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Author Kahn-Harris, Keith, 1971-

Title Turbulent times : the British Jewish community today / Keith Kahn-Harris and Ben Gidley.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Continuum, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (237 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-224) and index.
Contents Jewish community and Jewish leadership in the UK -- Research and the "reflexive turn" in Anglo Jewry -- The continuity consensus -- From Jewish continuity to Jewish continuity -- The renewal agenda -- From renewal to renaissance -- New antisemitism, new insecurity.
Summary The first book-length study of contemporary British Jewry, Turbulent Times: The British Jewish Community Today examines the changing nature of the British Jewish community and its leadership since 1990. Keith Kahn-Harris and Ben Gidley contend that there has been a shift within Jewish communal discourse from a strategy of security, which emphasized Anglo-Jewry's secure British belonging and citizenship, to a strategy of insecurity, which emphasizes the dangers and threats Jews face individually and communally. This shift is part of a process of renewal in the community that has led to someth.
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Subject Jews -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century.
Jews.
Great Britain.
History.
Chronological Term 21st century
Subject Jews -- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
Politics and government.
Jews -- Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Judaism -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century.
Judaism.
Great Britain -- Ethnic relations.
Ethnic relations.
Chronological Term 2000 - 2099
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Gidley, Ben.
Other Form: Print version: Kahn-Harris, Keith, 1971- Turbulent times. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2010 9781847063168 (DLC) 2009051348 (OCoLC)477273581
ISBN 9781441110404 (electronic book)
1441110402 (electronic book)
1282821644
9781282821644
9781847063168
1847063160
9781847144768
1847144764
Standard No. 9786612821646