New Jews : the end of the Jewish diaspora / Caryn Aviv and David Shneer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aviv, Caryn, 1969-

Contributor:

Shneer, David, 1972-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Identity.

Jews.

Jews--Cultural assimilation.

Social integration.

Jewish diaspora.

Israel and the diaspora.

Physical Description:

xvi, 215 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2005]

Summary:

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 diaspora; wandering no more, today's Jews are settled.

In this wide-ranging book, the authors take us around the world, to Moscow, Jerusalem, New York, and Los Angeles, among other places, and find vibrant, dynamic Jewish communities where Jewish identy is increasingly flexible and inclusive. New Jews offers a compelling portrait of Jewish life today.

Contents:

Introduction : from diaspora Jews to new Jews

Let my people stay : Moscow's Jews after the exodus

Encounters with ghosts : youth tourism and the diaspora business

Temples of American identity : Jewish museums in Los Angeles

Castro, Chelsea, and Tel Aviv : queer Jews at home

Our kind of town : New York is the center of the Jewish universe

Epilogue : the end of the Jews.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-199) and index.

ISBN:

0814740170

0814740189

OCLC:

60321977

Publisher Number:

9780814740170

9780814740187