Judith Frishman
Professor emeritus Judaism
- Name
- Prof.dr. J. Frishman
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2727
- j.frishman@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Judith Frishman is professor emeritus of Judaism at the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Religion.
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The study of Jews and Judaism in modernity has increasingly engaged the interest of scholars over the past 50 years. My own fascination is with the effects of Enlightenment and modernity on Jewish identity, both collective and individual, in Western Europe. The link between the rise of nationalism and the majority religion in the 19th c. brought about a rethinking of what it meant to be Jewish. Having lost political autonomy yet accused of double loyalty, Jews sought to redefine themselves in terms of a religious denomination. How Jews then reformed and recast their religion, engaging in polemics with Christianity and the Christian majority has been the topic of much of my research. The parallels with the present debates concerning Islam and the integration of Muslims in Western Europe seem obvious, yet no one has as yet made a concerted effort to compare the integration of these two minority groups. This is then the challenge that I have set myself for the coming years.
Selected Publications
- “Good Enough for the Goyim. Samuel Hirsch and Samuel Holdheim on the Relationship between Judaism and Christianity”, in M. Poorthuis, J. Schwartz and J. Turner (eds.), InteractionsBetween Judaism and Christianity in History, Religion, Art, and Literature (Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series 17, Leiden 2008) 271-287.
- J. Frishman and G. Hellemans (eds.), Christendom en de Wereldreligies. Dialoog en confrontatie (Utrechtse Studies 12, Westervoort 2008).
- “Joods-christelijke relaties na de Sjoa. Tussen wantrouwen, vertrouwen en hoop”, in J. Frishman and G. Hellemans (eds.), Christendom en de Wereldreligies. Dialoog en confrontatie (Utrechtse Studies 12, Westervoort 2008) 103-124.
- J. Frishman and H. Berg (eds.), Dutch Jewry in a Cultural Maelstrom, 1880-1940 (Amsterdam 2007). “ De Vrijdagavond (1923-1931) as a mirror of Dutch Jewry in the Interbellum”, in J. Frishman and H. Berg (eds.), Dutch Jewry in a Cultural Maelstrom, 1880-1940 (Amsterdam 2007) 85-96.
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Professor emeritus Judaism
- Faculty of Humanities
- Leiden Institute for Area Studies
- LUCSoR
- Frishman J. (16 March 2009). Revelation in Progress?! : Jews and Muslims Contending with Modernity. Leiden. [inaugural address].
- Frishman J.. Wat heeft het christendom van het jodendom overgenomen?. Utrecht. [inaugural address].
- Frishman J.. Wat heeft het christendom van het jodendom overgenomen? Abraham Geiger en de geschiedschrijving van het rabbijns jodendom. Utrecht. [inaugural address].
- Frishman J. (23 February 1997), Berlin: the Cradle of Modern Movements in Jewish. lecture series "Jews in Berlin". Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam. [lecture].
- Frishman J. (20 October 1997), Workshop with Andreas Burnier. Alumni Reunion Faculty of Theology Leiden. Leiden. [lecture].
- Frishman J. (1 February 1997), Jewish Feminism. series on feminism organized by the Theological Faculty Groningen. Groningen. [lecture].
- Frishman J. (5 August 1997), Once There Was a King. Amsterdam Summer University, course "The Art of Jewish Storytelling". Amsterdam. [lecture].
- Frishman J. (30 January 1997), Dutch Jewish Reactions to Carl Schwartz and De Heraut. symposium on Jewish Polemics with Christianity (Werkgezelschap Judaica). Amsterdam. [lecture].
- Frishman J. (1 June 1997), H. Hijmans and M. Salvador. Two 19th c. Dutch Jewish Reactions to Mission. symposium "History and Culture of the Jews in the Low Countries". University College, London. [lecture].
- Frishman J. (22 November 1995), "Gij vromen zijt Nederlanders; Gij Nederlanders zijt Israëlieten" [Thou Pious art Dutchmen; Thou Dutchmen art Israelites]. reactions to Religious Regorm in the Nineteenth Century in the Netherlands. Symposium on the History of the Jews. Amsterdam. [lecture].
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