Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 20, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20021107
Keywords
Jewish communities; COVID-19; resiliency; sense of community; coping; health; mental health
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In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, this study examines the role of Jewish communities worldwide and their community mechanisms for coping with the crisis. Through in-person interviews conducted between October 2021 and July 2022 in various communities, including Budapest, Vienna, Buenos Aires, and Mexico City, the challenges, coping strategies, and opportunities were explored. The findings align with concepts of community sense and resilience theories.
Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, which lasted more than two years and included several waves, the present study focused on Jewish communities around the world, in order to understand the role of community during the pandemic. This study focused on the community mechanisms that helped community members to cope with the pandemic. To that end, between October 2021 and July 2022, in-person interviews were conducted with leaders and members of the following communities: Budapest, Hungary; Subotica, Serbia; Vienna, Austria; Bratislava, Slovakia; Vilna, Lithuania; Buenos Aires, Rosario, Salta, and Ushuaia in Argentina; and Mexico City and Cancun in Mexico. Each interview lasted between 45 min and 1.5 h. All of the interviews were audio-recorded and transcripts of those recordings were prepared. Three major themes emerged from the interviews: challenges, coping, and opportunities. Most of these themes were common to the different communities around the world. The findings of this work are discussed in terms of the concept of sense of community and resiliency theories.
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