Being Jewish in 21st-century Germany / editors, Haim Fireberg, Olaf Glöckner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fireberg, Haim

Contributor:

Fireberg, Haim, editor.

Glöckner, Olaf, editor.

Series:

Europäisch-jüdische Studien. Beiträge ; 16.

Europäisch-judische Studien. Beiträge, 2192-9602 ; Volume 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Germany--History--21st century--Congresses.

Jews.

Jews--Germany--Social conditions--21st century--Congresses.

Germany--Ethnic relations--Congresses.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Other Title:

Being Jewish in twenty-first century Germany

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Olaf Glöckner, Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum; Haim Fireberg, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Summary:

An unexpected immigration wave of Jews from the former Soviet Union mostly in the 1990's has stabilized and enlarged Jewish life in Germany. Jewish kindergartens and schools were opened, and Jewish museums, theaters, and festivals are attracting a wide audience. No doubt: Jews will continue to live in Germany. At the same time, Jewish life has undergone an impressing transformation in the second half of the 20th century - from rejection to acceptance, but not without disillusionments and heated debates. And while the 'new Jews of Germany,' 90 percent of them of Eastern European background, are already considered an important factor of the contemporary Jewish diaspora, they still grapple with the shadow of the Holocaust, with internal cultural clashes and with difficulties in shaping a new collective identity. What does it mean to live a Jewish life in present-day Germany? How are Jewish thoughts, feelings, and practices reflected in contemporary arts, literature, and movies? What will remain of the former German Jewish cultural heritage? Who are the new Jewish elites, and how successful is the fight against anti-Semitism? This volume offers some answers.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

Preface

Legacy, Trauma, New Beginning after '45 German Jewry Revisited

Jews in Divided Germany (1945-1990) and Beyond / Wolffsohn, Michael

The Making of Holocaust Trauma in German Memory / Elm, Michael

Saving the German-Jewish Legacy? / Schoeps, Julius H.

Migration as the Driving Factor of Jewish Revival in Re-Unified Germany

Germany's Russian-speaking Jews / Ben-Rafael, Eliezer

Russian Food Stores and their Meaning for Jewish Migrants in Germany and Israel / Bernstein, Julia

Moving from the Present via the Past to Look toward the Future / Kotowski, Elke-Vera

Israelis and Germany / Oz-Salzberger, Fania

Culture and Arts - Reflecting a New Jewish Presence

Reconceptualization of Jewish Identity as Reflected in Contemporary German-Jewish Humorist Literature / Mittelmann, Hanni

Hava Nagila / Troyke, Karsten

Aliyah Le Berlin / Johnston, Zachary

Ghosts of the Past, Challenges of the Present: Germany Facing Old-New Anti-Semitism

Educated Anti-Semitism in the Middle of German Society / Schwarz-Friesel, Monika

Anti-Semitism within the Extreme Right and Islamists' Circles / Jikeli, Günther

Thrice Tied Tales / Eksner, H. Julia

Towards New Shores: Jewish Education and the Religious Revival

New Structures of Jewish Education in Germany / Glöckner, Olaf

A Vision Come True / Homolka, Walter

Authors and Editors

Index

Names Index

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

9783110350159

3110350157

9783110395747

3110395746

OCLC:

979745787