Literary Center » On the complexities and contradictions of diaspora Jewish identity
In the twenty-first century, debates about the formation of an anti-Semitic category of Jews intensified following the creation of the State of Israel in 1948 and debates about colonialism, indigeneity, and ethnic identity. If one thinks of Jews as a diasporic category, the notions of “rooted” and “rootless” or bound and unmoored also come into