The new German Jewry and the European context : the return of the European Jewish diaspora

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The new German Jewry and the European context : the return of the European Jewish diaspora

edited by Y. Michal Bodemann

(New perspectives in German studies)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

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"This volume traces its origins to a conference held in Toronto in late February 2005" -- Introd

Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-193) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Departing from the recent critical literature on the emergence of a new German Jewry, this volume proposes a new perspective on the post-1980s phenomenon of re-emerging Jewish culture in Germany as a case study for wider developments in Europe and the international context.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction: The Return of the European Jewish Diaspora
  • Y.M.Bodemann PART I: A EUROPEAN JEWISH SPACE? Can One Reconcile the Jewish World and Europe?
  • D.Pinto Residues of Empire: The Paradigmatic Meaning of Jewish Trans-Territorial Experience for an Integrated European History
  • D.Diner PART II: THE NEW DIASPORIC FIELD Can the Experience of Diaspora Judaism Serve as a Model for Islam in Today's Multicultural Europe?
  • S.Gilman Learning Diaspora: German Turks and the Jewish Narrative
  • Y.M.Bodemann & G.Yurdakul PART III: GERMAN-JEWISH LIMINALITIES Jewish Studies or Gentile Studies? A Discipline in Search of its Subject
  • L.Weissberg How Jewish is it? W.G. Sebald and the Question of "Jewish" Writing in Germany Today: L.Morris PART IV: RUSSIAN SPEAKING JEWS AND TRANSNATIONALISM Homo Sovieticus in Disneyland: The Jewish Communities in Germany Today
  • J.Kessler Fifteen Years of Russian-Jewish Immigration to Germany: Successes and Setbacks
  • J.H.Schoeps & O.Glockner In the Ethnic Twilight: The Paths of Russian Jews in Germany
  • Y.M.Bodemann & O.Bagno Afterword
  • J.M.Peck

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