Confronting allosemitism in Europe : the case of Belgian Jews / by Eliezer Ben-Rafael.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ben Rafael, Eliezer, author.

Series:

Jewish identities in a changing world ; Volume 21.

Jewish Identities in a Changing World, 1570-7997 ; Volume 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antisemitism--Belgium--History--21st century.

Antisemitism.

Jews--Belgium--History--21st century.

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Only a few decades after the Holocaust, Belgian Jews, like most European Jewries, are under the attack of forces stemming from a variety of sources. How do they confront and stand these new hardships? Research done all over Europe from 2012 through 2013 tried to answer this question. Among the cases investigated, the Belgian Jewry is one of the most interesting. It is both versatile and representative, revealing essential components of the general experience of European Jews today. Conceptual considerations pave the way to the study of their plight that has been, by any criterion, anything but “usual\'. Belgian Jews, it appears, are “like” many other Jewries in Europe but “a little more”. They highlight the question: is allosemitism at all surmountable? This book is also available in paperback.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

1 A Sinuous History

2 Antisemitism and Allosemitism

3 Contemporary Perceptions and Attitudes of Europe’s Jews

4 Belgian Jews: A Long Story

5 The Belgian Sample

6 Social Features and Perceptions

7 Origins of Jewishness and Community

8 Religiosity and Antisemitism

9 Belgian Jewry Compared

10 Neo-Jewishness and Allosemitism

A Personal Afterword

Appendix

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-27406-5

OCLC:

879947711

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004274068 DOI