Essays about: "Jewish identity in the diaspora"
Found 4 essays containing the words Jewish identity in the diaspora.
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1. New Holocaust Literature: Third-Generation Identity, Memory, and the Reader in Hanna Rajs' Under Månen (2020)
University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – MediaAbstract : This thesis explores the functions of memory, collective identity, and communication of those same categories to the reader by means of the poetic form in Hanna Rajs’ poetry collection Under månen (2020). Situated or framed within a discussion on Holocaust Literature, Rajs’ poetry is considered in the light of a general historical purview of Holocaust writing, and her specific place within an authorial Jewish third-generation tradition in diaspora, specifically in Sweden and in Europe. READ MORE
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2. "Sweden is our destiny, Jewishness is our destiny." Swedish Jews and their idenity in relation to Sweden, Israel and Jewishness in general, 1948- 1988.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis on Swedish-Jewish identity studies shows that this identity has been constructed between three points that can be found in Lars Dencik’s model “the diasporas star of David”, these points being “the Swedish” “the Jewish” and “the Israeli”. The thesis studies the period between 1948 to 1988 and uses Judisk Krönika as source material. READ MORE
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3. Ten days of Taglit : How emotions work on a Birthright trip in Israel
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)Abstract : Taglit Birthright is an organization that provides free ten-day diaspora-heritage trips to Israel for young Jewish adults between 18 and 26 years old. Taglit is Hebrew for discovery and this is the ambition of the organization: providing young Jewish people with an opportunity to discover their socio-cultural Jewish heritage. READ MORE
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4. Jewish Identities and their Co-constructors A Qualitative Study of the Social Constructions of Jewish Identities in Sweden
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbeteAbstract : The purpose with the study was to understand how people, whom define themselves as Jewish, construct their Jewish identities in relation to different social contexts and external threats as anti-Semitism, in Sweden. The study is qualitative in its kind, which means that semi-structured interviews were used to collect the data. READ MORE
