Jewish Experiences in Europe

Throughout the long history of Europe, Jews have experienced periods of positive relationships to their environment as well as dramatic periods of persecution. Their integration into modern nation states occurred along two main models: the denominational one in Western Europe (reshaping their collective identity into a more individual religious one), and the national minority one in Eastern Europe. The latter failed dramatically. In post-1989 Europe, freedom of speech and movement has allowed for the development of a new European Jewish consciousness. Various partnerships have been developed between ex-Eastern and ex-Western Jews in the religious, cultural and political domains. Various European Jewish Institutions have also been established. We may now speak of a new Jewish ethnicity, based on a chosen (and no longer assigned) identity, as well as on recognition of the long-term participation of the Jews in the formation of European identities

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  Open Access•Marcela Menachem Zoufalá, Artur Skorek et al.•Ethnicities•2025

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