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The Attachment of European Jews to Israel: The British Perspective
Author(s): Lerman, Antony; Kosmin, Barry; Goldberg, Jacqueline
Date: 1997
Topics: Attitudes to Israel, Israel-Diaspora Relations, Main Topic: Identity and Community
Abstract: The attachment of Diaspora Jews to Israel can no longer be taken for granted. In recent years, there has been a radical shift from a community-wide consensus concerning attachment to Israel, which was probably as secular as it was religious, to a more narrowly based attachment linked to religiosity and to personal experience. At the same time, there is declining support for Israel-oriented charities. In the future, Israel will increasingly appeal more to Traditional and Orthodox Jews than to other members of the Jewish community, and Zionism as an ideology will become increasingly irrelevant. In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, v.74 no.2, Winter 1997.
Jewish Communal Structures Around the World
Author(s): Elazar, Daniel J.
Date: 1997
Topics: Main Topic: Identity and Community, Jewish Community, Jewish Organisations, Representation, Umbrella Bodies
Abstract: In the postmodern era, all Diaspora Jewish communities are voluntary, and the first task of every Jewish community is to learn to deal with the particular local manifestation of its Jewish population's freedom to choose. Participation in the community actually defines its limits, and each is organized as a series of concentric circles around a central core of Judaism/Jewishness that draws Jews toward it in varying degrees. In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, v.74 no.2, Winter 1997.