Multiculturalism And The Jews

Author : Sander Gilman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135208196

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Multiculturalism and the Jews by Sander Gilman Pdf

In this powerful and wide-ranging study, Sander Gilman explores the idea of 'the multicultural' in the contemporary world, a question he frames as the question of the relationship between Jews and Muslims. How do Jews define themselves, and how are they in turn defined, within the global struggles of the moment, struggles that turn in large part around a secularized Christian perspective? Gilman uses his subject to unpack a sequence of important issues: what does it mean to be multicultural? Can the experience of diaspora Judaism serve as a useful model for Islam in today's multicultural Europe? What is a multicultural ethnic? Other chapters look at specific figures in Jewish cultural history – Albert Einstein, Franz Kafka, Israel Zangwill, Philip Roth, the hermaphrodite N.O. Body (aka Karl Baer, raised as Martha Baer) – to explore issues within Jewish identity. Throughout, Gilman pays keen attention to the ways in which contemporary literature – Chabon, Ozick, Zadie Smith, Jonathan Safran Foer, Gary Shteyngart – taking the idea of Jewishness and multiculturalism into new arenas.

Author : Howard Adelman,John H. Simpson
Publisher : Jerusalem : Magnes Press, Hebrew University
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9652239208

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Multiculturalism, Jews, and Identities in Canada by Howard Adelman,John H. Simpson Pdf

Some have called Canada, the first post-modernist society. Canada is widely acclaimed as a multicultural and immigrant experiment. In this lively collection of essays, Canadian scholars provide a wealth of information and analysis on how those abstractions actually operate in practice. The history of immigration to Canada and the legal decisions, legislation and policies that have created Canadian multiculturalism are succinctly presented. Recent constitutional debates and the 1992 federal referendum focusing on Quebec as a distinct society are analyzed. In all cases, the significant roles of Jews and Jewish organizations and the impact on them of those critical events in Canadian national life are dissected. These developments have not been without tensions and controversies. Anti-semitism arose in the provocative Show Boat affair."

Author : Daniel Ian Rubin
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789004464087

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The Jewish Struggle in the 21st Century by Daniel Ian Rubin Pdf

The Jewish Struggle in the 21st Century: Conflict, Positionality, and Multiculturalism is about the needs of the Jewish community in the United States, and it addresses the lack of representation in the diversity and multicultural education classroom at the university level.

Author : Lawrence E. Harrison
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781442219632

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Jews, Confucians, and Protestants by Lawrence E. Harrison Pdf

In Jews, Confucians, and Protestants: Cultural Capital and the End of Multiculturalism, Lawrence E. Harrison takes the politically incorrect stand that not all cultures are created equally. Analyzing the performance of 117 countries, grouped by predominant religion, Harrison argues for the superiority of those cultures that emphasize Jewish, Confucian, or Protestant values.

Author : Peter F. Langman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015048738390

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Jewish Issues in Multiculturalism by Peter F. Langman Pdf

This book is a major contribution to the field of multicultural counseling, psychology, and education.

Author : David Biale,Michael Galchinsky,Susannah Heschel
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1998-03-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520211223

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Insider/Outsider by David Biale,Michael Galchinsky,Susannah Heschel Pdf

"Invaluable reading for anyone interested in multiculturalism."—Julius Lester, author of Lovesong "I know of no other work that, through numerous insights and useful distinctions, so alerts us to and comprehensively documents the ongoing constitutive role of Christian and anti-semitic perceptions of Jewish existence and the interactions between them. Whereas much contemporary historiography has become so specialized that historians have surrendered the larger picture, Biale's panoramic perspective reveals the great value and interest of this work."—Steven E. Aschheim, author of Beyond the Border: The German-Jewish Legacy Abroad

Author : Shibao Guo,Lloyd Wong
Publisher : Springer
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789463002080

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Revisiting Multiculturalism in Canada by Shibao Guo,Lloyd Wong Pdf

In 1971 Canada was the first nation in the world to establish an official multiculturalism policy with an objective to assist cultural groups to overcome barriers to integrate into Canadian society while maintaining their heritage language and culture. Since then Canada s practice and policy of multiculturalism have endured and been deemed as successful by many Canadians. As well, Canada s multiculturalism policy has also enjoyed international recognition as being pioneering and effectual. Recent public opinion suggests that an increasing majority of Canadians identify multiculturalism as one of the most important symbols of Canada s national identity. On the other hand, this apparent successful record has not gone unchallenged. Debates, critiques, and challenges to Canadian multiculturalism by academics and politicians have always existed to some degree since its policy inception over four decades ago. In the current international context there has been a growing assault on, and subsequent retreat from, multiculturalism in many countries. In Canada debates about multiculturalism continue to emerge and percolate particularly over the past decade or so. In this context, we are grappling with the following questions: What is the future of multiculturalism and is it sustainable in Canada? How is multiculturalism related to egalitarianism, interculturalism, racism, national identity, belonging and loyalties? What role does multiculturalism play for youth in terms of their identities including racialization? How does multiculturalism play out in educational policy and the classroom in Canada? These central questions are addressed by contributions from some of Canada s leading scholars and researchers in philosophy, psychology, sociology, history, education, religious studies, youth studies, and Canadian studies. The authors theorize and discuss the debates and critiques surrounding multiculturalism in Canada and include some very important case studi

Author : Morton Weinfeld
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780773553088

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Like Everyone Else but Different by Morton Weinfeld Pdf

Liberal democratic societies with diverse populations generally offer minorities two usually contradictory objectives: the first is equal integration and participation; the second is an opportunity, within limits, to retain their culture. Yet Canadian Jews are successfully integrated into all domains of Canadian life, while at the same time they also seem able to retain their distinct identities by blending traditional religious values and rituals with contemporary cultural options. Like Everyone Else but Different illustrates how Canadian Jews have created a space within Canada’s multicultural environment that paradoxically overcomes the potential dangers of assimilation and diversity. At the same time, this comprehensive and data-driven study documents and interprets new trends and challenges including rising rates of intermarriage, newer progressive religious options, finding equal space for women and LGBTQ Jews, tensions between non-Orthodox and Orthodox Jews, and new forms of real and perceived anti-Semitism often related to Israel or Zionism, on campus and elsewhere. The striking feature of the Canadian Jewish community is its diversity. While this diversity can lead to cases of internal conflict, it also offers opportunities for adaptation and survival. Seventeen years after its first publication, this new edition of Like Everyone Else but Different provides definitive updates that blend research studies, survey and census data, newspaper accounts and articles, and the author’s personal observations and experiences to provide an informative, provocative, and fascinating account of Jewish life and multiculturalism in contemporary Canada.

Author : Sander Gilman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135208202

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Multiculturalism and the Jews by Sander Gilman Pdf

In this powerful and wide-ranging study, Sander Gilman explores the idea of 'the multicultural' in the contemporary world, a question he frames as the question of the relationship between Jews and Muslims. How do Jews define themselves, and how are they in turn defined, within the global struggles of the moment, struggles that turn in large part around a secularized Christian perspective? Gilman uses his subject to unpack a sequence of important issues: what does it mean to be multicultural? Can the experience of diaspora Judaism serve as a useful model for Islam in today's multicultural Europe? What is a multicultural ethnic? Other chapters look at specific figures in Jewish cultural history – Albert Einstein, Franz Kafka, Israel Zangwill, Philip Roth, the hermaphrodite N.O. Body (aka Karl Baer, raised as Martha Baer) – to explore issues within Jewish identity. Throughout, Gilman pays keen attention to the ways in which contemporary literature – Chabon, Ozick, Zadie Smith, Jonathan Safran Foer, Gary Shteyngart – taking the idea of Jewishness and multiculturalism into new arenas.

Author : Bernardo Berdichewsky,Canadian Jewish Congress. Pacific Region
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Canada
ISBN : 0968062407

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Cultural Pluralism in Canada by Bernardo Berdichewsky,Canadian Jewish Congress. Pacific Region Pdf

Author : Magdalena Dziaczkowska,Adele Valeria Messina
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004425958

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Jews in Dialogue by Magdalena Dziaczkowska,Adele Valeria Messina Pdf

Jews in Dialogue discusses Jewish post-Holocaust involvement in interreligious and intercultural dialogue in Israel, Europe, and the United States. The essays within offer a multiplicity of approaches and perspectives (historical, sociological, theological, etc.) on how Jews have collaborated and cooperated with non-Jews to respond to the challenges of multicultural contemporaneity. The volume’s first part is about the concept of dialogue itself and its potential for effecting change; the second part documents examples of successful interreligious cooperation. The volume includes an appendix designed to provide context for the material presented in the first part, especially with regard to relations between the State of Israel and the Catholic Church.

Author : Daniel Ian Rubin
Publisher : Personal/Public Scholarship
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Education
ISBN : 9004464077

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The Jewish Struggle in the 21st Century by Daniel Ian Rubin Pdf

"Jews and the study of antisemitism are often disregarded in multiculturalism in the United States. This "brushing aside" of the Jewish community places Jews in a very difficult situation because, due to continued discrimination and prejudice, Jews need recognition and acceptance in the multicultural community. While light-skinned American Jews are often perceived as White, they are positioned between being considered White and somehow less than when they are found to be Jewish. Therefore, Jews find themselves in this nebulous "space between" the Black/White binary. This text takes a personal approach to the study of Jewish people, antisemitism, and the inclusion of the Jewish experience into university multicultural discourse. It also introduces a new Jewish critical race framework that develops from Critical Race Theory and has similarities in the fight against racism and injustice in U.S. society. The Jewish Struggle in the 21st Century: Conflict, Positionality, and Multiculturalism addresses the needs of the Jewish community in the United States as it pertains to its tenuous position in the fields of multiculturalism and critical race studies. It addresses the lack of representation in the diversity and multicultural education classroom as well as issues of antisemitism at the university level"--

Author : Magdalena Dziaczkowska,Adele Valeria Messina
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Christianity and other religions
ISBN : 9004425942

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Jews in Dialogue by Magdalena Dziaczkowska,Adele Valeria Messina Pdf

Jews in Dialogue offers various perspectives on Jewish post-Holocaust involvement in interreligious and intercultural dialogue. The topics raised in the volume range from halakhic conditions for interfaith dialogue to antiracist Jewish activism in postwar France.

Author : Judit Bokser de Liwerant
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004154421

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Identities in an Era of Globalization and Multiculturalism by Judit Bokser de Liwerant Pdf

This volume addresses key conceptual issues and case studies dealing with contemporary Jewish identities amidst globalization processes, with special emphasis on Latin American socio-political, communal, and cultural milieu.The book brings together a variety of disciplinary and theoretical approaches that range from political science to sociology and from art and literature to demography in order to offer the reader a multidimensional and multifocal analysis of the diverse constitutional elements of the Jewish experience. Using as its point of departure the wide horizon of historical trajectories and current challenges, the articles analyze the transnational, regional and local processes that inform the different Jewish Diasporas and Israel. Simultaneously, its content provides a snapshot of the current state of research on collective identity building processes and a lively analysis of the challenges posed by cultural diversity and primordial and civic belongings in the framework of political transitions, as well as new and old forms of expressing through cultural creativity individual and collective identities. This volume is also available in paperback.

Author : Eliezer Ben-Rafael,Yochanan Peres
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789047407539

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Is Israel One? by Eliezer Ben-Rafael,Yochanan Peres Pdf

This book delves into Israeli society where internal divides have emerged from divergent value systems in a context of powerful globalization, immigrant–society behavior, and a sharp majority–minority division. A short but hectic experience, Jewish nationalism draws its vitality from reformulations of ancestral symbols which permeate the dynamics of the confrontations of the dominant culture and numerous parties, all contesting its exigencies. Israel's conflicts revolve around this issue, forming a unique dynamic of multiple interacting forces of convergence and divergence. This case raises several major questions about the sociology of multiculturalism. Is Israel One?' was selected Choice Outstanding Academic Title in 2006.