Jewish Identity in FinlandThis paper examines the past 100 years of Jewish Histriy in Finland and discusses the threats to Jewish continuity due to assimilation and intermarriage. |
Contents
A Background to the Jews in Finland | 6 |
Population Changes Among the Jewish People | 36 |
Language and its Implications | 61 |
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1986 personal interview age group anonymous questionnaire answered approx arriving in Finland assimilation Bélinki Burstein century children as Jews community in Finland congregation considered their parents converts to Judaism decades dietary laws emigration ethnic felt Finnish & Swedish Finnish citizens Finnish Jews Finnish language Finnish society Finnish-speaking fluently German Hamina Harviainen 1984 Hebrew Helsingin Sanomat Helsinki and Turku Helsinki University important informants integrated interview by Sharon Israel Jacobsson Jewish identity Jewish laws Jewish population Jewish school Jews in Finland judiska juutalainen Karmela keep the Jewish kosher Liebkind living in Finland mixed marriages native language native speakers never non-Jewish Orthodox percentage Poljakoff prejudice question rabbi Rautkallio 1987 religion replied respondants Russian Sabbath laws Seela Sharon Franklin-Rahkonen situation speak Finnish speak Yiddish spoke Suomen virallinen tilasto Sweden Swedish Finnish Swedish language Swedish to Finnish Swedish-speaking synagogue University of Helsinki Viipuri women World War II Yiddish