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

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 ortho...

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Other Authors: Goldberg, Harvey E. (Editor), Cohen, Steven Martin (Editor), Kopelowitz, Ezra (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2012.
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Table of 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.