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Jews in the Age of Authenticity - Jewish Spiritual Renewal in Israel (Paperback, New edition)
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Jews in the Age of Authenticity - Jewish Spiritual Renewal in Israel (Paperback, New edition)
Series: After Spirituality, 2
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In this book, Rachel Werczberger takes stock of the Jewish New Age
spirituality scene in Israel at the turn of the millennium. Led by
highly charismatic rabbis, the Hamakom and Bayit Chadash
communities attempted to bring about a Jewish spiritual renewal by
integrating Jewish tradition - especially Kabbalah and Hasidism -
with New Age spirituality. Having spent over two years in field
research, Werczberger presents a comprehensive ethnographic account
of these two groups, examining their rise and fall after only six
years of activity. At the core of their aspiration for Jewish
spiritual renewal, claims Werczberger, was the quest for
authenticity. She investigates the ways in which the language of
authenticity was embraced by the members of the communities in
their construction of a new spiritual Jewish identity, their
re-invention of Jewish rituals, and their failed attempt at
constructing community. She concludes that all these elements point
to the dual form of politics of authenticity and identity with
which the Israeli Jewish New Age is involved.
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