This comparative ethnographic study analyzes the backgrounds, motivations, and sociohistorical contexts of emerging Jewish communities in Cameroon, Ghana, India, and other postcolonial locales. It investigates the ramifications of these new movements for the larger Judeo-Christi…
One of the most striking contemporary religious phenomena is the world-wide fascination with Judaism. Traditionally, few non-Jews converted to the Jewish faith, but today millions of people throughout the world are converting to Judaism and are identifying as Jews or Israelites.…
One of the most striking contemporary religious phenomena is the world-wide fascination with Judaism. Traditionally, few non-Jews converted to the Jewish faith, but today millions of people throughout the world are converting to Judaism and are identifying as Jews or Israelites.…
One of the most striking contemporary religious phenomena is the world-wide fascination with Judaism. Traditionally, few non-Jews converted to the Jewish faith, but today millions of people throughout the world are converting to Judaism and are identifying as Jews or Israelites.…
Religious conversion is often associated with ideals of religious sincerity. But in a society in which religious belonging is entangled with ethnonational citizenship and confers political privilege, a convert might well have other motives. Over the last two decades, mass non-Je…
Prologue : the naked truth on Tel Aviv's beaches -- Introduction : taking winking seriously -- The conversion mission -- National mission -- State workers -- The conversion performance -- Legible signs -- Dramaturgical entanglements -- Biographical scripts -- Comp : please do no…
The first ethnography of state-run Jewish conversion in contemporary Israel, this book offers a fresh perspective on religious conversion as a tool of nationally driven population policy Prologue : the naked truth on Tel Aviv's beaches -- Introduction : taking winking seriously…
Religious conversion is often associated with ideals of religious sincerity. But in a society in which religious belonging is entangled with ethnonational citizenship and confers political privilege, a convert might well have other motives. Over the last two decades, mass non-Je…
The first ethnography of state-run Jewish conversion in contemporary Israel, this book offers a fresh perspective on religious conversion as a tool of nationally driven population policy.
Religious conversion is often associated with ideals of religious sincerity. But in a society in which religious belonging is entangled with ethnonational citizenship and confers political privilege, a convert might well have other motives. Over the last two decades, mass non-Je…
