LEADER 05413oam 22006734a 450 001 9910798971503321 005 20170922081342.0 010 $a963-386-240-X 010 $a963-386-080-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000912766 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4809863 035 $a(OCoLC)961187680 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse53158 035 $a(DE-B1597)633446 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789633860809 035 $a(OCoLC)1338019119 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000912766 100 $a20150211d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aJewish life in Austria and Germany since 1945$eidentity and communal reconstructions /$fSusanne Cohen-Weisz 210 1$aNew York :$cCentral European University Press,$d2015. 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE, $d2016 210 4$dİ2015. 215 $a1 online resource (426 pages) $cillustrations, tables 300 $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 Vienna (representing 98% of Austrian Jewry) after 1945 as it developed over the next six decades, and explains the process of communal reconstruction, and its outcomes in the two countries. In particular, it focuses on the similarities and differences between the communities in regard to their political, social, institutional and identity developments, and their members' changing attitudes toward and relationship with the surrounding societies, and seeks to show how these developed in diverse national political circumstances and varying governmental policies. It will eventually prove that more influential than national politics were domestic Jewish development processes - especially changes in Jewish group identity, which shapes not only the Jewish community itself but also its view of the gentile world and its interaction with it at the national level. The comparative perspective is then broadened to reveal the key variables and their pattern of influence responsible for the developments of and within the European Jewry and European-Jewish organizations"--Provided by publisher. 311 $a963-386-079-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Tables and Figures -- $tPreface -- $tGlossary -- $tChapter 1 Introduction -- $tChapter 2 1945?1953 Two Parallel ?Communities? and the Short-Lived Revitalization of Jewish Life -- $tChapter 3 1953?1980 ?Sitting on Packed Suitcases? -- $tChapter 4 1980?2015 Settled and Flourishing Jewish Communities -- $tChapter 5 European-Jewish Identity and Cooperation: The Future Direction of Austrian and German Jewries? -- $tChapter 6 Conclusion -- $tAppendix -- $tReferences -- $tLaws, treaties, and rulings -- $tInterviews conducted by author -- $tIndex 330 $aBased on published primary and secondary materials and oral interviews with some eighty communal and organizational leaders, experts and scholars, this book provides a comparative account of the reconstruction of Jewish communal life in both Germany and in Austria (where 98% live in the capital, Vienna) after 1945. The author explains the process of reconstruction over the next six decades, and its results in each country. The monograph focuses on the variety of prevailing perceptions about topics such as: the state of Israel, one?s relationship to the country of residence, the Jewish religion, the aftermath of the Holocaust, and the influx of post-soviet immigrants. Cohen-Weisz examines the changes in Jewish group identity and its impact on the development of communities. The study analyzes the similarities and differences in regard to the political, social, institutional and identity developments within the two countries, and their changing attitudes and relationships with surrounding societies; it seeks to show the evolution of these two country?s Jewish communities in diverse national political circumstances and varying post-war governmental policies. 606 $aJews$zAustria$xIdentity$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aJews$zAustria$zVienna$xSocial conditions$y20th century 606 $aJews$zAustria$zVienna$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aJews$zGermany$xIdentity$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aJews$zGermany$xSocial conditions$y20th century 606 $aJews$zGermany$xHistory$y1990- 606 $aJews$zGermany$xHistory$y1945-1990 607 $aAustria$xEthnic relations 607 $aGermany$xEthnic relations 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $aAustria, Ethnic relations, Germany, Identity, Jewish studies, Jews, Minorities, Social conditions. 615 0$aJews$xIdentity$xHistory 615 0$aJews$xSocial conditions 615 0$aJews$xHistory 615 0$aJews$xIdentity$xHistory 615 0$aJews$xSocial conditions 615 0$aJews$xHistory 615 0$aJews$xHistory 676 $a305.892/4043 700 $aCohen-Weisz$b Susanne$01517994 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798971503321 996 $aJewish life in Austria and Germany since 1945$93755304 997 $aUNINA