identity narratives of the third post-Holocaust generation of Jews in PolandReszke, Katka.creatortextbibliographybiographyElectronic books.History.Electronic book.mauBostonAcademic Studies Press2013monographicengpol1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations.A new, "unexpected" generation of Jews made an appearance in Poland following the fall of the communist regime. Once home to the greatest Jewish community in the world and then site of one of the biggest tragedies in Jewish history, today Poland is experiencing what some have called a "renaissance of Jewish culture." Simultaneously, more and more Poles are discovering their Jewish roots and beginning to seek forms of Jewish affiliation. Can there be "authentic" Jewish life in Poland after fifty years of oppression? "Return of the Jew" offers the first in-depth study of the third post-Holocaust generation of Jews in Poland. It provides a revealing account of the experience of being or rather becoming Jewish vis-a-vis uniquely compelling circumstances.Unexpected Generation -- About Me -- Socio-Historical Context -- The Contemporary Polish Jewish Cultural Milieu -- Theoretical Framework -- Identity -- Ethnicity -- Jewish Identity -- Conversion -- Authenticity -- Method -- Participants -- Procedure -- Analysis -- Positioning the Researcher -- Results -- Narrating Identity -- The Discovery -- Being Polish -- Being Jewish -- Sense of Mission -- Authenticity -- Certificate of Authenticity -- Sense of Authenticity vis-a-vis Oneself -- Sense of Authenticity vis-a-vis Others -- The "Real" Jew -- Models of Self-Authentication -- Conversion -- Circumcision -- To be a Jew in Poland -- Primordial Identity Narrative -- Perceived Essence of Jewishness -- Jewish Identity Boundaries -- Antisemitism -- Into the Future -- Discussion and Conclusions -- The World Gone Wrong -- The Discreet Charm of the Primordial -- The Primordial Paradigm -- The Constructivist Paradigm -- Primordialism is Circumstantial -- Uncertain Identities -- As "Real" as They Come.Katka Reszke."This book is the result of research carried out over a period of ten years. Most of the fieldwork was performed as part of my doctoral program at the Melton Centre for Jewish Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem"--Page 9.Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-242) and index.e-pl---JewsPolandIdentityJewish way of lifeJudaismPoland21st centuryJewsPolandHistory21st centuryJewsPolandHistory20th centuryPolandEthnic relationsHISTORYEuropeGermanyEthnic relationsJewish way of lifeJewsJewsIdentityJudaismPolandJewish studies 1900-2099 fast DS134.56 .R4713 2013943.80049241618112473978161811247716181130899781618113085978161811246016181124659781644690420164469042X102898 Knowledge Unlatchedhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=640321http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=640321http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=640321http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=640321YDXCP13061020200709055950.0ocn847610306eng