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Elderly Swedish Jewish Men and Egalitarianism: A Narrative Study
Author(s): Punzi, Elisabeth
Date: 2015
Topics: Ageing and the Elderly, Interviews, Main Topic: Identity and Community, Discourse and Narrative, Equality, Gender, Synagogues
Abstract: This work is based on interviews with four elderly Jewish men, members of a Swedish congregation who advocate egalitarianism. A narrative analysis found that the participants’ perception of egalitarianism was connected to their own life experiences and to emotionally significant turning points in which the participants became aware how women were excluded. They perceived egalitarianism as a reassurance for a future Jewish life and described the development and preservation of traditions as intermingled rather than as opposed to each other. Gender equality in this study should not be viewed as specifically related to younger congregants and/or women but as connected to life experiences of the individual concerned.