Being Jewish in the new Germany / Jeffrey M. Peck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peck, Jeffrey M., 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Germany--History--1945-1990.

Jews.

Jews--Germany--Identity.

Germany--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

Germany.

Germany--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Germany today boasts the fastest growing population of Jews in Europe. The streets of Berlin abound with signs of a revival of Jewish culture, ranging from bagel shops to the sight of worshipers leaving synagogue on Saturday. With the new energy infused by Jewish immigration from Russia and changes in immigration and naturalization laws in general, Jeffrey M. Peck argues that we must now begin considering how Jews live in Germany rather than merely asking why they would choose to do so. In Being Jewish in the New Germany, Peck explores the diversity of contemporary Jewish life and the complex struggles within the community-and among Germans in general-over history, responsibility, culture, and identity. He provides a glimpse of an emerging, if conflicted, multicultural country and examines how the development of the European Community, globalization, and the post-9/11 political climate play out in this context. With sensitive, yet critical, insight into the nation's political and social life, chapters explore issues such as the shifting ethnic/national makeup of the population, changes in political leadership, and the renaissance of Jewish art and literature. Peck also explores new forms of anti-Semitism and relations between Jews and Turks-the country's other prominent minority population. In this surprising description of the rebirth of a community, Peck argues that there is, indeed, a vibrant and significant future for Jews in Germany. Written in clear and compelling language, this book will be of interest to the general public and scholars alike.

Contents:

A new Jewish life in Germany : from "why" to "how"

Shadows of the Holocaust in Germany and the United States

Russian immigration and the revitalization of German Jewry

Representing Jews in Germany today

Jews and Turks : discourses of the "other"

Creating a continental identity : Jews, Germans, Europe and the "new" anti-semitism

The United States and Israel : super-powering German Jewish identities

Toward a new German Jewish diaspora in an age of globalization.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-197) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-94714-4

9786610947140

0-8135-3935-8

0-8135-3936-6

OCLC:

71845725