1. Contemporary Poland and “the Jews”: An Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Preface xiii
5. Acknowledgments xix
6. Guide to Pronunciation xxiii
7. 1. Contemporary Poland and “the Jews”: An Introduction 1
8. Part One. The Great Mnemonic Awakening
9. 2. Traces and the Sensorium: The Materiality of Jewish Absence 31
10. 3. “The Way We Were”: Nostalgia and Romantic Philosemitism 59
11. 4. Museum Encounters: Cultural Diplomacy and National Pedagogy in the Twenty-First Century 87
12. Part Two. Recovering Jewishness for a Better Polish Future
13. 5. “With One Color, We Cannot See”: Multicultural Dreams and Registers of Engagement 113
14. 6. Coming Out: “New Jews” and the Reconstruction of Jewish Identity 160
15. 7. Conclusion: Memory, Mythology, and Nationalism 192
16. Appendix A: Methods, Data, and Analytical Strategies 201
17. Appendix B: Jewish Life in Poland, 1945–2021 213
18. Appendix C: Jewish Festivals in Poland, 1988‒2019 239
19. Sources and References 243
20. Index 259