Everyday Jews

Why The Jewish People Are Not Who You Think They Are

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

Can Jews be allowed to become boring?With Israel and antisemitism constantly in the news, it seems as though the Jewish people - a fraction of a percentage of the world's population - have become synonymous with controversy, drama and anxiety. But what if there was another side to this persistently interesting people; one that non-Jews often don't know about and Jews rarely talk about? This is the stuff of 'everyday' Jewishness; the capacity to be ordinary, mundane and sometimes just plain dull.Keith Kahn-Harris lifts the lid on this surprising world in a book for Jews and non-Jews alike. Arguing that his people's extraordinary public visibility today is harming their ability to live everyday Jewish lives, he celebrates the mundanity and mediocrity of a people before it vanishes completely.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-03-13
Mått:129 x 198 x 18 mm
Vikt:204 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Icon Books
ISBN:9781837732111

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Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

DR KEITH KAHN-HARRIS is a sociologist and author, based in London. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Jewish Policy Research and a Senior Lecturer at Leo Baeck College. He also makes time for pursuing other interests outside the community, including extreme metal music and the warning messages in Kinder Surprise Eggs.The author of nine books, his most recent publications are Strange Hate: Antisemitism, Racism and the Limits of Diversity, The Babel Message: A Love Letter to Language (Icon) and (co-authored with Rob Stothard) What Does A Jew Look Like? Find out more at kahn-harris.org.

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With the Middle East in flames, with Israel belligerent, divisive and divided, it's a great relief to find a book in search of the very normality of Jews and Judaism. Infusing the seriousness of the subject with a welcome wit, Keith Kahn-Harris provides a welcome rejoinder to past and present stereotypes.