2020/08/20 by Fayerberg, Ḥayim 1950-, Olaf Glöckner, Marcela Menachem Zoufalá · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Jewish Identity and Society
paper · doi:10.1515/9783110582369
openalex publication_date 2020/08/20 · openalex created_date 2021/10/11 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
Jewish life in Europe has undergone dramatic changes and transformations within the 20th century and also the last two decades. The phenomenon of the dual position of the Jewish minority in relation to the majority, not entirely unusual for Jewish Diaspora communities, manifested itself most distinctly on the European continent. This unique Jewish experience of the ambiguous position of insider and outsider may provide valuable views on contemporary European reality and identity crisis. The book focuses inter alia on the main common denominators of contemporary Jewish life in Central Europe, such as an intense confrontation with the heritage of the Holocaust and unrelenting antisemitism on the one hand and on the other hand, huge appreciation of traditional Jewish learning and culture by a considerable part of non-Jewish Europeans. The volume includes contributions on Jewish life in central European countries like Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, and Germany.