De Ratisbonne à Lustiger, les convertis à l’époque contemporaine
Résumé
As soon as Christianity came into existence, conversion was a constant problem for Jewish identity since it was always—and still is—felt and lived as a form of treason by Jews, be they religious or non-religious. Yet the outlook of converts toward their native Judaism has deeply evolved since the time of the Emancipation in Western Europe. During the 19th century, following the Ratisbonne brothers, converts chose to change their religion because they rejected the Jewish faith and way of life or even because of self-hatred. During the 20th century, Jews first wavered between rejecting the Jewish faith and asserting their membership of Jewishness, then, after 1945, claimed that they belonged to both Christianity and Judaism. This evolution can be traced back to changes in Judaism itself as well as to the new outlook of Christianity.
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