Jewish Identities in Contemporary Europe

This book provides an assessment of Jewish identity, by presenting engagements with European Jewish writers and filmmakers. Topics explore the meaning of being Jewish in Europe today, and the extent this experience is shaped by factors that lie outside the national context. It was published as a special issue of Jewish Culture and History.

Providing an assessment of Jewish identity, this volume presents critical engagements with a number of Jewish writers and filmmakers from a variety of European countries, including Austria, France, Germany, Poland, and the UK. The novels and films discussed explore the meaning of being Jewish in Europe today, and investigate the extent to which this experience is shaped by factors that lie outside the national context, notably by the relationship to Israel. As the recent attacks on Charlie Hebdo, and the targeting of a Jewish supermarket in Paris, demonstrate, these questions are more pressing than ever, and will challenge Jews, as well as Jewish writers and intellectuals, as they explore the answers.

This book was originally published as a special issue of Jewish Culture and History.

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