Shades of Jewishness : the creation and maintenance of a liberal Jewish community in post-Shoah Germany

Daniela Kranz

This PhD thesis focuses on the creation and maintenance of the liberal Jewish
\ncommunity in present day Cologne, Germany. The community has the telling name
\nGescher LaMassoret, which translates into „Bridge to Tradition.‟ The name gives away
\nthat this specific community, its individ