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oapen-20.500.12657-282652023-02-01T09:01:20Z Being Jewish in 21st-Century Germany Glöckner, Olaf Fireberg, Haim Jewish Studies bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSR Religious groups: social & cultural aspects::JFSR1 Jewish studies 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 wi 2018-10-17 23:55 2020-03-21 03:00:28 2020-04-01T12:19:32Z 2020-04-01T12:19:32Z 2015-09-25 book 1001712 OCN: 923336826 9783110395747 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/28265 eng Europäisch-jüdische Studien – Beiträge application/pdf n/a 1001712.pdf De Gruyter Oldenbourg 103582 8b3e1882-2010-4cab-ab60-51513f0a51f0 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9783110395747 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 103582 Kollektion FID Jüdische Studien / Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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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 wi
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