Essays about: "Jewishness"

Found 4 essays containing the word Jewishness.

  1. 1. Goggan, avocado plants and Stockholmskosher : Doing Jewishness in contemporary Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Hanna Nir; [2022]
    Keywords : Jewishness; Jewish experience; doing Jewishness; practice theory; lived religion; Jewish life in Sweden; youth;

    Abstract : This study seeks to understand how young Swedish Jews experience their Jewishness in contemporary Sweden. Many have tried to understand Jewishness through surveys. However, this study uses a qualitative approach as well as the lens of lived religion and theories of practice to move focus to how people do their Jewishness. READ MORE

  3. 2. European Jewishness and European Muslim-hood: A comparative analysis of religious organisations' approach to the European integration project and European identity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Louise Dahlstedt; [2022]
    Keywords : European integration; European identity; religion; European Jewish Congress; European Muslim Union; minority groups; Judaism; Islam; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Certain religious organisations restrict their operations to a specific geographical area despite the fact that their aim presumably would be to transcend these boundaries. They promote one overarching religious identity that is shared worldwide which is why it should not be in the organisations interests to limit themselves geographically. READ MORE

  4. 3. "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 institutionen

    Author : Robert Bárány Kihlgren; [2021]
    Keywords : Swedish-Jewish identity; Jewish identity in the diaspora; Judisk Krönika.;

    Abstract : 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

  5. 4. Arab Anti-Semitism

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Wiji Bohme-Shomari; [2010]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Although anti-Semitism is a fact of Arab life, most individuals prefer to describe it as political animosity and religious polemic. This explains why my study has only drawn from works on the subject by Western historians – because no Arab historian has even acknowledged that it exists, let alone written about it. READ MORE