Dynamic belonging : contemporary Jewish collective identities

Preface Introduction: Dynamic Jewish Identities - Insights from a Comparative View Harvey E. Goldberg Section I: The Fluid Nature of Jewish Belonging Chapter 1. Religion, Ethnic Identity, and the Sense of Belonging Stanley Brandes Chapter 2. Conceptual and Pragmatic Aspects of Binarism: Examples from Israeli Society. Harvey E. Goldberg Chapter 3. From Security to Insecurity: British Jewish Communal Leadership in the Context of Multiculturalism Keith Kahn-Harris and Ben Gidley Chapter 4. The Jewish Question Again: From Collective Identity to Social Vitality Philip Wexler Response to Section I: Rethinking Categories and Challenging Futures. Marcy Brink-Danan Section II: Diverse Attempts at Constructing Jewish Sub-Cultures in Israel and the United States Chapter 5. Fundamentalist or Romantic Nationalist? Israeli Modern Orthodoxy Shlomo Fischer Chapter 6. Jewish Identity, Gender and Religion: Masorti Women and the Feminist Challenge to Traditional Jewish Identity Yaacov Yadgar Chapter 7. Israeli-Jews vs. Jewish-Israelis and the Ritual Connection to Diaspora Jewry Ezra Kopelowitz and Lior Rosenberg Chapter 8. Engaging the Next Generation of American Jews: Distinguishing the In-married, Intermarried, and Non-married Steven M. Cohen Response to Section II. Dynamic Belongings of Younger Jews and the Transformation of the Jewish Self Rachel Werczberger Section III. Diverse Ways of Connecting to the Jewish People Chapter 9. Constructing Jewish Belonging through Mass Tourism: Self-Narration in Israel Experience Programs Shaul Kelner Chapter 10. A Jewish and Democratic State? How American Jews Discuss Israel's Identity Dilemma Theodore Sasson Chapter 11. In Search of Roots and Routes: The Making and Remaking of the Diasporic Jewish Identity Elan Ezrachi Response to Section III. Hummus, Challah, and Gefilte Fish: Israel in Diaspora Jewish Culture Sarah Bunin Benor Conclusion: I'm a Gentile! Border Dramas and Jewish Continuity Jack Kugelmass Bibliography Notes on Contributors