Overview
- This volume is unique in its global perspective in examining Jewish identity, Israel-diaspora relations
- Brings together interrelated topics as well as global scholarly perspectives from Israel
- Contextualizes connections between Israel and the diaspora in distinctive ways
Part of the book series: Studies of Jews in Society (SOJS, volume 3)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Israel and the Jewish Diaspora
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Front Matter
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Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism
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Back Matter
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About this book
The text covers world Jewry in general, and each of the diaspora and Israeli Jewries more specifically in the context of mutual responsibility, but also focuses on areas of tension concerning values and political matters. The challenges of antisemitism, racism, and nationalism are explored in terms of the relationship of the Jewish diasporas to their host countries. This text also covers antisemitism, which may take the form of traditional antisemitism or of the new antisemitism in the era of anti-Israel activity related to the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. The latter movement is especially prevalent on university campuses and has an impact on students, faculty, and staff. This volume is unique in its international perspective in examining issues of Jewish identity, Israel-diaspora relations, and antisemitism and will appeal to students and researchers working in the field.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Carl S. Ehrlich (Ph.D. Harvard University) is Professor of Hebrew Bible in the Departments of History and Humanities, and Director of the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies at York University in Toronto. Among his areas of interest are synchronic, diachronic, and contextual approaches to the biblical text and Israelite civilization. His recent publications include the (co-)edited collections From an Antique Land: An Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern Literature (2009) and Purity, Holiness, and Identity in Judaism and Christianity: Essays in Memory of Susan Haber (2013). Current projects include a cultural history of Moses and a commentary on Chronicles.
Uzi Rebhun (Ph.D. Hebrew University) is Professor and Head, Division of Jewish Demography and Statistics, at the A. Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He holds the Shlomo Argov Chair in Israel-Diaspora Relations. His areas of interest are Jewish migration, Jewish identification, the Jewish family, Israel-Diaspora relations. His most recent book (Jews and the American Religious Landscape) was published in 2016 by Columbia University Press.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Israel and the Diaspora: Jewish Connectivity in a Changing World
Editors: Robert A. Kenedy, Uzi Rebhun, Carl S. Ehrlich
Series Title: Studies of Jews in Society
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80872-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-80871-6Published: 04 May 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-80874-7Published: 04 May 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-80872-3Published: 03 May 2022
Series ISSN: 2524-4302
Series E-ISSN: 2524-4310
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 260
Number of Illustrations: 39 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: Jewish Cultural Studies, Diaspora, Religion and Society, Sociology of Religion