Jews, History, and Home-making: Colonial Contradictions and Contemporary Challenges

Jessica Vance Roitman

doi:10.5117/SR2024.1.003.ROIT

Jews, History, and Home-making: Colonial Contradictions and Contemporary Challenges

Jessica Vance Roitman

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In the eighteenth century, Dutch Caribbean colonies constituted the center of Jewish life in the Americas. This work looks at questions of Jewishness and home-making in these colonial contexts. Jews and other in-between groups like free people of color, it is argued, offer crucial insights into the tensions and contradictions within colonial societies more broadly. The talk upon which this printed version is based discussed why this story of Jews making their home in colonial contexts is relevant, not only for Jewish Studies, but more broadly for contemporary scholarly and societal debates.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	61-77
Number of pages	16
Journal	Studia Rosenthaliana
Volume	50
Issue number	1
Early online date	1 Jun 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5117/SR2024.1.003.ROIT
Publication status	Published - Jun 2024
Event	Jews, History, and Home-making: Colonial Contradictions and Contemporary Challenges: Inaugural Lecture - Jessica Roitman - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: 29 Mar 2023 → 29 Mar 2023

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This is an edited version of the text of the inaugural speech delivered on the occasion of
Jessica Roitman’s appointment as Professor of Jewish Studies in the Faculty of Religion and
Theology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam on 29 March 2023

Keywords

Colonial History
Colonialism
Dutch History
Jewish History
Dutch Jewish History
Jewish Colonial History
Dutch Jewish Colonial History
Dutch Caribbean
Caribbean History
Jewish Caribbean History
Diaspora
Belonging
Home

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