New Jewish identities : contemporary Europe and beyond / edited by Zvi Gitelman, Barry Kosmin, Andras Kovacs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gitelman, Zvi Y.

Kosmin, Barry A. (Barry Alexander)

Kovács, András.

ProQuest (Firm)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Identity.

Jews.

Jewish diaspora.

Judaism--20th century.

Judaism.

Physical Description:

xv, 365 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A unique collection of essays that deal with the intriguing and complex problems connected to the question of Jewish identity in the contemporary world. Based on a conference held in Budapest, Hungary in July 2001, it analyzes and compares how Jews conceive of their Jewishness. Do they see it in mostly religious, cultural or ethnic terms? What are the policy implications of these views and how have they been evolving? What do they portend for the future of world Jewry? The authors present new data from west European and post-Communist countries (Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Ukraine) and re-interpret data from other European countries as well as from Israel and the United States, making this a truly comprehensive, comparative and contemporary work.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Contributors

List of Tables and Appendices

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Social Identity in British and South African Jewry

2. Religious Identity in the Social and Political Arena: An Examination of the Attitudes of Orthodox and Progressive Jews in the UK

3. Changing Patterns of Jewish Identity among British Jews

4. A Typological Approach to French Jewry

5. “Jewishness” in Postmodernity:The Case of Sweden

6. Becoming Jewish in Russia and Ukraine

7. The Jewish Press and Jewish Identity: Leningrad/St. Petersburg, 1989–1992

8. Patterns of Jewish Identity in Moldova: The Behavioral Dimension

9. Jewish Identity and the Orthodox Church in Late Soviet Russia

10. Looking Out for One’s Own Identity: Central Asian Jews in the Wake of Communism

11. Jewish Groups and Identity Strategies in Post-Communist Hungary

12. Particularizing the Universal: New Polish Jewish Identities and a New Framework of Analysis

13. Polish Jewish Institutions in Transition: Personalities over Process

14. Jewish Identity in the United States and Israel

15. Notes Towards the Definition of “Jewish Culture” in Contemporary Europe

16. Jewish Identity in Transition:Transformation or Attenuation?

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-003-72104-4

615-5211-13-2

1-281-37685-X

9786611376857

0-585-49190-9

9781003721048

OCLC:

922997910