Modern Hebrew Poetry

Modern Hebrew poetry, written in a language comprehensible only to parts of its audience, the Yiddish speaking masses, emerged at the end of the 19th century and became canonized by the time of the publication of C. N. Bialik’s second book in 1908. The Jewish generation that grew up in Eastern Europe after the 1880s aspired to create in Hebrew, a language of ancient texts and commentary, modern alternative expression that matched the pedigree of the European poetry from the Renaissance on. Some Hebrew poetry was written throughout the ages (medieval, Haskalah, Hibat Zion), but in the absence of a steady linear evolution (of models, forms, and prosody), modern Hebrew poetry was a pioneering project accumulated from the biblical narrative monologue and poetry; the commentary and the dialogical tension of the Talmud; the contribution of the Drasha (sermon) tradition; elements of history, literature, folklore, and theology extolled in Halakhic books written throughout the ages; and from threads adapted from the neighboring Russian or German cultures. Seen in retrospect, a growing chorus of Hebrew poets gave voice to the transition of Jews into general Western culture (in its unique realization in the Middle East), the human condition and landscapes, the political and social realities, and the traumas of Jewish existence and its triumph. Their renaissance at the turn of the centuries laid the foundations for the mature poetry written in the new major literary center in Ottoman and British Mandate Palestine and Israel for a new growing class of Hebrew readers.

Para un feminismo femenino. Towards a Feminine Feminism

Un auténtico feminismo no puede desarrollarse bajo la clave de oposición entre varón y mujer. Para lograrlo es preciso tener muy clara la distinción entre feminismo y feminidad y la correlativa entre machismo y masculinidad. Mujer y varón se distinguen dentro de una familiaridad, semejanza y mutua pertenencia: ambos son personas humanas. Pero el feminismo radical separa la sexualidad de la persona y esto acarrea graves consecuencias para mujeres y varones y para la sociedad en su conjunto. El genuino respeto a la mujer y al varón lleva a establecer la radical dignidad de una y otro y a promover la realización personal y única de cada mujer como mujer y de cada varón como varón.An authentic feminism cannot be developed under the umbrella of opposing man and woman. To achieve it, it is necessary to have a very clear distinction between feminism and femininity and the corresponding relationship between machismo and masculinity. Woman and man are distinguished within a familiarity, similarity, and mutual belonging: both are human beings. But radical feminism separates sexuality from persons and this can have serious consequences for women, men, and the society as whole. Genuine respect for women and men establishes the radical dignity of both and it promotes the personal and unique realization of each woman as a woman and each man as a man.

The intrinsic random functions and their applications

The intrinsic random functions (IRF) are a particular case of the Guelfand generalized processes with stationary increments. They constitute a much wider class than the stationary RF, and are used in practical applications for representing non-stationary phenomena. The most important topics are: existence of a generalized covariance (GC) for which statistical inference is possible from a unique realization; theory of the best linear intrinsic estimator (BLIE) used for contouring and estimating problems; the turning bands method for simulating IRF; and the models with polynomial GC, for which statistical inference may be performed by automatic procedures.

The intrinsic random functions and their applications

The intrinsic random functions (IRF) are a particular case of the Guelfand generalized processes with stationary increments. They constitute a much wider class than the stationary RF, and are used in practical applications for representing non-stationary phenomena. The most important topics are: existence of a generalized covariance (GC) for which statistical inference is possible from a unique realization; theory of the best linear intrinsic estimator (BLIE) used for contouring and estimating problems; the turning bands method for simulating IRF; and the models with polynomial GC, for which statistical inference may be performed by automatic procedures.