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Poland: Crises in Christian-Jewish Identity
Author(s): Muller-Paisner, Vera
Date: 2002
Topics: Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis, Jewish Revival, Jewish - Muslim Relations, Jewish Identity, Main Topic: Identity and Community
Abstract: Fifty years after the Holocaust, Jews in various parts of Poland who were raised as Christians are discovering their Jewish identity. Upon disclosing it, they may undergo personal crises. They are required to revise their sense of identity. Support groups conducted by the writer in the United States served as a model for similar groups in Warsaw, Poland. This paper explains the dimensions of this work, provides clinical examples from accounts of the participants, and discusses the problem of Jewish identity from various vantage points.