Haunting images: stereotypes of Jewishness among Russian Jewish immigrants in Germany
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Glancing at the Jewish spaces in contemporary Germany, an occasional observer would probably be startled. Since the Russian Jewish migration of the 1990s, Germany's Jewish community has come to be the third-largest in Europe. Synagogues, Jewish community centres, and Jewish cultural events have burgeoned. There is even talk about a “Jewish renaissance” in Germany. However, many immigrants claim that the resurrection of Jewish life in Germany is “only a myth,” “an illusion.” This paper is part of a project exploring the processes of the reconstruction of Jewish identities and Jewish communal life by Russian Jewish immigrants in Germany. The focus of this paper is on the stereotypes of Jews and Jewishness evident in immigrants' perceptions and imaginings of their physical gathering spaces – the Jewish community centres (Gemeinden). Focusing on the images that haunt a particular place, I seek to shed light upon the difficulties of re/creating Jewish identity and life among the Russian Jewish immigrants in contemporary Germany.
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Main Topic: Identity and Community Russian-Speaking Jews Jewish Revival Jewish Identity Jewish Organisations Immigration Jewish Continuity Gemeinden Jewish Space Stereotypes
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42(3)
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325-341
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Haunting images: stereotypes of Jewishness among Russian Jewish immigrants in Germany. 2012: 325-341. https://archive.jpr.org.uk/10.1080/13501674.2012.730731
