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Identities in an Era of Globalization and Multiculturalism: Latin America in the Jewish World

By Judit Bokser Liwerant (editor) , Professor of Sociology Eliezer Ben-Rafael (editor) , Professor Yosef Gorny (editor) , Raanan Rein (editor)

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Publisher
BRILL
Year
2008
ISBN
9004154426, 9789004154421
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2207316 bytes)
Pages
446\460
Time added
2022-05-03 21:51:14

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This volume offers a multidimensional and interdisciplinary exploration of contemporary Jewish identities amidst globalization processes, with special emphasis on Latin American socio-political, communal, and cultural milieu. Stretching from political science to sociology, from art to cultural studies, it provides systematic tools for understanding different aspects of the Jewish experience. List of Contributors Introduction SECTION I KLAL YISRAEL IN THE CONTEMPORARY ERA Between Center and Centrality: The Zionist Perception of Klal Yisrael (Yosef Gorny) Contemporary Threats to Klal Yisrael (Eliezer Ben-Rafael) Jewish Autonomy and Dependency: Latin America in Global Perspective (Sergio DellaPergola) Latin American Jewish Identities: Past and Present Challenges. The Mexican Case in a Comparative Perspective (Judit Bokser Liwerant) SECTION II THE JEWS IN LATIN AMERICA Waning Essentialism: Latin American Jewish Studies in Israel (Raanan Rein) Klal Yisrael at the Frontiers: The Transnational Jewish Experience in Argentina (Leonardo Senkman) Brazilian Non-Anti-Semite Sociability and Jewish Identity (Bernardo Sorj) Jews, Blacks, and the Ambiguities of Multiculturalism in Brazil (Mónica Grin) Jewish Communal Life in Argentina and Brazil at the End of The 20th Century and the Beginning of the 21st: A Sociological Perspective (Yossi Goldstein) Revolution, Ethnicity, and Religions in Cuba: Similarities, Differences, and Dichotomies in the Case of the Jews (Maritza Corrales Capestany) SECTION III LATIN AMERICAN JEWISH CULTURE Crypto-Judaism in Mexico: Past and Present (Alicia Gojman de Backal) The Literary Construction of Jewish Identity in Chile: A Cartography of Recent Memories (Gilda Waldman) In the Name of the Father: Identity and Family Memory in Andrés Rivera and Mauricio Rosencof (Florinda F. Goldberg) A Mosaic of Fragmented Identities: The Sephardim in Latin America (Margalit Bejarano) The Sephardic Diaspora Revisited: Dr. Ángel Pulido Fernández (1852–1932) and His Campaign (Alisa Meyuhas Ginio) Latin American Israelis: The Collective Identity of an Invisible Community (Luis Roniger and Deby Babis) SECTION IV JEWS, SOCIETY, AND STATEHOOD: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES The Cultural Pluralism Perspective of North American Jewry During the Holocaust (Ofer Shiff) North American Jews in the New Millennium (Jonathan D. Sarna) Jewish Identity and Anti-Semitism (Michel Wieviorka) Jews, Nationality, and Judaism: The Case of Ha-rishon le-Zion, Rabbi Meir Ben Zion Hai Uziel (Shalom Ratzabi) Different Concepts of a Jewish Democratic State (Benyamin Neuberger) Glossary Bibliography Main Index Names Index

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