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'Homo Zappiens': a European-Jewish Way of Life in the Era of Globalisation
Author(s): Dencik, Lars
Editor(s): Leveson, Ian; Lustig, Sandra H.
Date: 2006
Topics: Jewish Identity, Diaspora, Globalisation, Jewish Culture, Main Topic: Identity and Community
Introduction: Turning the Kaleidoscope: Perspectives on European Jewry
Author(s): Lustig, Sandra H.; Leveson, Ian
Editor(s): Leveson, Ian; Lustig, Sandra H.
Date: 2006
Topics: Jewish Identity, Diaspora, Globalisation, Jewish Community, Israel-Diaspora Relations, Main Topic: Other
Turning the Kaleidoscope: Perspectives on European Jewry
Editor(s): Leveson, Ian; Lustig, Sandra H.
Date: 2006
Topics: Jewish Identity, Diaspora, Globalisation, Jewish Community, Israel-Diaspora Relations, Main Topic: Other
Abstract: Far from being a blank space on the Jewish map, or a void in the Jewish cultural world, post-Shoah Europe is a place where Jewry has continued to develop, even though it is facing different challenges and opportunities than elsewhere. Living on a continent characterized by highly diverse patterns of culture, language, history, and relations to Jews, European Jewry mirrors that kaleidoscopic diversity. This volume explores such key questions as the new roles for Jews in Europe; models of Jewish community organization in Europe; concepts of diaspora and galut; a European-Jewish way of life in the era of globalization; and European Jews' relationship to Israel and to non-Jews. Some contributions highlight experiences of Jews in Britain, Sweden, Norway, Hungary, Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands. Helping us to understand the special and common characteristics of European Jewry, this collection offers a valuable contribution to the continued rebuilding of Jewish life in the postwar era.

Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Sandra Lustig and Ian Leveson
PART I: OVERARCHING QUESTIONS
Chapter 1. A New Role for Jews in Europe: Challenges and Responsibilities
Diana Pinto
Chapter 2. European Models of Community: Can Ambiguity Help?
Clive A. Lawton
Chapter 3. Concepts of Diaspora and Galut
Michael Galchinsky
Chapter 4. ‘Homo Zappiens’: A European-Jewish Way of Life in the Era of Globalisation
Lars Dencik
Chapter 5. Israel and Diaspora: From Solution to Problem
Göran Rosenberg
PART II: INNER-JEWISH CONCERNS: REBUILDING AND CONTINUITY
Chapter 6. Left Over – Living after the Shoah: (Re-)building Jewish Life in Europe. A Panel Discussion
Sandra Lustig
Chapter 7. Debora’s Disciples: AWomen’s Movement as an Expression of Renewing Jewish Life in Europe
Lara Dämmig and Elisa Klapheck
Chapter 8. A Jewish Cultural Renascence in Germany?
Y. Michal Bodemann
PART III: THE JEWISH SPACE IN EUROPE
Chapter 9. The Jewish Space in Europe
Diana Pinto
Chapter 10. Caught between Civil Society and the Cultural Market: Jewry and the Jewish Space in Europe. A Response to Diana Pinto
Ian Leveson and Sandra Lustig
Chapter 11. ‘The Germans Will Never Forgive the Jews for Auschwitz’. When Things Go Wrong in the Jewish Space: The Case of the Walser-Bubis Debate
Sandra Lustig
Notes on Contributors
Index
European Models of Community: Can Ambiguity Help?
Author(s): Lawton, Clive A.
Editor(s): Lustig, Sandra H.; Leveson, Ian
Date: 2006
Topics: Holocaust, Jewish Identity, Jewish Culture, Jewish Revival, Main Topic: Identity and Community
Abstract: The author analyzes European Jewry in conjunction with the American and Israeli Jewish communities in order to assert that the Jewish community in Europe, deeply scarred by the Shoah (Holocaust), is very diverse and ambiguous. The author classifies the Jewish identity of America as privatized and the identity of Israel as nationalized, with European Jewish identity as somewhat a middle ground between the two. By assessing hallmarks of European history and how they shaped European Jewish identity, the author concludes that European Jewry possesses a certain subtlety, maturity, and humility that will revitalize its presence in Europe.