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Dynamic belonging : contemporary Jewish collective identities / edited by Harvey E. Goldberg, Steven M. Cohen, and Ezra Kopelowitz.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Berghahn Books, 2012Description: 1 online resource (v9, 268 0ages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780857452580
  • 0857452584
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dynamic belonging.DDC classification:
  • 305.892/4 23
LOC classification:
  • DS143 .D96 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Tables and Figures; Preface; Introduction -- Dynamic Jewish Identities: Insights from a Comparative View; Section I -- The Fluid Nature of Jewish Belonging; Chapter 1 -- Religion, Ethnic Identity, and the Sense of Belonging; Chapter 2 -- Conceptual and Pragmatic Aspects of Binarism: Examples from Israeli Society; Chapter 3 -- From Security to Insecurity: British Jewish Communal Leadership in the Context of Multiculturalism; Chapter 4 -- The Jewish Question Again: From Collective Identity to Social Vitality; Response to Section I -- Rethinking Categories and Challenging Futures.
Summary: World Jewry today is concentrated in the US and Israel, and while distinctive Judaic approaches and practices have evolved in each society, parallels also exist. This volume offers studies of substantive and creative aspects of Jewish belonging. While research in Israel on Judaism has stressed orthodox or "extreme" versions of religiosity, linked to institutional life and politics, moderate and less systematized expressions of Jewish belonging are overlooked. This volume explores the fluid and dynamic nature of identity building among Jews and the many issues that cut across different Jewish g.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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World Jewry today is concentrated in the US and Israel, and while distinctive Judaic approaches and practices have evolved in each society, parallels also exist. This volume offers studies of substantive and creative aspects of Jewish belonging. While research in Israel on Judaism has stressed orthodox or "extreme" versions of religiosity, linked to institutional life and politics, moderate and less systematized expressions of Jewish belonging are overlooked. This volume explores the fluid and dynamic nature of identity building among Jews and the many issues that cut across different Jewish g.

Tables and Figures; Preface; Introduction -- Dynamic Jewish Identities: Insights from a Comparative View; Section I -- The Fluid Nature of Jewish Belonging; Chapter 1 -- Religion, Ethnic Identity, and the Sense of Belonging; Chapter 2 -- Conceptual and Pragmatic Aspects of Binarism: Examples from Israeli Society; Chapter 3 -- From Security to Insecurity: British Jewish Communal Leadership in the Context of Multiculturalism; Chapter 4 -- The Jewish Question Again: From Collective Identity to Social Vitality; Response to Section I -- Rethinking Categories and Challenging Futures.

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