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Jødisk familieliv i Norge

Translated Title: Jewish family life in Norway

Author(s): Høeg, Ida Marie

Date: 2003

Topics: Main Topic: Other, Family and Household, Interviews

Abstract: Jewish family life has undergone great structural changes during the almost150 years that Jewish families have lived in Norway. From the time in 1860 when the first family settled in Drammen till today, the Second World War, which halved the Jewish population, has been the most significant factor negatively influencing the continuity of Jewish family life. Other structural factors have been fewer siblings and that mixed marriages and divorce have become more common. Although the Jewish family has undergone great changes during the last generations and has become more like other families, it is still the most significant component of Jewish identity. The article is based on a study of interviews in the fall 1992 with 18 Norwegian Jews between 25 and 50 years old and living in Oslo and Trondheim. The study shows that Jewish social life takes place first and foremost through the family and to a lesser extent through Jewish friends and Jewish organisations. In their own homes Norwegian Jews choose to let Jewish traditions influence their family life in some ways. Even though new ways of life such as mixed marriages and cohabitation with non-Jews have made it more difficult to preserve Jewish values and become involved in Jewish activities, Norwegian Jews have managed to create Jewish homes, to give their children a Jewish upbringing and to carry on some of their rituals according to the orthodox tradition.

Judarna i dagens Finland

Translated Title: Jews in contemporaray Finland

Author(s): Lundgren, Svante

Date: 2003

Topics: Jewish Community, Main Topic: Identity and Community