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Jewish life in Austria and Germany since 1945 : identity and communal reconstructions
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Based on published primary and secondary materials and oral interviews with some eighty communal and organizational leaders, experts and scholars, this book both provides a comparative systematic a...
Based on published primary and secondary materials and oral interviews with some eighty communal and organizational leaders, experts and scholars, this book both provides a comparative systematic account of the reconstruction of Jewish communal life in Germany and in Austria (where 98% live in the capital, Vienna) after 1945. The author explains the process of communal reconstruction over the next six decades, and its outcomes in the two countries. The monograph focuses on the variety of prevailing perceptions about the state of Israel, the relationship to the country of residence, the Jewish.
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- English
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- Budapest : Central European University Press, 2016
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- 1 online resource (426 pages)
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- 9789633860809, 9633860806, 9789633860793
- OCLC
- ocn973836647
- Cover ; Title page ; Copyright page ; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Glossary; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Identity, Group Identity, and Jewish Group Identity Theory; 1.3 On Anti-Semitism; 1.4 Methodology; Comparative Analysis; Sources; Chapter 2 1945-1953 Å"Two Parallel "Communities" and the Short-Lived Revitalization of Jewish Life; 2.1 Communal organization; Organizational framework; Communal leadership; 2.2 Demography; 2.3 Jewish Group Identity; Variations of Jewish group identity; The Shoah in Jewish group identity
- The State of Israel in Jewish group identityAustrian, respectively German, elementsin Jewish group identity; 2.4 Communal Reconstruction; Institutional developments; Communal unity; 2.5 External Communal Representation; 2.6 Austrian and German Politics and Attitudes toward Jewry; Chapter 3 1953-1980 Å""Sitting on Packed Suitcases"; 3.1 Communal Organization; Organizational framework; Communal leadership; 3.2 Demography; 3.3 Jewish Group Identity; Variations in Jewish group identity; The Shoah in Jewish group identity; The State of Israel in Jewish group identity
- Austrian, respectively German, elements in Jewish group identity3.4 Communal Reconstruction; Institutional developments; Communal unity; 3.5 External Communal Representation; 3.6 Austrian and German Politics and Attitudes toward Jewry; chapter 4 1980-2015 Å"Settled and Flourishing Jewish Communities; 4.1 Communal Organization; Organizational framework; Communal leadership; 4.2 Demography; 4.3 Jewish Group Identity; Variations in Jewish group identity; The Shoah in Jewish group identity; The State of Israel in Jewish group identity
- Austrian, respectively German, elements in Jewish group identity4.4 Communal Reconstruction; Institutional developments; Communal unity; Organizational framework and communal unity; 4.5 External Communal Representation; 4.6 Austrian and German Politics and Attitudes toward Jewry; 4.7 Conclusion; chapter 5 European-Jewish Identity and Cooperation: The Future Direction of Austrian and German Jewries?; 5.1 European Identity; 5.2 European-Jewish Identity; 5.3 European Jewish Cooperation; 5.4 Conclusion; chapter 6 Conclusion; Appendix; References; Laws, treaties, and rulings
- Interviews conducted by authorIndex; Back cover
Subjects
- Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1945-1990.
- Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1990-
- Jews -- Germany -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
- Jews -- Germany -- Identity -- History -- 20th century.
- Jews -- Austria -- Vienna -- History -- 20th century.
- Jews -- Austria -- Vienna -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
- Jews -- Austria -- Identity -- History -- 20th century.
- Germany -- Ethnic relations.
- Austria -- Ethnic relations.