Turning the Kaleidoscope : : Perspectives on European Jewry / / ed. by Ian Leveson, Sandra Lustig.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Bodemann, Y. Michal,; Dencik, Lars,; Dämmig, Lara,; Galchinsky, Michael,; Klapheck, Elisa,; Lawton, Clive A.,; Leveson, Ian,; Lustig, Sandra,; Pinto, Diana,; Rosenberg, Göran,
• HerausgeberIn: Leveson, Ian,; Lustig, Sandra,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2006]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (252 p.)

Far from being a blank space on the Jewish map, or a void in the Jewish cultural world, post-Shoah Europe is a place where Jewry has continued to develop, even though it is facing different challenges and opportunities than elsewhere. Living on a continent characterized by highly diverse patterns of culture, language, history, and relations to Jews, European Jewry mirrors that kaleidoscopic diversity. This volume explores such key questions as the new roles for Jews in Europe; models of Jewish community organization in Europe; concepts of diaspora and galut; a European-Jewish way of life in the era of globalization; and European Jews' relationship to Israel and to non-Jews. Some contributions highlight experiences of Jews in Britain, Sweden, Norway, Hungary, Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands. Helping us to understand the special and common characteristics of European Jewry, this collection offers a valuable contribution to the continued rebuilding of Jewish life in the postwar era.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Overarching Questions -- 1. A New Role for Jews in Europe: Challenges and Responsibilities -- 2. European Models of Community: Can Ambiguity Help? -- 3. Concepts of Diaspora and Galut -- 4. ‘Homo Zappiens’: A European-Jewish Way of Life in the Era of Globalisation -- 5. Israel and Diaspora: From Solution to Problem -- Part II: Inner-Jewish Concerns: Rebuilding and Continuity -- 6. Left Over – Living after the Shoah: (Re-)building Jewish Life in Europe. A Panel Discussion -- 7. Debora’s Disciples: AWomen’s Movement as an Expression of Renewing Jewish Life in Europe -- 8. A Jewish Cultural Renascence in Germany? -- Part III: The Jewish Space in Europe -- 9. The Jewish Space in Europe -- 10. Caught between Civil Society and the Cultural Market: Jewry and the Jewish Space in Europe. A Response to Diana Pinto -- 11. ‘The Germans Will Never Forgive the Jews for Auschwitz’. When Things Go Wrong in the Jewish Space: The Case of the Walser-Bubis Debate -- Notes on Contributors -- Index