Obrady životného cyklu Židov na Slovensku v 20. storočí
Rituals of the life cycle of Slovak Jews in the 20th century
Obřady životního cyklu Židů na Slovensku ve 20. století
diploma thesis (DEFENDED)

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Author
Advisor
Referee
Nosek, Bedřich
Faculty / Institute
Faculty of Arts
Discipline
Hebrew Studies
Department
Institute of Near Eastern and African Studies
Date of defense
23. 1. 2008
Publisher
Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakultaLanguage
Slovak
Grade
Excellent
Život Židov na Slovensku má dlhú tradíciu. Hoci Židia tu žijú už mnoho storočí, ľudia o nich vedia pomerne málo. O tradičných rodinných zvyklostiach sa dozvedáme prevažne z výpovedí pamätníkov. Tie odzrkadľujú rôznu mieru religiozity v rodinách a v rozličných politických obdobiach. Tradície, zvyky a teda aj obrady životného cyklu boli bežnou súčasťou života Židov na Slovensku pred druhou svetovou vojnou. Už v predvojnovom období badať známky adaptácie a asimilácie k majoritnej spoločnosti. Tento trend ešte viac zosilnel u Židov, ktorí prežili druhú svetovú vojnu, a ktorí sa rozhodli ostať na Slovensku. Miera asimilácie vyvrcholila za vlády komunizmu, a to najmä po roku 1968. Politické pomery a ateistická propaganda nedovoľovali byť Židom po náboženskej stránke, a aj o svojej identite viacerí radšej mlčali. Revolúcia v roku 1989 priniesla uvoľnenie aj v tomto smere. Najmä mladá generácia má opäť záujem o židovstvo, ale už nie v jeho náboženskej podobe.
Life of the Jews in Slovakia has long tradition. However the Jews have been living here for many centuries, people know really little about them. About family traditions in Slovak Jewish families we got known especially from interviews with witnesses. According to interviews we see a measure of religious practices in different families and in different political periods. Traditions, customs and so do rituals of the life cycle were obviously part of the life of the Jews in Slovakia before Second World War. Already in the period before Second World War there were steps to adaptation and assimilation to majority society. This trend became much stronger among Jews, who survived Second World War, and who decided to stay to live in Slovakia. The measure of assimilation culminated at the time of communism, especially after the year 1968. The political circumstances and atheistic propaganda did not allow being a Jew in a religious way, and about the identity most of the Jews rather kept silence. The revolution in the year 1989 brought disengagement in this way as well. Mainly the young generation has again interest about Judaism, but not in his religious way.