»Reforesting« Jews: The German State and the Construction of »New German Judaism«
This article argues that German post-unification state ideology entails a »return of Jews« and the »flourishing of Jewish life« as a means of readmission into the circle of civilized nations. Drawing on parliamentary debates about the migration of Jews from the former Soviet Union, it foregrounds th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2020]
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Jewish studies quarterly
Year: 2020, Volume: 27, Issue: 3, Pages: 199-224 |
| Further subjects: | B
Jewish renaissance
B Nation-building B politics of recognition B Jewish Spaces B Conversion |
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| Summary: | This article argues that German post-unification state ideology entails a »return of Jews« and the »flourishing of Jewish life« as a means of readmission into the circle of civilized nations. Drawing on parliamentary debates about the migration of Jews from the former Soviet Union, it foregrounds the state as a central player in revival politics and demonstrates how state-administered revival politics are oriented towards the reconstruction of German Jewry in the image of a substantially German, acculturated pre-war community. It contextualizes the recent establishment of rabbinical and confessional schools in a German state university within German revival politics and argues that the successful incorporation of Jews into the new German nation-building project indicates the neutralization of the past within institutional memory and minority politics. |
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| ISSN: | 1868-6788 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Jewish studies quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1628/jsq-2020-0015 |