Being Jewish in 21st-Century Germany

book: Being Jewish in 21st-Century Germany

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2015

Being Jewish in 21st-Century Germany

Edited by: Olaf Glöckner and Haim Fireberg

Volume 16 in the series Europäisch-jüdische Studien – Beiträge

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110350159

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About this book

An unexpected immigration wave of Jews from the former Soviet Union mostly in the 1990s has stabilized and enlarged Jewish life in Germany. Jewish kindergartens and schools were opened, and Jewish museums, theaters, and festivals are attracting a wide audience. No doubt: Jews will continue to live in Germany. At the same time, Jewish life has undergone an impressing transformation in the second half of the 20th century – from rejection to acceptance, but not without disillusionments and heated debates. And while the ‘new Jews of Germany,’ 90 percent of them of Eastern European background, are already considered an important factor of the contemporary Jewish diaspora, they still grapple with the shadow of the Holocaust, with internal cultural clashes and with difficulties in shaping a new collective identity. What does it mean to live a Jewish life in present-day Germany? How are Jewish thoughts, feelings, and practices reflected in contemporary arts, literature, and movies? What will remain of the former German Jewish cultural heritage? Who are the new Jewish elites, and how successful is the fight against anti-Semitism? This volume offers some answers.

Contributions by Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Julia Bernstein, H. Julia Eksner, Michael Elm, Walter Homolka, Günther Jikeli, Zachary Johnston, Elke-Vera Kotowski, Hanni Mittelmann, Fania Oz-Salzberger, Julius H. Schoeps, Monika Schwarz-Friesel i.a.

Author / Editor information

Olaf Glöckner, Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum; Haim Fireberg, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Open Access Download PDF	v
Preface A Word from the Editors of this Volume Open Access Download PDF	1
Legacy, Trauma, New Beginning after ‘45 German Jewry Revisited
Jews in Divided Germany (1945–1990) and Beyond Scrutinized in Retrospect Michael Wolffsohn Open Access Download PDF	13
The Making of Holocaust Trauma in German Memory Some Reflection about Robert Thalheim’s Film And Along Come Tourists Michael Elm Open Access Download PDF	31
Saving the German-Jewish Legacy? On Jewish and Non-Jewish Attempts of Reconstructing a Lost World Julius H. Schoeps Open Access Download PDF	46
Migration as the Driving Factor of Jewish Revival in Re-Unified Germany
Germany’s Russian-speaking Jews Between Original, Present and Affective Homelands Eliezer Ben-Rafael Open Access Download PDF	63
Russian Food Stores and their Meaning for Jewish Migrants in Germany and Israel Honor and ‘Nostalgia ’ Julia Bernstein Open Access Download PDF	81
Moving from the Present via the Past to Look toward the Future Jewish Life in Germany Today Elke-Vera Kotowski Open Access Download PDF	103
Israelis and Germany A Personal Perspective Fania Oz-Salzberger Open Access Download PDF	117
Culture and Arts – Reflecting a New Jewish Presence
Reconceptualization of Jewish Identity as Reflected in Contemporary German-Jewish Humorist Literature Hanni Mittelmann Open Access Download PDF	131
Hava Nagila A Personal Reflection on the Reception of Jewish Music in Germany Karsten Troyke Open Access Download PDF	142
Aliyah Le Berlin A Documentary about the Next Chapter of Jewish Life in Berlin Zachary Johnston Open Access Download PDF	152
Ghosts of the Past, Challenges of the Present: Germany Facing Old-New Anti-Semitism
Educated Anti-Semitism in the Middle of German Society Empirical Findings Monika Schwarz-Friesel Open Access Download PDF	165
Anti-Semitism within the Extreme Right and Islamists’ Circles Günther Jikeli Open Access Download PDF	188
Thrice Tied Tales Germany, Israel, and German Muslim Youth H. Julia Eksner Open Access Download PDF	208
Towards New Shores: Jewish Education and the Religious Revival
New Structures of Jewish Education in Germany Olaf Glöckner Open Access Download PDF	231
A Vision Come True Abraham Geiger and the Training of Rabbis and Cantors for Europe Walter Homolka Open Access Download PDF	244
Authors and Editors Open Access Download PDF	251
Index Open Access Download PDF	254
Names Index Open Access Download PDF	257

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Scholars of Jewish studies, German history, and cultural studies.
Pages
- Front matter: 7
- Main content: 259
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 13
Keywords: jüdisches Leben in Deutschland; deutsch-jüdische Kultur; osteuropäische Einwanderer; ehemalige Sowjetunion; 21. Jahrhundert

eBook

Published: September 25, 2015
ISBN: 9783110350159

Hardcover

Published: September 11, 2015
ISBN: 9783110349948

Paperback

Published: June 11, 2018
ISBN: 9783110607666