Reimagining the Jews of Ireland

Zuleika Rodgers

ISBN 10: 180079083X / ISBN 13: 9781800790834

Published by Peter Lang, Peter Lang Nov 2023, 2023

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Neuware -«This collection marks the coming of age of Irish Jewish Studies. Beautifully curated by Zuleika Rodgers and Natalie Wynn, it brings together the best of recent scholarship, covering history, politics, literature and everyday life. Taken together these essays show the complexity of both the Irish Jewish experience and responses to them.»(Tony Kushner, James Parkes Professor of Jewish/non-Jewish relations, University of Southampton)«A refreshingly nuanced exploration of perceptions and self-perceptions of Irish Jews. The authors interrogate political, religious, economic, social and cultural discourses from the eighteenth century to contemporary times to unravel less-familiar expressions of antisemitism, alongside occasional philosemitism, and offer critical insights on the many reimaginations of Christian Ireland¿s long-standing migrant Other minority.»(Guy Beiner, Sullivan Chair of Irish Studies, Boston College)Discourse, both scholarly and popular, around the Jews of Ireland has increased in recent years and this volume of essays takes up the challenge of placing it within the framework of Jewish historiography and the study of Jewish history and culture. The focus of the volume is to provide a critical re-evaluation of the study of Irish Jews looking at key areas such as Irish Jewish historiography, communal traditions, antisemitism, nationalism (Jewish and Irish) and representations in popular media. Underlying the contributions is the desire to reassess the ways in which traditional scholarship and representation of Irish Jews have been shaped by uninterrogated narratives and a lack of understanding and sensitivity to the context of Jewish history and the Jewish experience.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 308 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reimagining the Jews of Ireland
• Publisher: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Nov 2023
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 180079083X
• ISBN 13: 9781800790834
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 17D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 449 grams

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Synopsis

A critical re-evaluation of the study of Irish Jews looking at key areas such as Irish Jewish historiography, communal traditions, antisemitism, nationalism (Jewish and Irish) and representations in popular media.

About the Author

Zuleika Rodgers is Associate Professor in Jewish Studies in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies and Director of the Herzog Centre for Jewish and Near Eastern Religions and Culture at Trinity College Dublin.

Natalie Wynn is a Research Associate at the Herzog Centre for Jewish and Near Eastern Religions and Culture, Trinity College Dublin.