Contemporary Jewries : convergence and divergence / edited by Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Yosef Gorny, and Yaacov Roi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ben Rafael, Eliezer.

Gorni, Yosef.

Ro'i, Yaacov.

Series:

Jewish identities in a changing world ; v. 2.

Jewish identities in a changing world ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Identity.

Jews.

Jewish diaspora.

Judaism--20th century.

Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (411 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work aims to explore whether one can still speak, at the beginning of the 21st century, of one Jewish People encompassing all Jews in the world and based on shared principles of collective identity. It covers factors of convergence and divergence that characterize contemporary Jewries.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgement; Introduction; PART ONE GENERAL PERSPECTIVES; PART TWO ISRAELI JEWISHNESS; PART THREE AMERICAN JEWISHNESS; PART FOUR RUSSIAN JEWISHNESS; PART FIVE JEWISH IDENTITIES IN WESTERN EUROPE; PART SIX JEWISHNESS IN LATIN AMERICA; BY WAY OF EPILOGUE; Glossary; Bibliography; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-380) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-46720-7

9786610467204

1-4175-3896-1

90-474-0194-8

OCLC:

614798447