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Classification is an inherent feature of all societies. The distinction between Jews and non-Jews has been a major theme of Western society for over two millennia. In the middle of the twentieth century, dire consequences were associated with being Jew ish. Even after the Shoah, the labelling of Jews as “other” continued. In this book, leading historians including Michael Brenner, Elisheva Carlebach and Michael Miller illuminate the meaning of Jewishness from pre-modern and early-modern times to the present day. Their studies offer new perspectives on constructing and experiencing Jewish identity.

Identity as construct. --- Jewishness. --- Religion. --- Religion, Primitive --- Atheism --- Irreligion --- Religions --- Theology --- Identity, Jewish --- Jewish identity --- Jewishness --- Jews --- Jewish law --- Jewish nationalism --- Ethnic identity --- Race identity --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Identity. --- Identity (Philosophical concept).

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The book aims to characterize twelve women who lived in Prague coming from different ethnic backgrounds, Czech Gentiles, German Gentiles, Czech Jews, and German Jews. The earliest is Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová in the late 18th century, the most recent Jiřina Šiklová (2014). Mostly on the hand of their own published but also unpublished writings, I want to deal with their lives, values, and the societies in which they lived.

Prague (Czech Republic) --- nationalism --- women's emancipation --- Jewishness --- relationships with men --- impact of German National Socialism --- Frauen --- Prag --- Tschechien

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Jewish identity is a perennial concern, as Jews seek to define the major features and status of those who "belong," while at the same time draw distinctions between individuals and groups on the "inside" and those on the "outside." From a variety of perspectives, scholarly as well as confessional, there is intense interest among non-Jewish and Jewish commentators alike in the basic question, "Who is a Jew?"This collection of articles draws diverse historical, cultural, and religious insights from scholars who represent a wide range of academic and theological disciplines. Some of the authors d

Jews --- Identity, Jewish --- Jewish identity --- Jewishness --- Jewish law --- Jewish nationalism --- Identity. --- Identity --- Ethnic identity --- Race identity --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Social groups: religious groups & communities

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This book consists of a range of essays covering the complex crises, tensions and dilemmas but also the positive potential in the meeting of Jews with Western culture. In numerous contexts and through the work of fascinating individuals and thinkers, the work examines some of the consequences of political, cultural and personal rupture, as well as the manifold ways in which various Jewish intellectuals, politicians (and occasionally spies!) sought to respond to these ruptures and carve out new, sometimes profound, sometimes fanciful, options of thought and action. It also delves critically into the attacks on liberal and Enlightenment humanism. In almost all the essays the fragility of things is palpably present and the book touches on some of the ironies, problematics and functions of responses to that condition. The work mirrors the author's ongoing fascination with the always fraught, fragile and creatively fecund confrontation of Jews (and others) with European modernity, its history, politics, culture and self-definition. In a time of increasing anxiety and feelings of fragility, this work may be helpful in understanding how people at an earlier (and sometimes contemporary) period sought to come to terms with a similar predicament.

Jews --- Identity, Jewish --- Jewish identity --- Jewishness --- Jewish law --- Jewish nationalism --- Identity. --- Ethnic identity --- Race identity --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Germans. --- Holocaust. --- Intellectuals. --- Jews.

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Threatened by the love of would-be friends as well as the hatred of long-established enemies, the Jewish people face a number of critical questions about the future. What matters more: the number of Jewish people, or the qualities of the Jewish soul? Does asking, "Is it good for the Jews?" diminish the more profound question, "Is it good?" Should the Torah be seen as the unchanging anchor of faith or as a starting place for continual reinvention? Does Judaism hold within it a universal and inclusive ethic?These questions take on more and more significance as Jewish neighborhoods cont

Jews --- Judaism. --- Civilization. --- Identity. --- Temes, Peter S., --- Identity, Jewish --- Jewish identity --- Jewishness --- Civilization, Jewish --- Jewish civilization --- Religion --- Ethnic identity --- Race identity --- Religions --- Semites --- Jewish law --- Jewish nationalism --- Civilization, Semitic --- Legal status, laws, etc.