Ross, Sarah M.

The Moralization of Jewish Heritage in Germany : Sustaining Jewish Life in the Twenty-First Century. - 1st ed. - New York : Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2024. ©2024. - 1 online resource (257 pages)

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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Being and Feeling Jewish: Doing Jewish Heritage in Twenty-First Century Germany -- Chapter 2: The Moral Obligation to Preserve: The Making of Synagogue Music as Kulturerbe in Germany -- Chapter 3: Jewish Cantors as "Safeguarders" of German-Jewish Musical Heritage -- Chapter 4: Formulating a Theory for Jewish Heritage and Sustainability -- Epilogue -- References -- Index -- About the Author.

The book critically examines the making of German-Jewish musical heritage and its location and dubious non-location within the German cultural sector and larger Jewish community in Germany. It further theorizes on the intersection of Jewish heritage and cultural sustainability by employing thoughts and ideas of critical heritage studies.

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Sustainability. Intangible property. Cultural property-Protection. Return migration-Germany. Jews, German-Ethnic identity. Jews, German-Germany-Social conditions. Synagogue music-Germany-Social aspects.


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