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The New German Jewry and the European Context: The Return of the European Jewish Diaspora

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Among Jews in the Diaspora, recent years and especially recent months have seen a growing disenchantment with Israeli politics and with Israel's claim as the only legitimate basis for Jewish existence. At the same time, European Jews have begun to reassert their own traditions in contrast to both America and Israel. As the case of German Jewry makes clear, much of this return of Diaspora comes from the Jewish periphery: women, Russian Jewish immigrants, Jews not recognised by Jewish law and Gays and Lesbians. But German Jews are also facing the involvement of non-Jewish Germans in Jewish culture, as both a boost and as an irritant. Ten internationally distinguished scholars are addressing these and other issues.

Language: English

Pages: 288

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Release: August 15, 2008

ISBN: 023052107X

ISBN 13: 9780230521070

The New German Jewry and the European Context: The Return of the European Jewish Diaspora

4/5 ( ratings)

Among Jews in the Diaspora, recent years and especially recent months have seen a growing disenchantment with Israeli politics and with Israel's claim as the only legitimate basis for Jewish existence. At the same time, European Jews have begun to reassert their own traditions in contrast to both America and Israel. As the case of German Jewry makes clear, much of this return of Diaspora comes from the Jewish periphery: women, Russian Jewish immigrants, Jews not recognised by Jewish law and Gays and Lesbians. But German Jews are also facing the involvement of non-Jewish Germans in Jewish culture, as both a boost and as an irritant. Ten internationally distinguished scholars are addressing these and other issues.

Language: English

Pages: 288

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Release: August 15, 2008

ISBN: 023052107X

ISBN 13: 9780230521070

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