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Contested Diaspora: Negotiating Jewish Identity in Germany
Author(s): Koerber, Karen
Editor(s): Carment, David; Sadjed, Ariane
Date: 2017
Topics: Jewish Identity, Immigration, Main Topic: Identity and Community, Jewish Community, Russian-Speaking Jews, Diaspora
Abstract: The chapter will present tensions between different communal identity constructions of the Jewish diaspora in Germany, due to the immigration of Russian-speaking Jews since 1989. I intend to outline that the conflicts connected with this immigration have to do with the requirements and constraints of the symbolic and institutional order that affects the actions of Germany’s Jewish minority. For one, the symbolic image of a community of victims risks clashing with the actual heterogeneity of Jewish lives. Further, it stands increasingly in conflict with the manifold narratives that, following the Russian-Jewish migration have gained in importance. And finally, it collides with the processes of transnationalisation and multiple forms of belonging that are definitive for the future of the Jewish diaspora in Germany.
The Influence of Islamophobia on Ethnic and Religious Identification among the Iranian Diaspora: Iranian Jews and Baha’is in Germany
Author(s): Sadjed, Ariane
Editor(s): Carment, David; Sadjed, Ariane
Date: 2017
Topics: Islamophobia, Jewish - Muslim Relations, Jewish - Non - Jewish Relations, Jewish Identity, Immigration, Main Topic: Identity and Community, Mizrachi Jews
Abstract: The chapter explores the identity formation and changing patterns of belonging among Iranian immigrants in Germany. The topic of interest is how different religious groups from Iran, whose traditions are heavily intertwined with Islam, conceptualise their Iranian heritage in the context of Islamophobia. Focusing on Baha’is and Jews, the chapter assesses how these two minorities cope with anti-Muslim racism in German society: although they are not Muslim, they are subjected to anti-Muslim sentiments due to their Middle Eastern origin. The chapter discusses ethnic and religious identification as a form of differentiation from Islam and in order to find social acceptance in the diaspora.