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An unexpected immigration wave of Jews from the former Soviet Union mostly in the 1990's has stabilized and enlarged Jewish life in Germany. Jewish kindergartens and schools were opened, and Jewish museums, theaters, and festivals are attracting a wide audience. No doubt: Jews will continue to live in Germany. At the same time, Jewish life has undergone an impressing transformation in the second half of the 20th century - from rejection to acceptance, but not without disillusionments and heated debates. And while the 'new Jews of Germany,' 90 percent of them of Eastern European background, are already considered an important factor of the contemporary Jewish diaspora, they still grapple with the shadow of the Holocaust, with internal cultural clashes and with difficulties in shaping a new collective identity. What does it mean to live a Jewish life in present-day Germany? How are Jewish thoughts, feelings, and practices reflected in contemporary arts, literature, and movies? What will remain of the former German Jewish cultural heritage? Who are the new Jewish elites, and how successful is the fight against anti-Semitism? This volume offers some answers.

Jews --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Semites --- Judaism --- History --- Social conditions --- Germany --- Ethnic relations

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In this volume, Langer, an expert on Jewish liturgy, provides an annotated description of the most important books and articles on topics ranging historically from the liturgy of the Second Temple period and the Dead Sea Scrolls to today

Judaism --- Judaïsme --- Liturgy --- Bibliography --- Liturgie --- Bibliographie --- 296*51 --- Jews --- Religions --- Semites --- Joodse liturgie --- Religion --- 296*51 Joodse liturgie --- Judaïsme --- Bibliography.

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Das deutsche Judentum erlebte in der Zeit zwischen 1870 bis 1933 eine besondere Phase kultureller Entwicklung und Vielfalt. Der Band gibt einen Einblick in die Biographien deutscher Juden und deren Rolle für die deutsche Gesellschaft in diesem Zeitraum. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf Preußen und der Region Berlin, wo die Verflechtungen und der Austausch von Juden und Nicht-Juden besonders intensiv und nachhaltig waren. Berlin wurde in dieser Zeit zu einer Drehscheibe von Emigration und Immigration; von hier gingen viele wichtige Impulse in alle Welt - vor allem die des Reformjudentums. Im Fokus der Beiträge stehen sowohl berühmte Namen als auch weniger bekannte, zum Teil vergessene Persönlichkeiten und Bewegungen, die Religion und Philosophie, Politik und Ökonomie, Wissenschaft und Forschung, Kultur und Gesellschaft des ausgehenden 19. und beginnenden 20. Jahrhunderts in Deutschland geprägt haben. Es geht um Annäherung und Abgrenzung, um Fragen von Identität, von Fremd- und Selbstzuschreibungen.

Jews --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Semites --- Judaism --- History --- 19th–20th Century. --- Berlin. --- German Judaism. --- Prussia.

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Warsaw was once home to the largest and most diverse Jewish community in the world. It was a center of rich varieties of Orthodox Judaism, Jewish Socialism, Diaspora Nationalism, Zionism, and Polonization. This volume is the first to reflect on the entire history of the Warsaw Jewish community, from its inception in the late 18th century to its emergence as a Jewish metropolis within a few generations, to its destruction during the German occupation and tentative re-emergence in the postwar period. The highly original contributions collected here investigate Warsaw Jewry’s religious and cultural life, press and publications, political life, and relations with the surrounding Polish society. This monumental volume is dedicated to Professor Antony Polonsky, chief historian of the new Warsaw Museum for the History of Polish Jews, on the occasion of his 75th birthday. This book is also available in paperback .

Jews --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Semites --- Judaism --- History. --- Social conditions. --- Economic conditions. --- Intellectual life. --- Warsaw (Poland) --- Ethnic relations.

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This book scrutinizes literary works based on Judaism, Jews and their descendants, written or printed by the Portuguese, from the forced conversion of Jews in 1497, until the ending of the distinction between New and Old Christians in 1773. It tries to understand what motivated this vast literary production, its different currents, and how they evolved. Additionally, it studies the image of New Christians and seeks the reasons for the perpetuation of this perception of Jewish descendants in the Early Modern Portuguese world. The Imaginary Synagogue seeks to identify which Jews and which ‘synagogue’ those authors constructed in their texts and their reasons for doing so, and offers conclusions on the self-affirmed Catholic importance of this literary current.

Portuguese literature --- Jews in literature. --- Judaism in literature. --- Antisemitism --- Jews --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Semites --- Judaism --- Anti-Jewish attitudes --- Anti-Semitism --- Ethnic relations --- Prejudices --- Philosemitism --- History and criticism. --- History. --- Civilization --- Influence.