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The Mediatization of Jewish–Muslim Dialogue in Germany Amid COVID-19
Author(s): Peretz, Dekel
Date: 2024
Topics: Internet, Social Media, Jewish Space, Coronavirus/Covid, Jewish - Muslim Relations, Interfaith Dialogue, Main Topic: Other, Ethnography, Discourse and Discourse Analysis
Abstract: In the wake of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, religious organizations increasingly mediatized their activities. Studies examining this process mostly focused on communal offerings, while ignoring how rapid mediatization affected programs geared toward interfaith dialogue. This paper examines the effects and possibilities of this shift to virtual spaces by focusing on frameworks that promote Jewish–Muslim dialogue in Germany. It traces how Jews and Muslims intervene in popular discourse using social media platforms to self-define their respective religions and the relationship between them. In this process, those involved in creating virtual spaces focused on the intersectionality between gender biases and Christonormativity. This paper utilizes a broad methodological approach, including participant observation in dialogue events in virtual spaces, discursive analyses of videos and podcasts, and qualitative interviews with Jews and Muslims involved in the creation of virtual spaces. The first section discusses Jewish–Muslim encounters occurring in organized dialogue events on video communication platforms that are ephemeral in nature (no recordings). The subsequent sections analyze German-language formats that have a representative character and are streamed, recorded, and presented on social media platforms.
Zwischen Tradition und Freiheit. Religion, Säkularität und Religionsfreiheit aus jüdischer Perspektive
Translated Title: Between tradition and freedom: Religion, secularity and religious freedom from a Jewish perspective
Author(s): Rau, Vanessa; Peretz, Dekel
Editor(s): Rau, Vanessa; Nicoubin, Mahyar
Date: 2023
Topics: Main Topic: Other, Religion and State, Jewish - Non - Jewish Relations
Generation Enraged: The Journal Jalta as a Mouthpiece for Young Jews in Germany
Author(s): Peretz, Dekel
Date: 2023
Topics: Jewish Identity, Main Topic: Identity and Community, Newspapers, Magazines and Periodicals, Youth, Young Adults / Emerging Adulthood, Jewish - Non - Jewish Relations
Abstract: How does the increasing diversification of both the Jewish and general population in Germany influence Jewish self-positioning in German society? It seems that especially young Jews no longer perceive themselves in a binary relationship to the majority society alone, but as part of a heterogeneous, post-migrant society. The journal Jalta – Positionen zur jüdischen Gegenwart [Yalta – Positions on the Jewish Present], published between 2017 and 2020, served as an important mouthpiece for the young generation's rage and desires. This study identifies and expounds upon three sets of relationships within German society that Jalta wishes to redefine: relationships within Jewish communities, relationships between Jews and the majority society, and relationships of Jews to other minorities.
Precarious Companionship: Discourses of Adversity and Commonality in Jewish-Muslim Dialogue Initiatives in Germany
Author(s): Nagel, Alexander-Kenneth; Peretz, Dekel
Date: 2022
Topics: Main Topic: Other, Interfaith Dialogue, Jewish - Muslim Relations, Dialogue
Abstract: Muslims and Jews are an integral part of interreligious activism in Germany. They share a stricter notion of monotheism as compared to Christians. Local Jewish-Muslim dialogue takes place in the shadow of the Middle East conflict as well as radical Islamic terror attacks, and both pursue similar interests, i.e. regarding circumcision and halal or kosher butchering. We explore how the multi-layered setting shapes Jewish-Muslim encounters within interreligious initiatives in Germany. We analyse discourses in two spheres of interreligious dialogue. The first is local in-person dialogue initiatives that took place in the years 2011/12 during the circumcision debate. The second is translocal dialogue activities presented in social media that took place in 2020 when dialogue had moved to digital frameworks and social media due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The focal point of our comparative analysis is the discourses of adversity and commonality shaping these conversations and the narratives of difference and unity they produce.