scholarly journals Jewish Community Studies in the Twenty-First Century

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Marker ◽  
Shelley Brock ◽  
Darby Steiger ◽  
Jill DeMatteis ◽  
Hanna Popick
Keyword(s):  
Jewish Community ◽  
First Century ◽  
Community Studies ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Jewish Community Studies

On Jewish Community Studies

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-412
Author(s):  
Ron Miller
Keyword(s):  
Jewish Community ◽  
Community Studies ◽  
Jewish Community Studies

Jewish Community Studies as Seen Through a Business Lens

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan J. Levine ◽  
Sindey Dranoff
Keyword(s):  
Jewish Community ◽  
Community Studies ◽  
Jewish Community Studies

Habad, the Rebbe, and the Messiah in the Twenty-First Century

2020 ◽  
pp. 357-384
Author(s):  
Naftali Loewenthal
Keyword(s):  
Jewish Community ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
First Century ◽  
Jewish Society ◽  
The Future ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Individual

We have looked at a number of aspects of the Habad-Lubavitch movement in their historical context: its relationship with general Jewish society, the theme of outreach, including beyond the Jewish community, rationalism, the role of the individual, contemplation, women, the messianic idea, and the fact that Rabbi Menachem Mendel passed away without a successor. This concluding chapter explores some further theological questions: What are the positions within Habad in relation to the teachings of the last Rebbe and his messianic thrust? What might the contemporary movement have to say for the future?

scholarly journals ‘Everyone does Jewish in their own way’

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mercédesz Viktória Czimbalmos
Keyword(s):  
Jewish Community ◽  
First Century ◽  
Core Material ◽  
Freedom Of Religion ◽  
Jewish Communities ◽  
Civil Marriage ◽  
The Core ◽  
Ethnographic Interviews ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Constitutional Right

Shortly after the Civil Marriage Act took effect in 1917 and the constitutional right to freedom of religion was implemented by the Freedom of Religion Act in 1922, the number of intermarriages started to rise in the Finnish Jewish congregations, affecting both their customs, and the structure of their membership. Initially, intermarried members and their spouses faced rejection in their congregations; however, during the second half of the twenty-first century, the attitudes towards intermarriages and intermarried congregants have changed significantly. Today, a high number of intermarriages is one of the key defining characteristics of Finnish Jewish communities. This article will concentrate on the vernacular practices of intermarried women in the Jewish Community of Helsinki and Turku. The core material of this article consists of semi-structured ethnographic interviews conducted in 2019 and 2020 with members of the two Finnish Jewish communities. The women presented in this study often combine models from different traditions. Instead of abandoning Judaism altogether, they ‘do Judaism in their own way’ by creating and (re)-inventing traditions they find meaningful for themselves and for their families.

Elephantine Revisited

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Karel van der Toorn
Keyword(s):  
Jewish Community ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
First Century ◽  
Secondary Literature ◽  
Ancient Judaism ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Full Century ◽  
Sheer Number

This chapter revisits the scholarship regarding the discovery of the Elephantine Jews. A full century has passed since Eduard Sachau's edition of the Elephantine papyri in 1911. The Elephantine papyri promised direct and unbiased access to a Jewish community as it had been in real life. Furthermore, the sheer number of publications on the papyri between 1905 and 1915 conveyed a sense of the excitement that characterized the early days of Elephantine studies. This chapter shows that Elephantine studies continue to flourish in the twenty-first century. Counting monographs only, the secondary literature is expanding by almost one book a year. An important impetus for the ongoing investigations is the time frame of Elephantine, which is crucial in the formation of ancient Judaism and warrants a reassessment of prevailing scholarship.

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