Jewish Life in Austria and Germany Since 1945: Identity and Communal Reconstruction
Central European University Press, 2016
Cloth: 978-963-386-079-3 | eISBN: 978-963-386-240-7 (ePub) | eISBN: 978-963-386-080-9 (PDF)
Library of Congress Classification DS134.26.C84 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.8924043
Cloth: 978-963-386-079-3 | eISBN: 978-963-386-240-7 (ePub) | eISBN: 978-963-386-080-9 (PDF)
Library of Congress Classification DS134.26.C84 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.8924043
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Based on published primary and secondary materials and oral interviews with some eighty communal and organizational leaders, experts and scholars, this book provides a comparative account of the reconstruction of Jewish communal life in both Germany and in Austria (where 98% live in the capital, Vienna) after 1945. The author explains the process of reconstruction over the next six decades, and its results in each country. The monograph focuses on the variety of prevailing perceptions about topics such as: the state of Israel, one’s relationship to the country of residence, the Jewish religion, the aftermath of the Holocaust, and the influx of post-soviet immigrants. Cohen-Weisz examines the changes in Jewish group identity and its impact on the development of communities. The study analyzes the similarities and differences in regard to the political, social, institutional and identity developments within the two countries, and their changing attitudes and relationships with surrounding societies; it seeks to show the evolution of these two country’s Jewish communities in diverse national political circumstances and varying post-war governmental policies.
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