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Virtual and Real-Life Spaces of Jewish Europe in the 21st Century

Edited by Maja Hultman, Edited by Joachim SchlÃ¶r

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The first decades of the 21st century have presented numerous challenges for European Jewry: far-right movements and a rise of antisemitism, a global pandemic, and a war on European soil. At the same time, heritage sites commemorating the Jewish past and the use of digital platforms to create new forms of communication and cultural co-construction are growing. Using a variety of spaces â€“ heritage sites, museums, digital practices, urban topography, and communal activities â€“ as case studies, this collective volume analyses whether they might serve as a reminder that despite moments of crisis, Jewish life in Europe persists. The spatial analysis offered by the volume uses the concept of â€œvirtualityâ€ as a starting point, thereby engaging anew with spatial concepts laid out by scholars in the 1990s. Now, 30 years later, prompted by todayâ€™s political, social, and cultural European landscape, as well as the increasing role of digitization, the authors discuss the meaning of â€œvirtualityâ€ and how it relates to notions of â€œauthenticityâ€ and â€œrealityâ€ in Jewish culture and in Jewish/non-Jewish relations. As such, the book provides a fresh take on and a new way forward for the conceptualizations and applications of â€œspaceâ€, which together offer particularly useful avenues to access power relations, identity (re-)constructions, and performative aspects of the European Jewish experience.