Future of the German-Jewish Past

Germany's acceptance of its direct responsibility for the Holocaust has strengthened its relationship with Israel and has led to a deep commitment to combat antisemitism and rebuild Jewish life in Germany. As we draw close to a time when there will be no more firsthand experience of the horrors of the Holocaust, there is great concern about what will happen when German responsibility turns into history. Will the present taboo against open antisemitism be lifted as collective memory fades? There are alarming signs of the rise of the far right, which includes blatantly antisemitic elements, already visible in public discourse. The evidence is unmistakable-overt antisemitism is dramatically increasing once more.

AcknowledgmentsThe Future of the German-Jewish Past Starts Here, by Gideon ReuveniTHE PERSONAL, THE HISTORICAL, AND THE MAKING OF GERMAN-JEWISH MEMORY"No More Mr. Nice Guy": Questioning the Ideal of Assimilation, by Alan PosenerGeneration in Flux: Diasporic Reflections on the Future of German-Jewishness, by Sheer GanorHome on the Balcony: New Initiatives for the Preservation of Documents and Material Objects Relating to German-Jewish History, by Joachim SchlörFrom Object to Subject: Representing Jews and Jewishness at the Jewish Museum Berlin, by Michal FriedlanderPast Imperfect, Future Tense: A Mother's Letter about Loss, Storytelling, and the Profound Ambivalence of the German-Jewish Legacy, by Nicola GlucksmannLOOKING BACK TO FUTURE VISIONS OF THE GERMAN-JEWISH PASTThe Ever-Dying Jewry? Prophets of Doom and theSurvival of European Jewry, by Michael BrennerThe Thin Crust of Civilization: Lessons from the German-Jewish Past, by Mathias BerekThe Dialectics of Tradition: German-Jewish Studies and the Future, by Galili Shahar"Noch ist unsere Hoffnung nicht dahin!" Fritz Pinkuss's View on Germans, Jews, and the Universal Value of the German-Jewish Past, by Björn SiegelGERMAN-JEWISHNESS AND DIFFERENCEOn the Possibilities and Impossibilities of Being Jewish in Postwar Germany, by Sandra Anusiewicz-BaerJewish Studies without the "Other", by Klaus HödlRethinking Jews, Antisemitism, and Jewish Differencein Postwar Germany, by Lisa SilvermanNewspaper Feuilletons: Reflections on the Possibilities of German-Jewish Authorship and Literature, by Liliane WeissbergTHE GERMAN-ISRAELI COMPLEXNavigating Mythical Time: Israeli Jewish Migrants and the Identity Play of Mirrors, by Dani Kranz"The Sun Does Not Shine, It Radiates": On National(ist) Mergings in German Philosemitic Imagery of Tel Aviv, by Hannah C. TzuberiDoes the German-Jewish Past Have a Future in Israel?, by Moshe ZimmermannNEW PERSPECTIVES FOR GERMAN-JEWISH STUDIESThe Psychology of Antisemitism Revisited, by Anthony D. KaudersJewish and German: The Leo Baeck Institute Archives and Library, by Frank MecklenburgToward a Transnational Jewish Historiography: Reflections on a Possible Future Path for the German-Jewish Past, by Guy MironDigital German-Jewish Futures: Experiential Learning, Activism, and Entertainment, by Kerry WallachContributorsIndex