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Jews in Poland: Between Cultural/Religious Renewal and New Uncertainties
Author(s): Glöckner, Olaf; Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem
Editor(s): Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem; Glöckner, Olaf
Date: 2023
Topics: Attitudes to Jews, Integration, Jewish Identity, Interviews, Main Topic: Identity and Community, Jewish Community, Jewish Revival, Post-1989
Jewish Experiences and New Encounters in Slovakia
Author(s): Jakobyová, Barbora; Nižňanský, Eduard; Glöckner, Olaf
Editor(s): Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem; Glöckner, Olaf
Date: 2023
Topics: Attitudes to Jews, Integration, Jewish Identity, Interviews, Main Topic: Identity and Community, Jewish Community, Jewish Revival, Post-1989
Ambivalence, Dilemmas, and Aporias of Contemporary Czech Jewish Lived Experience
Author(s): Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem
Editor(s): Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem; Glöckner, Olaf
Date: 2023
Topics: Attitudes to Jews, Integration, Jewish Identity, Interviews, Main Topic: Identity and Community, Jewish Community, Jewish Revival, Post-1989
New Relations in the Making? Jews and Non-Jews in Germany Reflect on Shoah Memory, Unexpected Growing Jewish Pluralism, Israel, and New Antisemitism
Author(s): Glöckner, Olaf
Editor(s): Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem; Glöckner, Olaf
Date: 2023
Topics: Attitudes to Jews, Integration, Jewish Identity, Interviews, Main Topic: Identity and Community, Holocaust Commemoration, Jewish Leadership
Abstract: Our narrative and expert interviews with Jewish and non-Jewish key figures in public and political life mainly focussed on the question of to what extent have Jewish-non Jewish relations changed, compared to the discord prior to 1933, and the general reservation and uncertainty after 1945? We also raised other key questions like: to what extent do Jews in Germany feel integrated into today’s non-Jewish majority society? What do they consider core elements of their Jewish identities? What is the meaning of Israel in their lives as Jews? How do they cope with new trends of antisemitism in Germany? As a complementary question, we wanted to know from our non-Jewish interviewees how different they consider Jewish/non-Jewish relations today? To what extent does Shoah memory (still) affect these relations? How do Jews and non-Jews cooperate in social activities, and are there new, joint strategies to combat antisemitism?

Our interviews revealed that Jews in present-day Germany do not romanticize their lives in the country of the former Nazi regime. However, they appreciate efforts by the state to promote future Jewish life, to carry out dignified politics of commemoration, and to ensure security. Antisemitism is perceived as a societal problem but not as an existential threat. None of the Jewish interview partners considered Germany as a place that is too dangerous for Jews. Memory of the Shoah is considered important, but building a Jewish future, especially for one’s
own children, is the more relevant issue.

A key finding of our interviews in Germany is that a new generation of young Jews has grown up neither justifying living in the “country of the offenders” nor considering themselves representatives of the State of Israel. Young Jews in Germany run their own multifaceted networks, understanding themselves as Jews but to a similar extent also as Germans. Some of them enjoy participation in public and political life, deliberately acting in both roles
Feeling “At Home” or Just Privileged Minorities? Perceptions of Jewish and Non-Jewish Respondents in Contemporary Budapest
Author(s): Lev Ari, Lilach
Editor(s): Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem; Glöckner, Olaf
Date: 2023
Topics: Attitudes to Jews, Integration, Jewish Identity, Interviews, Main Topic: Identity and Community
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to analyze patterns of integration and inter-relations in contemporary Hungary, as perceived by Jewish and non-Jewish leaders and involved community members from the academia, religious organizations, and the media.
A “Jewish Problem” or a “Society Problem”? Understanding Contemporary Antisemitism in Europe from Jewish and Governmental Perspectives
Author(s): Fireberg, Haim
Editor(s): Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem; Glöckner, Olaf
Date: 2023
Topics: Antisemitism, Antisemitism: Monitoring, European Union, Main Topic: Antisemitism, Policy
A New Era? Christian-Jewish Relations in Post-Cold War Europe
Author(s): Porat, Dina
Editor(s): Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem; Glöckner, Olaf
Date: 2023
Topics: Post-1989, Jewish - Christian Relations, Interfaith Dialogue, Main Topic: Other
Perceptions of the Holocaust in Slovak Historiography and Among the General Public after the Establishment of the Slovak Republic in 1993
Author(s): Nižňanský, Eduard; Bohová, Katarína
Editor(s): Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem; Glöckner, Olaf
Date: 2023
Topics: Main Topic: Holocaust and Memorial, Holocaust Education, Holocaust, Holocaust Commemoration, Holocaust Denial, History, Politics, Post-1989
Abstract: This text and study presents a brief overview of the most important trends in the Slovak historiography of the Holocaust within recent three decades. Prior to 1989, the Holocaust was a topic marginalized in the country’s historical research. The most important finding that emerges from the analysis of Slovak literature on
the Holocaust is that, besides its obvious historiographic dimension, it was frequently meant to serve political purposes (including in the area of education). The works published after 1989 can be categorized as follows: collections of documents; memoirs; the perspective of the minority; the problem of local aggressors;
the social background of the Holocaust; legal analysis of anti-Jewish legislation; oral history; the so-called Slovak revisionism; and connection between the historiographic and political levels. In this text, we analyze the link between historiography and politics in the example of Vladimír Mečiar’s cabinet and revisionist publications. We also consider the impact of revisionism on the formation of national symbols (the case of a memorial of Ferdinand Ďurčanský) as well as the historiography situated between science and the Catholic Church’s interpretation of history
(of the Slovak state and the beatification of bishop Ján Vojtaššák).
Thirty Years After. The Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow of the Czech Jewish Community
Author(s): Kraus, Tomáš
Editor(s): Fireberg, Haim; Glöckner, Olaf; Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem
Date: 2020
Topics: Jewish Community, Jewish Revival, Main Topic: Identity and Community, Post-1989
Holocaust Memorialization in Poland: A Case Study of Polin Museum
Author(s): Sineaeva-Pankowska, Natalia
Editor(s): Fireberg, Haim; Glöckner, Olaf; Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem
Date: 2020
Topics: Holocaust Memorials, Jewish Museums, Main Topic: Holocaust and Memorial
Preserving Jewish Cemeteries as an Actual Challenge in Contemporary Poland
Author(s): Chipczyńska, Anna
Editor(s): Fireberg, Haim; Glöckner, Olaf; Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem
Date: 2020
Topics: Jewish Heritage, Main Topic: Culture and Heritage, Cemeteries
What is Jewish about Contemporary Central European Jewish Culture?
Author(s): Gebert, Konstanty
Editor(s): Fireberg, Haim; Glöckner, Olaf; Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem
Date: 2020
Topics: Jewish Culture, Jewish Heritage, Main Topic: Culture and Heritage
The Antisemitic Paradox in Europe: Empirical Evidences and Jewish Perceptions. A Comparative Study Between the West and East
Author(s): Fireberg, Haim
Editor(s): Fireberg, Haim; Glöckner, Olaf; Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem
Date: 2020
Topics: Antisemitism, Main Topic: Antisemitism, Surveys, Antisemitism: Attitude Surveys
Holocaust Denial as a Symptom of Unresolved European History
Author(s): Porat, Dina
Editor(s): Fireberg, Haim; Glöckner, Olaf; Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem
Date: 2020
Topics: Antisemitism, Main Topic: Antisemitism, Holocaust Denial
Jewish-Roma Relations in the former Czechoslovakia: An Alliance Against Racism
Author(s): Schuster, Michal
Editor(s): Fireberg, Haim; Glöckner, Olaf; Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem
Date: 2020
Topics: Comparisons with other communities, Antisemitism, Racism, Roma, Main Topic: Antisemitism
Jews and Muslims in the Czech Republic – Demography, Communal Institutions, Mutual Relations
Author(s): Tarant, Zbyněk
Editor(s): Fireberg, Haim; Glöckner, Olaf; Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem
Date: 2020
Topics: Comparisons with other communities, Demography, Jewish - Muslim Relations, Jewish Community, Main Topic: Other, Jewish Organisations
Ethno-religious Othering as a Reason Behind the Central European* Jewish Distancing from Israel
Author(s): Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem
Editor(s): Fireberg, Haim; Glöckner, Olaf; Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem
Date: 2020
Topics: Jewish Identity, Main Topic: Identity and Community, Israel-Diaspora Relations, Israel Attachment
The “Missing” and “Missed” Jews in Hungary
Author(s): Vincze, Kata Zsófia
Editor(s): Fireberg, Haim; Glöckner, Olaf; Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem
Date: 2020
Topics: Jewish Identity, Main Topic: Identity and Community, Assimilation, Jewish Community
Jewish Religious-Cultural Traditions and Identity Patterns in Post-Communist Hungary
Author(s): Ildikó, Barna; Kovács, András
Editor(s): Fireberg, Haim; Glöckner, Olaf; Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem
Date: 2020
Topics: Jewish Identity, Main Topic: Identity and Community, Religious Observance and Practice
“Russians,” “Sephardi”, and “Israelis”: The Changing Structure of Austrian Jewry
Author(s): Khanin, Vladimir Zeev
Editor(s): Fireberg, Haim; Glöckner, Olaf; Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem
Date: 2020
Topics: Jewish Identity, Main Topic: Identity and Community, Demography, Israeli Expatriates, Sephardi Jews, Russian-Speaking Jews
Renewal or Regression? Jewish Self-Assertion and Re-Orientation in Twenty-first Century Central Europe
Author(s): Schoeps, Julius H.
Editor(s): Fireberg, Haim; Glöckner, Olaf; Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem
Date: 2020
Topics: Jewish Identity, Jewish Renewal, Jewish Revival, Main Topic: Identity and Community
Jewish Demography in the European Union – Virtuous and Vicious Paths
Author(s): DellaPergola, Sergio
Editor(s): Fireberg, Haim; Glöckner, Olaf; Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem
Date: 2020
Topics: Demography, Main Topic: Demography and Migration
Being Jewish in 21st Century Central Europe
Editor(s): Fireberg, Haim; Glöckner, Olaf; Zoufalá, Marcela Menachem
Date: 2020
Topics: Antisemitism, Jewish Identity, Jewish Revival, Main Topic: Identity and Community
Abstract: Jewish life in Europe has undergone dramatic changes and transformations within the 20th century and also the last two decades. The phenomenon of the dual position of the Jewish minority in relation to the majority, not entirely unusual for Jewish Diaspora communities, manifested itself most distinctly on the European continent. This unique Jewish experience of the ambiguous position of insider and outsider may provide valuable views on contemporary European reality and identity crisis. The book focuses inter alia on the main common denominators of contemporary Jewish life in Central Europe, such as an intense confrontation with the heritage of the Holocaust and unrelenting antisemitism on the one hand and on the other hand, huge appreciation of traditional Jewish learning and culture by a considerable part of non-Jewish Europeans. The volume includes contributions on Jewish life in central European countries like Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, and Germany.
Being Jewish in Europe in the 21st Century: Jewish Identity and Contemporary Antisemitism
Author(s): Zoufalá, Marcela
Editor(s): Zoufalá, Marcela
Date: 2014
Topics: Antisemitism, Jewish Identity, Main Topic: Antisemitism