Being Jewish in 21st Century Central Europe

Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2020

Being Jewish in 21st Century Central Europe

Edited by: Haim Fireberg , Olaf Glöckner and Marcela Menachem Zoufalá

Volume 43 in the series Europäisch-jüdische Studien – Beiträge

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110582369

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About this book

Jewish life in Europe has undergone dramatic changes and transformations within the 20th century and also the last two decades. The phenomenon of the dual position of the Jewish minority in relation to the majority, not entirely unusual for Jewish Diaspora communities, manifested itself most distinctly on the European continent. This unique Jewish experience of the ambiguous position of insider and outsider may provide valuable views on contemporary European reality and identity crisis. The book focuses inter alia on the main common denominators of contemporary Jewish life in Central Europe, such as an intense confrontation with the heritage of the Holocaust and unrelenting antisemitism on the one hand and on the other hand, huge appreciation of traditional Jewish learning and culture by a considerable part of non-Jewish Europeans. The volume includes contributions on Jewish life in central European countries like Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, and Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Editors’ Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Section I: Contextualizing Jewish Life in the Midst of the “Old Continent”
The Quest for the “Authentic” Central Europe Raphael Vago Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Jewish Demography in the European Union – Virtuous and Vicious Paths Sergio DellaPergola Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Renewal or Regression? Jewish Self-Assertion and Re-Orientation in Twenty-first Century Central Europe Julius H. Schoeps Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
Section II: Breaks, Changes, and Continuities in Austria and Hungary
“Russians,” “Sephardi”, and “Israelis”: The Changing Structure of Austrian Jewry Vladimir Ze’ev Khanin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
Jewish Religious-Cultural Traditions and Identity Patterns in Post-Communist Hungary Ildikó Barna and András Kovács Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
The “Missing” and “Missed” Jews in Hungary Zsófia Kata Vincze Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Memories and Hopes: The Zionist Youth Movements and the Communist Regimes in Central Europe, 1944–1950 Avihu Ronen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Section III: Jewish Past and Present in the Czech Republic
Jews and Jewishness in Cinema and Literature: The Case of the Czech Republic Jiří Holý Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Ethno-religious Othering as a Reason Behind the Central European* Jewish Distancing from Israel Marcela Menachem Zoufalá Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Jews and Muslims in the Czech Republic – Demography, Communal Institutions, Mutual Relations Zbyněk Tarant Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Jewish-Roma Relations in the former Czechoslovakia: An Alliance Against Racism Michal Schuster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Section IV: An Ongoing Struggle with Judeophobia
Holocaust Denial as a Symptom of Unresolved European History Dina Porat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
The Antisemitic Paradox in Europe: Empirical Evidences and Jewish Perceptions. A Comparative Study Between the West and East Haim Fireberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Appendix: Memories, Reflections, and Prospects
What is Jewish about Contemporary Central European Jewish Culture? Konstanty Gebert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
Preserving Jewish Cemeteries as an Actual Challenge in Contemporary Poland Anna Chipczyńska Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
Holocaust Memorialization in Poland: A Case Study of Polin Museum Natalia Sineaeva-Pankowska Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
Thirty Years After. The Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow of the Czech Jewish Community Tomáš Kraus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
About the Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
Index of persons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Scholars (Jewish History; Sociology; Demography; Cultural Anthropology; Theory of Literature, Education, Media)
Pages
- Front matter: 17
- Main content: 331
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 19
- Coloured Illustrations: 3
- Tables: 17
Keywords: Judentum; Post-Holocaust-Ära; Ostmitteleuropa; Israel-Diaspora-Verhältnis

eBook

Published: September 7, 2020
ISBN: 9783110582369

Hardcover

Published: September 7, 2020
ISBN: 9783110579659

Paperback

Published: July 18, 2022
ISBN: 9783110991499