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After the Rescue - Jewish Identity and Community in Contemporary Denmark (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003)
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After the Rescue - Jewish Identity and Community in Contemporary Denmark (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003)
Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
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In October of 1943, the Danish resistance rescued almost all of the
Jews in Copenhagen from roundups by the occupying Nazis. In the
years since, Jews have become deeply engaged in a Danish culture
that presents very few barriers of antisemitism or prejudice. This
book explores the questions that such inclusion raises for the
Danish Jews, and what their answers can tell us about the meaning
of religion, ethnicity and community in modern society. Social
scientists have long argued that modernity poses challenges for
traditional ethnic communities, by breaking down the networks of
locality, kinship, religion and occupation that have held such
communities together. For the Danish Jews, inclusion into the
larger society has led to increasing fragmentation, as the
community has split into a bewildering array of religious, social,
and political factions. Yet it remains one of Scandinavia's most
vital religious organizations, and Jewishness remains central to
self-understanding for thousands of its members. How this has
happened - how the Jewish world has maintained its significance
while losing any sense of coherence or unity - suggests a new
understanding of the meaning of ethnic community in contemporary
society.
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