The Routledge Handbook of Judaism in the 21st Century

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The Routledge Handbook of Judaism in the 21st Century is a cutting-edge volume that addresses central questions and issues animating Judaism, Jewish identity, and Jewish society in a global, integrated, and forward-looking way. It introduces readers to the complexity of Judaism as it has developed and continues to develop throughout the 21st century through the prism of three contemporary sets of issues: identities and geographies; structures and power; and knowledge and performances. Within these sections, international contributors examine central issues, topics, and debates, including: individual and collective identity; globalization and localization; Jewish demography; diversity, denominations, and pluralism; interreligious relations; political orientations; community organization; family and gender; the Bible and Talmud today; Jewish philosophy and authority in Jewish thought; digital Judaism; antisemitism; Jewish spirituality and rituals; memory; language; religious education; material culture, literature, music, and art; approaches to the environment; and contemporary Zionism and Israel. The handbook also includes an extensive bibliography to help orient readers to the most important and leading work in the field. The Routledge Handbook of Judaism in the 21st Century is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies and Jewish studies. It will also be useful for those in related fields, such as cultural studies, literature, sociology, anthropology, and history, as well as Jewish professionals and lay leaders. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Identities and Geographies 1 Who Is a Jew in the 21st Century? The Fractalization of Jewish Identity 2 The Polarizing Politics of Peoplehood: Judaism and Collective Identity in the 21st Century 3 The Future of Jewish Demography 4 Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Israeli Society 5 Hebrew and Jewish Diaspora Languages 6 We Are All Jews: The Jewish Other and the Other as Jew in Sartre, Levinas, and Blanchot Part II: Structures and Power 7 Powerful and Powerless: Jews, Government, and Race in Contemporary America 8 Israel: Internal, Regional, and International Issues and Challenges 9 Memory, Memorialization, and the Shoah after “the End of History” 10 The Institutionalization of American Jewry 11 Economics and American Judaism in the 21st Century 12 Transmuted Chosenness: “The Jewish Family” as Functional Religion in the US 13 Gender Matters: Intermarried Jewish Men, Identity, and Parenting in an Age of Pluralism 14 As If Forced by a Demon: Traditional Orthodox and Sexual Modesty Codes and Modern Times Part III: Knowledge and Performance 15 The Bible in the 21st Century 16 The Talmud Today 17 Twenty-First-Century Rituals and Customs 18 A Digital Revolution? Jewish Sacred Literature in the 21st Century 19 Twenty-First-Century Jewish Canons 20 God, Covenant, and Authority 21 New Horizons of Revelation on the Axis of 21st-Century Jewish Theology 22 Jewish Life and Planet Earth in the 21st Century 23 The Sounds of 21st-Century Judaism 24 Jewish Literature and Jews and Literature 25 Looking Jewish in Century 21 Bibliography Index