Confronting Allosemitism* in Europe: The Case of Belgian Jews (* Allosemitism is a neologism that encompasses both philosemitic and antisemitic attitudes towards Jews as the Other)
Leiden: Brill, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. ix, (1), 197, (1)pp. Index. Brown over orange boards, lettered in white. Illustrated with numerous graphs and charts. A fine, as new copy.
Only a few decades after the Holocaust, Belgian Jews, like most European Jewries, are under the attack of forces stemming from a variety of sources. How do they confront and stand these new hardships? Research done all over Europe from 2012 through 2013 tried to answer this question. Among the cases investigated, the Belgian Jewry is one of the most interesting. It is both versatile and representative, revealing essential components of the general experience of European Jews today. Conceptual considerations pave the way to the study of their plight that has been, by any criterion, anything but “usual". Belgian Jews, it appears, are “like” many other Jewries in Europe but “a little more”. They highlight the question: is allosemitism at all surmountable? (Publisher)
Contents: Belgian Jewry Today. Sources of Antisemitism; Expressions of Judeophobia; Conclusion; Chapter 5 The Belgian Sample; The Sample; What Jewishness Means; Belgian Identification and Perceptions of Social Reality; Perceptions of Antisemitism; Experiencing Antisemitism; Conclusion; Chapter 6 Social Features and Perceptions; The Impact of Age Differences; Education; Gender; Marital Status; In Conclusion; Chapter 7 Origins of Jewishness and Community; The Eda Dimension; The Impact of Conversion and Mixed Parenthood; The Εcological and Linguistic Divide; In Conclusion. Preface; Part A Predicaments; Chapter 1 A Sinuous History; From the Beginning; Enlightment and Fragmentation; Contemporary Challenges; In Conclusion; Chapter 2 Antisemitism and Allosemitism; Antisemitism; Self-Hatred and Other Responses; Allosemitism; Conclusions; Chapter 3 Contemporary Perceptions and Attitudes of Europe's Jews; The Pew Research Center's Portrait of Jewish Americans; JPR and FRA's Survey; Perceptions of Antisemitism; Experiences of Harassment and Discrimination; Conclusions; Part B Facing Hostility; Chapter 4 Belgian Jews: A Long Story; Ever Since the First Clues.; Chapter 8 Religiosity and AntisemitismReligiosity as Differentiation; Age and Religiosity; In Conclusion; Part C The Challenge; Chapter 9 Belgian Jewry Compared; Summarizing the Data; Belgian Jewry among Europe's Jewries; What We Learn; Chapter 10 Neo-Jewishness and Allosemitism; A Personal Afterword; Appendix; 1 The Questionnaire (excerpts); 2 Conversion and Mixed Parenthood-Impacts on Jewish Religiosity and Identification; 3 Organizational Structures and Institutions of Belgium Jewry; References; Index. (OCLC)
Volume 21 of the Brill series, "Jewish Identities in a Changing World." Fine. Item #52052
ISBN: 9789004274051
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