BARASCH, JULIUS — (Judah; 1815–1863), physician, writer, and communal leader from Walachia, Romania. Barasch, who was born in Brody, began his education in traditional Torah studies, but later came to the ideas of the haskalah and studied philosophy in Leipzig and … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BARASCH, MOSHE — (1920–2004), Israeli art scholar. Barasch can be considered the father of art history in Israel, a fact acknowledged by the State in 1996 when it awarded him the first Israel Prize in art history. Born in Czernowitz, he was a child prodigy as a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Barasch Brothers' Department Store — The Barasch Brothers Department Store ( de. Warenhaus Gebrüder Barasch) is the original name of a department store in Wrocław, Poland (then Breslau, Germany), located between the eastern side of the market square and the Ulica Szewska. Today, the … Wikipedia
Marc Ian Barasch — (born 1949) is a non fiction author, film and television writer producer, magazine editor, and environmental activist. Major books written by Barasch are The Healing Path (1992), Remarkable Recovery (1995), Healing Dreams (2001) and Field Notes… … Wikipedia
Iuliu Barasch — or Baraş (1815 1863) was a Galician born Jewish physician and writer who made his career in Romania.BiographyBorn in Brody into a Hasidic family, he studied Philosophy at the University of Leipzig and took his doctorate at the University of… … Wikipedia
Lynne Barasch — was born in New York City and grew up in Woodmere, New York. She studied at Rhode Island School of Design, and holds a BFA from Parsons School of Design. She is the author/illustrator of several picture books. She currently lives in New York City … Wikipedia
ROMANIA — ROMANIA, country in East Central and South East Europe, in the Carpatho Danubian region, north of the Balkan Peninsula, partly on the littoral of the Black Sea. The territory comprising Romania was known as Dacia in antiquity; Jewish tombstones,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Candide — This article is about Voltaire s satire. For other uses, see Candide (disambiguation). Candide … Wikipedia
The Magdalen Reading — Rogier van der Weyden, The Magdalen Reading, 62.2 cm × 54.4 cm (24.5 in × 21.4 in). Date unknown but possibly 1435–38. Oil on oak panel. National Gallery, London. The Magdalen Reading is one of three surviving fragments of a large mid 15th… … Wikipedia
BUCHAREST — (Rom. Bucureşti), capital of Romania. Before the union of the Danubian principalities (Moldavia and Walachia) in 1859, it was the capital of the principality of Walachia. Up to the 19th century almost the entire Jewish population of Walachia was… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
