Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
Glossary
chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Identity, Group Identity, and Jewish Group Identity Theory
1.3 On Anti-Semitism
1.4 Methodology
Comparative Analysis
Sources

chapter 2 1945–1953 ⋅ Two Parallel “Communities” and the Short-Lived Revitalization of Jewish Life
2.1 Communal organization
Organizational framework
Communal leadership
2.2 Demography
2.3 Jewish Group Identity
Variations of Jewish group identity
The Shoah in Jewish group identity
The State of Israel in Jewish group identity
Austrian, respectively German, elements in Jewish group identity
2.4 Communal Reconstruction
Institutional developments
Communal unity
2.5 External Communal Representation
2.6 Austrian and German Politics and Attitudes toward Jewry

chapter 3 1953–1980 ⋅ “Sitting on Packed Suitcases”
3.1 Communal Organization
Organizational framework
Communal leadership
3.2 Demography
3.3 Jewish Group Identity
Variations in Jewish group identity
The Shoah in Jewish group identity
The State of Israel in Jewish group identity
Austrian, respectively German, elements in Jewish group identity
3.4 Communal Reconstruction
Institutional developments
Communal unity
3.5 External Communal Representation
3.6 Austrian and German Politics and Attitudes toward Jewry

chapter 4 1980–2015 ⋅ Settled and Flourishing Jewish Communities
4.1 Communal Organization
Organizational framework
Communal leadership
4.2 Demography
4.3 Jewish Group Identity
Variations in Jewish group identity
The Shoah in Jewish group identity
The State of Israel in Jewish group identity
Austrian, respectively German, elements in Jewish group identity
4.4 Communal Reconstruction
Institutional developments
Communal unity
Organizational framework and communal unity
4.5 External Communal Representation
4.6 Austrian and German Politics and
Attitudes toward Jewry
4.7 Conclusion

chapter 5 European-Jewish Identity and Cooperation: The Future Direction of Austrian and German Jewries?
5.1 European Identity
5.2 European-Jewish Identity
5.3 European Jewish Cooperation
5.4 Conclusion

chapter 6 Conclusion

Appendix
References
Laws, treaties, and rulings
Interviews conducted by author
Index

About the Author

Susanne Cohen-Weisz holds a BA from Bar Ilan University, an MA in International Relations and a PhD in Political Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she also did post-doctoral research and served as lecturer. She is researching on Jewish communal developments in Europe, Jewish identity, best practices for strengthening Jewish identity in Europe, and policies and practices of conversions to Judaism and their recognition today. She published several articles on her research