UID:
almafu_9958955355302883
Format:
1 online resource (268 p.)
ISBN:
3-11-035015-7
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3-11-039574-6
Series Statement:
Europäisch-judische Studien. Beiträge, Volume 16
Content:
An unexpected immigration wave of Jews from the former Soviet Union mostly in the 1990's has stabilized and enlarged Jewish life in Germany. Jewish kindergartens and schools were opened, and Jewish museums, theaters, and festivals are attracting a wide audience. No doubt: Jews will continue to live in Germany. At the same time, Jewish life has undergone an impressing transformation in the second half of the 20th century - from rejection to acceptance, but not without disillusionments and heated debates. And while the 'new Jews of Germany,' 90 percent of them of Eastern European background, are already considered an important factor of the contemporary Jewish diaspora, they still grapple with the shadow of the Holocaust, with internal cultural clashes and with difficulties in shaping a new collective identity. What does it mean to live a Jewish life in present-day Germany? How are Jewish thoughts, feelings, and practices reflected in contemporary arts, literature, and movies? What will remain of the former German Jewish cultural heritage? Who are the new Jewish elites, and how successful is the fight against anti-Semitism? This volume offers some answers.
Note:
Includes index.
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Front matter --
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Table of Contents --
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Preface --
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Legacy, Trauma, New Beginning after '45 German Jewry Revisited --
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Jews in Divided Germany (1945-1990) and Beyond /
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The Making of Holocaust Trauma in German Memory /
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Saving the German-Jewish Legacy? /
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Migration as the Driving Factor of Jewish Revival in Re-Unified Germany --
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Germany's Russian-speaking Jews /
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Russian Food Stores and their Meaning for Jewish Migrants in Germany and Israel /
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Moving from the Present via the Past to Look toward the Future /
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Israelis and Germany /
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Culture and Arts - Reflecting a New Jewish Presence --
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Reconceptualization of Jewish Identity as Reflected in Contemporary German-Jewish Humorist Literature /
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Hava Nagila /
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Aliyah Le Berlin /
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Ghosts of the Past, Challenges of the Present: Germany Facing Old-New Anti-Semitism --
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Educated Anti-Semitism in the Middle of German Society /
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Anti-Semitism within the Extreme Right and Islamists' Circles /
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Thrice Tied Tales /
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Towards New Shores: Jewish Education and the Religious Revival --
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New Structures of Jewish Education in Germany /
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A Vision Come True /
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Authors and Editors --
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Index --
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Names Index
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Issued also in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-11-060766-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-11-034994-9
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
DOI:
10.1515/9783110350159
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