| New Jewish Identities Contributor(s): Gitelman, Zvi (Editor), Kosmin, Barry (Author), Kovacs, Andras (Author) |
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ISBN: 9639241628 ISBN-13: 9789639241626 Publisher: Central European University Press OUR PRICE: $95.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2003 Annotation: A unique collection of essays that deal with the intriguing and complex problems connected to the question of Jewish identity in the contemporary world. Concerning the problem of identity formation, this book addresses very important issues: What is the content or meaning of Jewish identity? What has replaced religion in defining the content of Jewishness? How do people in different age groups construct their Jewish identity? In most cases, the authors have combined a variety of research methods: they drew samples or relied on the sample surveys of others; used personal interviews with respondents who are especially knowledgeable about their own Jewish communities, or based their research on participant observation of particular communities or communal institutions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Jewish Studies |
| Dewey: 909.049 |
| LCCN: 2003007635 |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.16" W x 9.4" (1.53 lbs) 388 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A unique collection of essays that deal with the intriguing and complex problems connected to the question of Jewish identity in the contemporary world. Based on a conference held in Budapest, Hungary in July 2001, it analyzes and compares how Jews conceive of their Jewishness. Do they see it in mostly religious, cultural or ethnic terms? What are the policy implications of these views and how have they been evolving? What do they portend for the future of world Jewry? The authors present new data from west European and post-Communist countries (Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Ukraine) and re-interpret data from other European countries as well as from Israel and the United States, making this a truly comprehensive, comparative and contemporary work. |