Constructing and Experiencing Jewish Identity

• Other Authors: Blumenthal, Rachel (Editor), Herskowitz, Daniel M. (Editor), Mayerhofer, Kerstin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Brill 2022
• Subjects: Judaism: theology; 20. Jahrhundert; Historians; Historiker; Holocaust; Identität; Identität als Konstrukt; identity as construct; Jewishness; Judentum; twentieth century
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Classification is an inherent feature of all societies. The distinction between Jews and non-Jews has been a major theme of Western society for over two millennia. In the middle of the twentieth century, dire consequences were associated with being Jew ish. Even after the Shoah, the labelling of Jew...