses superconducting magnets was studied. The heart producing elements are confined to a reaction plate that is not directly viewed by the IR focal plane. A design was also developed for a low moment of inertia, reticulated HIP beryllium secondary mirror consistent with blank fabrication technology and optical finishing requirements

Enhancing Single Custodial Father\u27s Parenting Skills: A Group Protocol

The rate of single-custodial fathers is increasing (Leininger & Ziol-Guest, 2008). As single-custodial fathers have become more prevalent (Leininger & Ziol-Guest, 2008), programs are needed to provide them with support and information regarding the skills needed to raise children at each developmental stage (Panter-Brick et al., 2014). The purpose of this project is to create a set of group protocols that will provide single-custodial fathers that are living in transitional housing with the skills necessary to raise children at different stages of development. An extensive literature review was conducted, and information pertinent to parenting programs for single-custodial fathers was collected and synthesized. Families living in transitional housing facilities or homeless families living in shelters were also researched. The literature review revealed that there is limited information regarding parenting programs for single-custodial fathers, specifically for families living in transitional housing facilities. To guide the formation of the protocols, the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) was also thoroughly researched, to ensure an occupation-based, client-centered and evidence-based product. The final product of this project is a set of twelve group protocols, tailored for single-parents living in transitional housing. Overarching parenting themes that address communication styles, discipline, and establishing rules and routines are included in the final product. The protocols consist of step-by-step guidelines for the facilitator, and include activities, games and discussion questions for the participants. The protocols were developed with the intention that occupational therapists or certified occupational therapy assistants would implement the parenting groups in community settings

Giving Voice to Memory: Using Holocaust Testimonies to Enhance Public History Proposal

Oren Stier, Stephanie Brenenson, and Maryanna Ramirez complemented FIU\u27s Common Reading Program assignment—Martin Baranek\u27s memoir Determined about his experiences in Nazi concentration camps—with an exhibition at the Patricial & Phillip Frost Art Museum depicting Jewish culture with an emphasis on Holocaust refugees

Organizing the World: Power Dynamics and “Civilization” in the British Museum

The British Museum has a long and complex relationship with the British Colonial project. Applying museum theory to case studies found in the museum, this paper explores the ways in which empire is reconstructed within the British Museum, and also investigates how public gallery spaces can engage with controversial history. In the 21st century the museum struggles to reinvent itself as a universal institution presenting collections from around the world with sensitivity. However, the museum still expresses nostalgia for the imperial past, and presents a specific and homogenous image of the ideal British citizen

Interplay of magnetic order and Jahn-Teller distortion in a model with strongly correlated electron system

The Hubbard model has been employed successfully to understand many aspects of correlation driven physical properties, in particular, the magnetic order in itenerant electron systems. In some systems such as Heusler alloys, manganites etc., it is known that, in addition to magnetic order, distortion induced by Jahn-Teller(J-T) effect also exists. In this paper, based on two-fold degenerate Hubbard model, the influence of magnetic order on J-T distortion is investigated. The electron correlation is treated using a spectral density approach and J-T interaction is added to the model. We find that magnetic order and structural distortion coexist at low temperature $T$ for a certain range of electron correlation strength $U$, J-T coupling strength $G$ and band occupation $n$. At T=0, for a given $n$ and $U$, magnetic order is present but distortion appears only for a $G$ larger than a critical value. We also studied the temperature dependence of lattice strain and magnetization choosing a $G$ close to the critical value.Comment: 12 pages, 5 Figures. Physica- B 405 1701-1705 (2010

Linking in-situ charge accumulation to electronic structure in doped SrTiO3 reveals design principles for hydrogen evolving photocatalysts

Recently, record solar to hydrogen efficiencies have been demonstrated using La,Rh co-doped SrTiO3 (La,Rh:SrTiO3) incorporated into a low cost and scalable Z-scheme device, known as a photocatalyst sheet. However, the unique properties that enable La,Rh:SrTiO3 to support this impressive performance are not fully understood. Combining in-situ spectroelectrochemical measurements with density functional theory and photoelectron spectroscopy produces a depletion model of Rh:SrTiO3 and La,Rh:SrTiO3 photocatalyst sheets. This reveals remarkable properties, such as deep flatband potentials (+2 VRHE) and a Rh oxidation state dependent reorganisation of the electronic structure, involving the loss of a vacant Rh 4d mid gap state. This reorganisation enables Rh:SrTiO3 to be reduced by co-doping without compromising p-type character. In-situ time resolved spectroscopies show the electronic structure reorganisation induced by Rh reduction controls electron lifetime in photocatalyst sheets. In Rh:SrTiO3 , enhanced lifetimes can only be obtained at negative applied potentials, where the complete Z-scheme operates inefficiently. La co-doping fixes Rh in the 3+ state, resulting in long-lived photogenerated electrons even at very positive potentials (+1 VRHE), where both components of the complete device operate effectively. This understanding of role of co-dopants provides new insight into the design principles for water splitting devices based on bandgap engineered metal oxides

Waterfall

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Pat Steir : Self-Portrait : An Installation

Small catalogue with Tucker's preface and extended interview with the artist. Issues of self-portraiture, ideology and postmodernism are briefly discussed. Biographical notes. 14 bibl. ref