The cultural identity and the assimilation of the Jewish Community in the Global Cities

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Résumé

My name is Charles Terdjman, I am a 3rd year student in Sciences Po Paris, and I would like to present my comparative research about the Jewish Community in the Global Cities.
Sincerely interested in the social and political studies, I wanted to analyze a social or religious minority for this research experience, and I quickly decided to focus on this specific community for a couple of reasons.
Even though the existing literature on this theme was quite abundant, I felt I had a great opportunity in bringing my work to the understanding of the topic as introducing a comparative element with three Global Cities: Chicago, Mexico City and Paris.

This specific community seemed interested as I had to deal with three Jewish communities that are each really distinct from another, and that permitted an enriching analysis on some specific issues as their integration, their acculturation and their assimilation in their societies, as well as the possibility of defining a "Jewish cultural identity".
I was led to study on the historical backgrounds of these communities, to understand more precisely their current situation in their States, in terms of economic and social status, but also as actors of their cities, in politics, in arts, or in sciences.

The aim of that research is to be as complete as possible dealing with several branches of Judaism (reform, conservative, traditional, orthodox). The problem when you want to deal with the question of integration in social sciences is that you need some objective criteria that permit comparisons and a better understanding of what is at stake. Here we can think about tools such as political participation or housing mapping, role played in the economic life of the city. Identity is a complex concept that includes a transnational part, with homelands' culture and sometimes strong link to Israel.

This study will start with Chicago, where I did my research from September 2007 to December 2007. It will continue with Mexico City, where I was able to research from January to March 2008, and it will end with my research in Paris, from April to June 2008.

Table of contents:

I) Description and Abstract
II) General Introduction
III) Literature Review
IV) Presentation of the communities in study
V) Comparing the three communities
VI) General Conclusion

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