Umfang:
1 online resource (393 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789004201606
Serie:
Jewish Identities in a Changing World Ser. v.17
Inhalt:
In the context of unifying Europe, Jews of the Old Continent are re-thinking their role as ethno-cultural minority. European Jewry is developing a remarkable new assertiveness, but faces inner divisions and new anti-Semitism. This volume gives insight into controversial experiences and perspectives.
Inhalt:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- PART I THE JEWISH WORLD CONTEXT -- Jews in Europe: Demographic Trends, Contexts and Outlooks -- The European Jewish Diaspora: The Third Pillar of World Jewry? -- Cultural Pluralism as an American Zionist Option for Solidarity and its Relevance for Today's European Jewry -- PART II EUROPEAN JEWISH EXPERIENCES -- Between Eurasia and Europe: Jewish Community and Identities in Contemporary Russia and Ukraine -- A Dual, Divided Modernization. Reflections on 200 Years of the Jewish Reform Movement in Germany -- Ghosts of the Past, Challenges of the Present: New and Old "Others" in Contemporary Spain -- The Dialectics of the Diaspora. On the Art of Being Jewish in the Swedish Modernity -- Does European Jewry Need a New Ethnic Spiritual Umbrella? Reflections -- Farewell to Europe? On French Jewish Skepticism about the New Universalism -- The Return of the European Jewish Diaspora. New Ethno-National Constellations since 1989 -- Reading between the Lines. Assertion and Reassertion in European Jewish Life -- PART III ANTI-SEMITISM, ISRAEL AND JEWISH POLITICS -- Hate against the Others. About the Fatal Chain Creating Xenophobia and anti-Semitism -- "Anti-Semites of the Continent Unite!" Is the East still Different? -- Anti-Semitism or Judeophobia? The Intellectual Debate in France 2000-2005 -- From anti-Jewish Prejudice to Political anti-Semitism? On Dynamics of anti-Semitism in post-Communist Hungary -- A Mediterranean Bridge over Troubled Water. Cultural Ideas on How to Reconcile Israel with its Neighbours and with Europe -- The Future of European Jewry-A Changing Condition in a Changing Context? -- Epilogue -- Klal Yisrael Today: Unity and Diversity. Reflections on Europe and Latin America in a Globalized World -- Notes on the Contributors -- Bibliography -- Main Index -- Names Index -- List of Tables.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9789004201583
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004201583
Sprache:
Englisch
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