Description
Book SynopsisThis collected volume is based on the proceedings of a symposium held in 2018 at York University, Canada, which was held to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Israel. This symposium highlighted contemporary Jewish identity, Israel-Diaspora relations, and how Jewish life has been transformed in light of various types of antisemitism. The book considers the diasporic Jewish experiences through examining the intersections between various Jewish communities sociologically, historically, and geographically.
The text covers world Jewry in general, and each of the diaspora and Israeli Jewries more specifically in the context of mutual responsibility, but also focuses on areas of tension concerning values and political matters. The challenges of antisemitism, racism, and nationalism are explored in terms of the relationship of the Jewish diasporas to their host countries. This text also covers antisemitism, which may take the form of traditional antisemitism or of the new antisemitism in the era of anti-Israel activity related to the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. The latter movement is especially prevalent on university campuses and has an impact on students, faculty, and staff. This volume is unique in its international perspective in examining issues of Jewish identity, Israel-diaspora relations, and antisemitism and will appeal to students and researchers working in the field.
Table of ContentsIsrael at 70 and World Jewry: One People or Two?.- Israel-Diaspora Relations in the 21st Century: Continuities and Discontinuities.- The Evolution of North American Jews’ Relations with Israel from Adolescence to Adulthood: The Bar/Bat Mitzvah Class of 1994-95 (5755).- The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Potential Impact on Jewish Young Adults’ Relationship to Israel and Jewish Identity.- Segmented and Transnational Identity Formation in the Israeli Diaspora.- Keeping the Flame Alive: The Formation of Transnational Identities among Jewish Emigrants from Israel.- Holocaust, Memory, Migration: The Burden of Catastrophe among Israelis in Germany.- The Faculty Assault on Academic Freedom (USA).- Antisemitism, Anti-Israelism, and Canada in Context.- Jewish Students’ Experiences in the Era of BDS: Exploring Jewish Lived Experience and the New Antisemitism on Canadian Campuses.- Is Anti-Israelism Antisemitism? Evidence from Great Britain.- The BDS Movement in Australia.- Epilogue: Summary, Discussion, and Looking Beyond.
