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Agnostic
American Jews
Author_Ernest Krausz
Avi Chai Foundation
Category=JBSR
Collective Jewish Identity
Contemporary Jewish Identities
contemporary Jewish identity challenges
Contemporary Society
cultural assimilation
demographic trends
diaspora studies
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ethnic identity formation
Ethnic Identity Variables
Ethnic Re-identification
Hasidic Communities
Jewish Day School
Jewish Educational Practices
Jewish Humor
Jewish Identity
Jewish Identity Formation
Jewish Social Networks
Jewish Survival
Klal Yisrael
non-Jewish Partner
Religious Congregation
religious pluralism
sociological analysis
Soviet Jews
Synagogue Affiliation
Testament Names
Vice Versa
Yoreh Deah
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781138511262
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 29 Jan 2018
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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These essays address Jewish identity, Jewish survival, and Jewish continuity. The authors account for and analyze trends in Jewish identification and the reciprocal effects of the relationship between the Diaspora and Israel at the end of the twentieth century.Jewish identification in contemporary society is a complex phenomenon. Since the emancipation of Jews in Europe and the major historic events of the Holocaust and the establishment of the State of Israel, there have been substantial changes in the collective Jewish identity. As a result, Jewish identity and the Jewish process of identification had to confront the new realities of an open society, its economic globalization, and the impacts of cultural pluralism. The trends in Jewish identification are toward fewer and weaker points of attachment: fewer Jews who hold religious beliefs with such beliefs held less strongly; less religious ritual observance; attachment to Zionism and Israel becoming diluted; and ethnic communal bonds weakening. Jews are also more involved in the wider society in the Diaspora due to fewer barriers and less overt anti-Semitism. This opens up possibilities for cultural integration and assimilation. In Israel, too, there are signs of greater interest in the modern world culture. The major questions addressed by this volume is whether Jewish civilization will continue to provide the basic social framework and values that will lead Jews into the twenty-first century and ensure their survival as a specific social entity.The book contains special contributions by Professor Julius Gould and Professor Irving Louis Horowitz and chapters on "Sociological Analysis of Jewish Identity"; "Jewish Community Boundaries"; and "Factual Accounts from the Diaspora and Israel."
