Return of the Jew : identity narratives of the third post-Holocaust generation of Jews in Poland /
A new, "unexpected" generation of Jews made an appearance in Poland following the fall of the communist regime. Once home to the greatest Jewish community in the world and then site of one of the biggest tragedies in Jewish history, today Poland is experiencing what some have called a &quo...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Polaco |
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Boston :
Academic Studies Press,
2013.
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Colección: | Jews of Poland.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | A new, "unexpected" generation of Jews made an appearance in Poland following the fall of the communist regime. Once home to the greatest Jewish community in the world and then site of one of the biggest tragedies in Jewish history, today Poland is experiencing what some have called a "renaissance of Jewish culture." Simultaneously, more and more Poles are discovering their Jewish roots and beginning to seek forms of Jewish affiliation. Can there be "authentic" Jewish life in Poland after fifty years of oppression? "Return of the Jew" offers the first in-depth study of the third post-Holocaust generation of Jews in Poland. It provides a revealing account of the experience of being or rather becoming Jewish vis-a-vis uniquely compelling circumstances |
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Notas: | "This book is the result of research carried out over a period of ten years. Most of the fieldwork was performed as part of my doctoral program at the Melton Centre for Jewish Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem"--Page 9 |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-242) and index. |
ISBN: | 1618112473 9781618112477 1618113089 9781618113085 9781618112460 1618112465 9781644690420 164469042X |