Return of the Jew
Reszke, Katka
Return of the Jew Identity Narratives of the Third Post-Holocaust Generation of Jews in Poland / Katka Reszke. - 1 online resource (259 p.)
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A new, “unexpectedâ€_x009d_ generation of Jews made an appearance in Poland following the fall of the communist regime. Once home to the greatest Jewish community in the world and then site of one of the biggest tragedies in Jewish history, today Poland is experiencing what some have called a “renaissance of Jewish culture.â€_x009d_ Simultaneously, more and more Poles are discovering their Jewish roots and beginning to seek forms of Jewish affiliation. Can there be “authenticâ€_x009d_ Jewish life in Poland after fifty years of oppression? "Return of the Jew" offers the first in-depth study of the third post-Holocaust generation of Jews in Poland. It provides a revealing account of the experience of being or rather becoming Jewish vis-a-vis uniquely compelling circumstances.
9781644690420
Social Science / Jewish Studies
Social sciences
Electronic books.
Return of the Jew Identity Narratives of the Third Post-Holocaust Generation of Jews in Poland / Katka Reszke. - 1 online resource (259 p.)
Access copy available to the general public.
A new, “unexpectedâ€_x009d_ generation of Jews made an appearance in Poland following the fall of the communist regime. Once home to the greatest Jewish community in the world and then site of one of the biggest tragedies in Jewish history, today Poland is experiencing what some have called a “renaissance of Jewish culture.â€_x009d_ Simultaneously, more and more Poles are discovering their Jewish roots and beginning to seek forms of Jewish affiliation. Can there be “authenticâ€_x009d_ Jewish life in Poland after fifty years of oppression? "Return of the Jew" offers the first in-depth study of the third post-Holocaust generation of Jews in Poland. It provides a revealing account of the experience of being or rather becoming Jewish vis-a-vis uniquely compelling circumstances.
9781644690420
Social Science / Jewish Studies
Social sciences
Electronic books.