The New German Jewry and the European Context: The Return of the European Jewish Diaspora

by Y. Michal Bodemann

Book Overview

Among Jews in the Diaspora, recent years and especially recent months have seen a growing disenchantment with Israeli politics and with Israel's claim as the only legitimate basis for Jewish existence. At the same time, European Jews have begun to reassert their own traditions in contrast to both America and Israel. As the case of German Jewry makes clear, much of this return of Diaspora comes from the Jewish periphery: women, Russian Jewish immigrants,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023052107X
• ISBN13: 9780230521070
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"