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The paper discusses the migration of German Jewish psychiatrists from Nazi Germany to Palestine during the 1930s. It focuses on their special assimilation process as immigrants who belonged to a culture different from the dominant Eastern European socialist Zionism and as a professional group which belonged to a marginalized discipline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Raymond Aron is one of the greatest innovators of postwar liberalism, by the assimilation to his speech the sociological thought, the Keynesian economics and the political realism. In that sense, their highest contribution were the concept of in-dustrial society, a realistic view of representative democracy, an historical sociology applied to international relations, a critic of the political and economic Hayek's neo-liberalism and his view of Marxism-Leninism as a secular religion. The reception of his work in Spain had some difficulties, first by the existence of an authoritarian political regime and then by emergence of a new left heavily influenced by Marxism. However, at present, Aron is a highly respected intellectual in political and intellec-tual circles of the spanish right. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The term trialogue means the best possible equally contributing cooperation between affected patients and therapists as well as the self-evident inclusion of relatives. This is true for therapy, antistigma efforts by the planning of care, in associations such as the German Society for Bipolar Disorders and by assimilation of guidelines. Trialogue has a history and in its current version many levels and a hopeful vision of characteristics of understanding and treatment. This idea is presented here and relationships with characteristics of understanding and therapy of bipolar disorders will be made. Finally the recommendations of guidelines on trialogue will be presented and essential headings will be discussed under the aspect of trialogue: where and how are basic ideas and core demands of associations of affected persons and relatives considered? How is the process of trialogue to be assessed for the assimilation of guidelines? What are the chances and risks for the implementation? How can trialogue support the implementation? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, the assimilation of members into the faith community is discussed. When a church has found its identity in being a 'missional faith community', the outcome is growth. Growth cannot take place if the church is unable to assimilate new members into church life. People are only assimilated into the faith community when they are interconnected through relationships, and experience a fundamental sense of belonging. This article discusses aspects of membership assimilation, namely intention, active participation, and culture. A model is proposed whereby leaders can evaluate the functional worth of people for the faith community at any level of assimilation. This model can also assist leaders in creating processes to assimilate members more effectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While the economic, political, and military bonds between Spain and Nazi Germany have received much attention, the close cultural exchange between the two fascist states is little known. Thanks to its neutrality in World War I, Spain became a top priority of German cultural foreign policy in the 1930s. The Hitler government not only sought to extend its influence through German culture in Spain, but also encouraged Hispanic culture in Germany through the creation of German-Spanish societies. From 1930 to 1945 the Deutsch-Spanische Gesellschaftin Berlin (DSG) emerged as a main axis of the cultural relations between the two countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]