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Coming Out Jewish
Like many Jews of our generation, Jon Stratton grew up in a family more concerned about assimilation than about preserving Jewish tradition. While he could easily 'pass' among non-Jews, he found himself increasingly torn between his fear of not belonging and a deeply-felt commitment to his family's past. Coming Out Jewish examines the unique challenge of constructing an identity amid the clash between ethnicity and conformity. For many Jews, the idea of full assimilation ended with the Holocaust. But the pressure to adapt to the mainstream, Stratton eloquently argues, remains powerful, especially for those with anglicized names, assimilationist parents, a history of recent immigration, or am...
The Economy in Jewish History
Jewish historiography tends to stress the religious, cultural, and political aspects of the past. By contrast the “economy” has been pushed to the margins of the Jewish discourse and scholarship since the end of the Second World War. This volume takes a fresh look at Jews and the economy, arguing that a broader, cultural approach is needed to understand the central importance of the economy. The very dynamics of economy and its ability to function depend on the ability of individuals to interact, and on the shared values and norms that are fostered within ethnic communities. Thus this volume sheds new light on the interrelationship between religion, ethnicity, culture, and the economy, revealing the potential of an “economic turn” in the study of history.
Anti-Heimat Cinema
Anti-Heimat Cinema: The Jewish Invention of the German Landscape studies an overlooked yet fundamental element of German popular culture in the twentieth century. In tracing Jewish filmmakers’ contemplations of “Heimat”—a provincial German landscape associated with belonging and authenticity—it analyzes their distinctive contribution to the German identity discourse between 1918 and 1968. In its emphasis on rootedness and homogeneity Heimat seemed to challenge the validity and significance of Jewish emancipation. Several acculturation-seeking Jewish artists and intellectuals, however, endeavored to conceive a notion of Heimat that would rather substantiate their belonging. This boo...
We Built Up Our Lives
Fearing an imminent Nazi invasion, the British government interned 28,000 men and women of enemy nationality living in Britain in the spring of 1940. Most were Jewish refugees who, having fled Nazi persecution, were appalled to find themselves imprisoned as potential Nazi spies. Using oral histories, unpublished letters and memoirs, artifacts and newspapers from the camps, and government documents, We Built Up Our Lives tells the compelling story of sixty-three of these internees. It is a seldom-told part of the history of World War II and the Holocaust and a classic tale of human courage and resilience. We Built Up Our Lives describes the survival mechanisms relied upon by the Jewish refuge...
Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism
Seventeen essays by scholars examining the links between anti-Semitism and attitudes toward Israel in the current political climate. How and why have anti-Zionism and antisemitism become so radical and widespread? This timely and important volume argues convincingly that today’s inflamed rhetoric exceeds the boundaries of legitimate criticism of the policies and actions of the state of Israel and conflates anti-Zionism with antisemitism. The contributors give the dynamics of this process full theoretical, political, legal, and educational treatment and demonstrate how these forces operate in formal and informal political spheres as well as domestic and transnational spaces. They offer significant historical and global perspectives of the problem, including how Holocaust memory and meaning have been reconfigured and how a singular and distinct project of delegitimization of the Jewish state and its people has solidified. This intensive but extraordinarily rich contribution to the study of antisemitism stands out for its comprehensive overview of an issue that is both historical and strikingly timely.
Shades of a Nation
Das Buch untersucht die Nationalisierung einer lokalen Bevölkerung an einer mitteleuropäischen Grenze in der Zwischenkriegszeit unter Einbeziehung eines weiten, vergleichenden Kontextes und vor dem Hintergrund der internationalen politischen und diplomatischen Beziehungen. Im Fokus steht ein Zeitraum von dreizehn Jahren zwischen 1921 (Volksabstimmung in Oberschlesien) und 1934 (Unterzeichnung des deutsch-polnischen Nichtangriffspaktes). Nach der Volksabstimmung wurde Oberschlesien zwischen Deutschland und Polen geteilt. Der Polen zugesprochene Teil durchlebte einen intensiven Nationalisierungsprozess, der »Polonisierung« genannt wurde. Die Studie konzentriert sich auf die Stadt Kattowitz...
Remaking Holocaust Memory
Since the late 1990s in Israel, third-generation Holocaust survivors have become the new custodians of cultural memory, and the documentary films they produce play a major role in shaping a societal consensus of commemoration. In Remaking Holocaust Memory, a pioneering analysis of third-generation Holocaust documentaries in Israel, Liat Steir-Livny, co-recipient of the 2019 Young Scholar Award given jointly by the Association of Israel Studies and the Israel Institute, investigates compelling films that have been screened in Israel, Europe, and the United States, appeared in numerous international film festivals, and won international awards, but have yet to receive significant academic atte...
Antisemitism
A bibliography compiled mainly from the holdings of the Jewish and National University Library in Jerusalem. Books and articles cited are from various disciplines--history, psychology, sociology, anthropology, literature, and art--and deal with four topics: the holocaust period, Soviet Jewry, anti-zionism, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. The listings are multilingual, containing works in European languages, (including Yiddish) and Hebrew. An English translation of the title is given for languages other than French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Volume 1 was reviewed in the February 1988 issue of Reference and Research Book News. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
