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Publisher: National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership (U.S.)
Author(s): Daniel S. Brenner
Research Area: Culture and religion
Keywords: Jewish Text; Jewish Identification; Diversity
Type: Brief
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
The author argues that identity itself is a performance, understood through a complex set of masks. He posits that the Jewish tradition is so resilient because it understands that there is no eternally immutable interpretation, no end to the process of identity construction, and nothing in this world that is absolutely perfect and deserving of worship.