Jewish Life in Austria and Germany Since 1945 : Identity and Communal Reconstruction.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (426 pages)
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Glossary -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Identity, Group Identity, and Jewish Group Identity Theory -- 1.3 On Anti-Semitism -- 1.4 Methodology -- Comparative Analysis -- Sources -- Chapter 2 1945-1953 ⋅ Two Parallel "Communities" and the Short-Lived Revitalization of Jewish Life -- 2.1 Communal organization -- Organizational framework -- Communal leadership -- 2.2 Demography -- 2.3 Jewish Group Identity -- Variations of Jewish group identity -- The Shoah in Jewish group identity -- The State of Israel in Jewish group identity -- Austrian, respectively German, elementsin Jewish group identity -- 2.4 Communal Reconstruction -- Institutional developments -- Communal unity -- 2.5 External Communal Representation -- 2.6 Austrian and German Politics and Attitudes toward Jewry -- Chapter 3 1953-1980 ⋅ "Sitting on Packed Suitcases" -- 3.1 Communal Organization -- Organizational framework -- Communal leadership -- 3.2 Demography -- 3.3 Jewish Group Identity -- Variations in Jewish group identity -- The Shoah in Jewish group identity -- The State of Israel in Jewish group identity -- Austrian, respectively German, elements in Jewish group identity -- 3.4 Communal Reconstruction -- Institutional developments -- Communal unity -- 3.5 External Communal Representation -- 3.6 Austrian and German Politics and Attitudes toward Jewry -- chapter 4 1980-2015 ⋅ Settled and Flourishing Jewish Communities -- 4.1 Communal Organization -- Organizational framework -- Communal leadership -- 4.2 Demography -- 4.3 Jewish Group Identity -- Variations in Jewish group identity -- The Shoah in Jewish group identity -- The State of Israel in Jewish group identity -- Austrian, respectively German, elements in Jewish group identity -- 4.4 Communal Reconstruction. Institutional developments -- Communal unity -- Organizational framework and communal unity -- 4.5 External Communal Representation -- 4.6 Austrian and German Politics and Attitudes toward Jewry -- 4.7 Conclusion -- chapter 5 European-Jewish Identity and Cooperation: The Future Direction of Austrian and German Jewries? -- 5.1 European Identity -- 5.2 European-Jewish Identity -- 5.3 European Jewish Cooperation -- 5.4 Conclusion -- chapter 6 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Laws, treaties, and rulings -- Interviews conducted by author -- Index -- Back cover.