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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811475403321

Titolo

Contemporary Jewries [[electronic resource] ] : convergence and divergence / / edited by Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Yosef Gorny, and Yaacov Roʼi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2003

ISBN

1-280-46720-7

9786610467204

1-4175-3896-1

90-474-0194-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (411 p.)

Collana

Jewish identities in a changing world ; ; v. 2

Altri autori (Persone)

Ben RafaelEliezer

GorniYosef

Ro'iYaacov

Disciplina

909/.04924083

Soggetti

Jews - Identity

Jewish diaspora

Judaism - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-380) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgement; Introduction; PART ONE GENERAL PERSPECTIVES; PART TWO ISRAELI JEWISHNESS; PART THREE AMERICAN JEWISHNESS; PART FOUR RUSSIAN JEWISHNESS; PART FIVE JEWISH IDENTITIES IN WESTERN EUROPE; PART SIX JEWISHNESS IN LATIN AMERICA; BY WAY OF EPILOGUE; Glossary; Bibliography; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This work aims to explore whether one can still speak, at the beginning of the 21st century, of one Jewish People encompassing all Jews in the world and based on shared principles of collective identity. It covers factors of convergence and divergence that characterize contemporary Jewries.