Virtually Jewish
Subtitle: Reinventing Jewish Culture in Europe
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: January 7, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780520213630
Subjects: Cultural studies; European studies; Jewish studies; Social Science; Identity; History; History - General History; Judaism - History; Sociology; Europe; Jewish - General; Holocaust; Social Science / Jewish Studies; Ethnic Studies - General; 20th century; Jews; Judaism
First sentence: In the early 1920s ,the Viennese journalist Hugo Bettauer wrote a novel that at the time must have seemed little more than a satiri excursion into a science fiction-style parallel universe.
Description: "More than half a century after the Holocaust, in countries where Jews make up just a tiny fraction of the population, products of Jewish culture (or what is perceived as Jewish culture) have become viable components of the popular public domain. But how can there be a visible and growing Jewish presence in Europe without the significant presence of Jews?

Ruth Ellen Gruber explores this phenomenon, traveling through Germany, Poland, and Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, and elsewhere to observe firsthand the many facets of this remarkable trend."--BOOK JACKET.