Books by "Nathan C. Johnson"
6 books found
Practice Reports in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
by Nathan Howard (Jr.), New York (State). Supreme Court
1858
The Code of Procedure of Pleadings and Practice of the State of New York, 1862
by New York (State), Nathan Howard (Jr.)
1862
Of all the Diaspora communities, the Jews of India are among the least known and most interesting. This readable study, full of vivid details of everyday life, looks in depth at the religious life of the Jewish community in Cochin, the Bene Israel from the remote Konkan coast near Bombay, and the Baghdadi Jews, who migrated to Indian port cities and flourished under the British Raj. Who Are the Jews of India? is the first integrated, comprehensive work available on all three of India's Jewish communities. Using an interdisciplinary approach, Nathan Katz brings together methods and insights from religious studies, ritual studies, anthropology, history, linguistics, and folklore, as he discusses the strategies each community developed to maintain its Jewish identity. Based on extensive fieldwork throughout India, as well as close reading of historical documents, this study provides a striking new understanding of the Jewish Diaspora and of Hindu civilization as a whole.
The entire set of sixteen essays in Jews and India explore a particular interaction and mutual influence between Jews and India over the past two millennia. Collectively, we discover a pattern of uniquely symmet rical relations between Jews and their host culture. Unlike in the Christian and Islamic countries, Jews were always honored and treated in India like respected guests. We all come to know ourselves through our reflections in the eyes of others, and rather than hostility and a condescending attitude, in India, Jews always enjoyed respect, hospitality, and affection. These chapters seek to answer the theoretical question as to what Jews and Judaism looked like when viewed with a ‘good eye'. Conversely, we also learn how the world sees Jews who have always enjoyed respect and were made welcome. The first section of the book analyzes Jewish communities in Kochi, especially, but also the Bene Israelis and Baghdadis. Following is a section of stories about individual Jewish lives in India – mystics, mer chants, and soldiers. The book concludes with a section about inter-religious dialogues between Jews and Indic faiths like Hindus, Bud dhists and Jains. Based on two thousand years of cohabitation, these old/new friendships reveal old surprises and new insights.
A Shocking Exposé of Perversity and Extreme Ideology at Yale University In Sex and God at Yale, recent graduate Nathan Harden undresses the perversity and ideology gone wild at one of America's most prestigious universities. Harden reveals how Yale, once the "cradle of presidents," is now mired in a full-fledged moral crisis, with rampant political correctness shielding extreme agendas under the guise of "academic freedom." Harden's provocative narrative highlights the controversial Sex Week, where porn producers were allowed on campus to give demonstrations, and the infamous Yale "naked party" phenomenon. But Sex and God at Yale goes beyond mere sexual exposé, examining the inherent contradictions in the partisan politicizing of higher education, such as: • Hiring a Muslim imam with no academic credentials as an instructor • Inviting a former Taliban spokesperson to study at the university • Employing a professor who praised Hamas terrorists Sex and God at Yale is a shocking and eye-opening look at the direction of higher education in America. It's required reading for parents of college-bound students and anyone concerned about the future leaders emerging from the Ivy League.