What does it mean to be Jewish in Germany today?
Laura Cazés asked twelve Jewish authors for their views on life in this country, and to describe what 'being Jewish' meant to them. The results are very personal, multilayered essays, which are not without anger, but not without hope either. The authors include Mirna Funk, Daniel Donskoy, Richard C. Schneider, Erica Zingher, and Shahrzad Eden Osterer.
Whenever Jewish life is discussed in Germany, it is above all with reference to the Shoah and anti-Semitism. This, though, turns Jews into objects of these subjects, which are admittedly intricately connected to the country in which they live. But their own multifaceted lives scarcely feature in social discourse.
The authors here perform a radical shift of perspective by making clear the diversity of Jewish positions and speaking for themselves as Jews. They write about roles they are assigned, about the discomfort that the presence of living Jews sometimes brings about, about the pain they feel and the gaps they sense, but also about opportunities and perspectives.
Contributors: Debora Antmann, Rebecca Blady, Marina Chernivsky, Daniel Donskoy, Mirna Funk, Ruben Gerczikow, Shahrzad Eden Osterer, Hannah Peaceman, Dekel & Nina Peretz, Richard C. Schneider, and Erica Zingher.
