Like so many of those others in Britain of Jewish lineage, songwriter and award-winning folk singer Leon Rosselson is descended from antecedents who fled pogroms in eastern Europe. Pertinently, he questions what being a Jew means—is it adherence to Judaism as a religion, an ethnicity, a citizen of Israel, or someone who eats “chicken soup with knedlach?" He describes clearly and with historical insight how any concept of “Jewishness” can involve all of those things and more.
Language
English
Pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publisher
PM Press
Release
July 01, 2017
ISBN
162963378X
ISBN 13
9781629633787
That Precious Strand of Jewishness That Challenges Authority
Like so many of those others in Britain of Jewish lineage, songwriter and award-winning folk singer Leon Rosselson is descended from antecedents who fled pogroms in eastern Europe. Pertinently, he questions what being a Jew means—is it adherence to Judaism as a religion, an ethnicity, a citizen of Israel, or someone who eats “chicken soup with knedlach?" He describes clearly and with historical insight how any concept of “Jewishness” can involve all of those things and more.