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Miller, Helena; Grant, Lisa D.; Pomson, Alex

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“…In Toronto neighborhoods with a Jewish majority, Jews could and did run for public school director in the early decades of the twentieth century. More than half of the children receiving Jewish education attend Jewish day schools, a substantially greater percentage than in the United States and in most of the community of Latin America, except Mexico (Pomson and Deitcher 2009 ; Miller et al 2011 ; Tickton Schuster 2019 ). The Jewish educational system indeed provided the structural substratum for cultural singularity amidst other instances of cultural uniqueness.…”

Section: Into the Region: Structures Obstacles Trendsmentioning

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Globalization, Diasporas, and Transnationalism: Jews in the Americas

Liwerant

2021

Cont Jewry

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This paper analyzes the structures and trends of the establishment, growth, and transformation of the Jewish presence in the Americas. After outlining several fundamental characteristics of the general continental societal environment and its internal differentiation, we critically discuss several theoretical approaches to a comparative assessment of the Jewish experience. Conceptual formulations include globalization, diaspora studies, and transnationalism, aiming to highlight their achievements and drawbacks. Selected sociohistorical aspects relevant to the development of Jewish immigration, settlement, and community formation are analyzed. This is followed by the exploration of more recent patterns, outlining emerging configurations and challenges. The article focuses on the differences and commonalities between the North (United States and Canada) and the diverse Latin American experiences. The conceptual referents imply rethinking the relationship between societies, communities, individuals, territories, and sociopolitical spaces along the changing contours of dispersion. Lessons from the past may help outline future paths.

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Section: Into the Region: Structures Obstacles Trendsmentioning

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Globalization, Diasporas, and Transnationalism: Jews in the Americas

Liwerant

2021

Cont Jewry

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“…The imperative to ‘teach your children’ forms part of the central Jewish prayer ‘Shema Yisrael’, highlighting the importance of teaching and studying in the Jewish tradition (Miller et al., 2011). The present ethnographic study involves the exploration of a youth group as a contemporary educational practice at a liberal Jewish community centre.…”

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On becoming a ‘real’ Jew: An ethnography of adolescents’ identity formation in a Jewish community in Germany

Fork

2020

Culture & Psychology

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In the course of an ethnographic investigation in the youth group of a Jewish community that included participant observation, group discussions and problem-centred interviews, I gained insights into the contextualised construction of Jewish identities. Analysing identity formation as a holistic form of learning, I identify two trajectories of socially embedded identity formation: appropriating aspects of Judaism taught in the youth group and becoming a part of the Jewish collective. Within the latter trajectory, I differentiate three sub-processes: forming and evaluating social representations of the Jewish people, ascribing ‘Jewishness’ to oneself, and experiencing communality.

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Identity and inter religious understanding in Jewish schools in England

Ipgrave

2014

British Journal of Religious Education

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Introduction

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Globalization, Diasporas, and Transnationalism: Jews in the Americas

Globalization, Diasporas, and Transnationalism: Jews in the Americas

On becoming a ‘real’ Jew: An ethnography of adolescents’ identity formation in a Jewish community in Germany

Identity and inter religious understanding in Jewish schools in England

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