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This 6 page paper look at the social identity of the Jewish community in the US, and argues that the manifestation of this is as a selective form of collectivism, which is separate form any national ties. The paper looks at different approaches form inside the community and the perception of Israel to assess this approach. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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a determinant of this perception, and looking at the Jewish community it may be argued that the correct model is one of a selective version of collective social identity and
community. When looking at the idea of a collative society there is the focal point of a Jewish nations. This has been a religious ideology for many years which was
only realised with creation of the state of Israel in 1947. However, there are many divisions with the Jewish communities within the United States. There is the aspect of
the modern reformist that seek to unit the different ideals, from the orthodox and Zionism to more modern and less formal ideals, with a collective culture that looks at the
Jewish people as being a community that is a congregation of believers" (Ben Rafael, n.d.). They also put forward that idea that Judaism will usually be perceived as a set
of universal cultural values and also that the Land of Israel is a cultural concept and an ideal, not the need to return the physical place (Ben Rafael, n.d.). These
are aspects that can be seen as collectivism, as there are many shared aspects, but there are also many differences regarding the same beliefs and as such it is selective
collectivism. Zionism is included within that group of schools of thought, here the idea of the Jewish people are seen as offering more than a congregation or a community but
also the potential for a nation (Ben Rafael, n.d). However, here Zion is also seen as a real place, one that can be built in territorial terms (Ben Rafael, n.d.).
This emphasises the collectivism of the final outcome of Jewish ness according to the Zionists. This perspective may be seen as more understandable in terms of desires when the events
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