None of the studies cited above address the impact of the pandemic on the UK Jewish community, possibly reflecting the view advanced by David Baddiel (2021) that ‘Jews don't count’. 7 While the Jewish experience of the virus appears to have little in
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A UK Psychologist's Reflections on the First Year of the COVID-19 Lockdown
Can We Talk about a Jewish Experience?
Nikki Scheiner
In European Judaism
- Published (Print):
- 01 Sep 2022
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 138–153 (16 total)
Jewish Community and Identity in Post-Communist Latvia
Bella Zisere
Popular public opinion concerning the Jewish community of Latvia is that it is an 'exemplary and well-organised community', which experienced a great revival and has functioned efficiently since Perestroika and particularly since the fall of the USSR. Nevertheless, this assertion can be countered by multiple phenomena, such as the dramatic decrease of the number of Latvian Jewish community members, the abrupt increase of inter-marriages, and the clear transformation of references to self-identification of Latvian Jewry. This article seeks to shed light on different spheres of the Jewish life in post-communist Latvia, in order to analyse the impact of the demise of the Soviet system on the Jewish community in this area.
In European Judaism
- Published (Print):
- 01 Sep 2005
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 82–98 (16 total)
Capitalism, Kinship, and Fraud
The Case of Bernie Madoff
Sherry B. Ortner
sons. But the affinity networks for the fraud went beyond kin, as Madoff (himself Jewish) famously worked a large part of his game through the broader Jewish community and swindled many Jewish individuals, foundations, charities, and educational
Introduction
Cornelia Wilhelm
During the night of 9 November 1938, the persecution of the Jewish communities in Germany reached a new level with the systematic and physical destruction of property, the elimination of intellectual and business leadership, and the demolition of
The Return of Liberal Judaism to Germany
Jan Mühlstein
Translator : Lea Muehlstein and Jonathan Magonet
In 2015 the Liberal Jewish community Beth Shalom Munich celebrated its twentieth anniversary alongside many other Liberal Jewish communities across Germany. With a delay of fifty years Liberal Judaism had returned to Germany, the country of
Moroccan Jews in Modern Times
Orientations and Reorientations
Norman A. Stillman
middle of the twentieth century, the largest single Jewry was that of Morocco – nearly 300,000 Jews by the mid twentieth century, more than twice that of any other Muslim country. It was also the largest single non-Ashkenazi Jewish community. Like so
Unleavened Bread and Kosher Wine
Identity Markers of the Jewish Community in Tunis under Protectorate? (1881–1956)
Nessim Znaien
The Tunisian historiography has regularly highlighted the “mosaic” aspect of the Tunisian colonial society ( Alexandropoulos and Cabanel 2000 ). The Jewish community was one of these communities. At the beginning of the Protectorate, about 15
In Anthropology of the Middle East
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2022
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 64–78 (15 total)
Wrestling with Tradition
Reconstructing Jewish Community through Negotiating Shared Purpose
Chantal Tetreault
personal experiences of Jewish identity, but also the discursive practices through which my largely academic congregation constructs and reconstructs Jewish community. Riffing off the well-known poem “Pot Roast” by secular Jewish poet Mark Strand as an
In Religion and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Sep 2021
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 178–190 (13 total)
Introduction
Hilary Pomeroy
sums up in the opening article. From pre-Islamic times until the present day, Stillman defines the position of Moroccan Jews in a country noted for the turbulence of its politics. Once the largest Jewish community in a Muslim land, reduced to a mere
What a Museum Cannot Bear Witness To
Bursa City Museum and the Representation of the Jewish Minority
Sercan Eklemezler
exclusion and forming a mutually constructive relationship that embraces all segments of society has been considered the most important criterion for successful museums ( Silier 2010 ). This study focuses on the Jewish community of Bursa, which has been