Format:
Online-Ressource (xvi, 214 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0814740189
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0814740170
Content:
For many contemporary Jews, Israel no longer serves as the Promised Land, the center of the Jewish universe and the place of final destination. In New Jews, Caryn Aviv and David Shneer provocatively argue that there is a new generation of Jews who don't consider themselves to be eternally wandering, forever outsiders within their communities and seeking to one day find their homeland. Instead, these New Jews are at home, whether it be in Buenos Aires, San Francisco or Berlin, and are rooted within communities of their own choosing. Aviv and Shneer argue that Jews have come to the end of their
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-199) and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: From Diaspora Jews to New Jews ; 1 Let My People Stay: Moscow's Jews after the Exodus; 2 Encounters with Ghosts: Youth Tourism and the Diaspora Business ; 3 Temples of American Identity: Jewish Museums in Los Angeles; 4 Castro, Chelsea, and Tel Aviv: Queer Jews at Home; 5 Our Kind of Town: New York Is a Centerof the Jewish Universe; Epilogue: The End of the Jews; Notes; Index; About the Authors
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780814740170
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe New Jews : The End of the Jewish Diaspora
Language:
English
