Jewish Quarterly » David Shneer http://jewishquarterly.org A magazine of contemporary writing, politics & culture Tue, 15 May 2012 17:27:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 The End of Diaspora and the Rise of a Global Jewish Community http://jewishquarterly.org/2009/02/the-end-of-diaspora-and-the-rise-of-a-global-jewish-community/ http://jewishquarterly.org/2009/02/the-end-of-diaspora-and-the-rise-of-a-global-jewish-community/#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:44:25 +0000 David Shneer http://heroic-media.com/jq/?p=37 Dear Gil,

As a professor of Jewish Studies and an avid reader of the Jewish Telegraph Agency’s daily news reports, I keep up on global Jewish affairs. Lately, I have been struck by the number of stories about Jewish life thriving in places that might seem surprising: a new Jewish radio station and cultural center in Madrid, Indian Jews leaving Israel to go back to India, hip underground Jewish clubs in Moscow.
At the same time, study after study comes out documenting how American Jews in particular, and some parts of global Jewry in general, are becoming less connected to Israel and are less focused on anti-Semitism as a central element of their Jewish identity. What is going on?
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