Rethinking Jewishness in Networked Publics: The Case of Post-Communist Hungary
Rethinking Jewishness in Networked Publics: The Case of Post-Communist Hungary
This chapter cites scholars that viewed the fall of communism in 1989 as a potential turning point for east European Jewish communities. It explains how political freedom promised new possibilities for organizing religious and secular Jewish life and for representing individual Jewish identities and communities. It also describes what form political change could take that will lead to a new flourishing of Jewish religion and culture. The chapter talks about Hungary's Hungarian-born Jewish population in Budapest that represents the largest community in any central European city and was thought to hold great potential for community building. It discusses how Jews were partaking in new manifestations of cultural ethnicity, such as an interest in Jewish history.
Keywords: communism, east European Jews, Jewish communities, religious Jewish life, secular Jewish life, political freedom, cultural ethnicity, political change
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