German Jews and the Persistence of Jewish Identity in Conversion by Angela Kuttner Botelho

German Jews and the Persistence of Jewish Identity in Conversion by Angela Kuttner Botelho

Author:Angela Kuttner Botelho
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2021-09-20T07:04:22.848000+00:00


Nothing made me feel more like a Jew than to have this [adolescent anti-semitic] experience [with his piano teacher]. So antisemitism for me, when I encounter antisemitism, I feel like a Jew. When I go to a synagogue, I feel like I’m an imposter.”

Philip remains distanced from any involvement with Jewish practice or any formal Jewish community. In his persistent embrace of ambivalence, his chosen comfort zone, I cannot help but once again decry, faintly perhaps, ahistorically certainly, the shadow of the alienated Marrano so strikingly described by Yovel.



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