Civil Society Resilience During War - Organizing Jewish Life And Culture In Ukraine After Russia's Full-Scale Invasion

This book explores the resilience of Jewish civil society organizing in Ukraine during the tumultuous early months of the 2022 Russian full-scale invasion. Developed in collaboration with Paideia - the European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden, the research chronicles a project that involved Ukrainian Jewish communities during wartime through Paideia s alumni network. Drawing on rich empirical data, the authors examine the multifaceted work of Jewish organizations and organizing efforts, from sustaining rituals to engaging in humanitarian work. The book examines single case studies and broader cross-organizational analyses, shedding light on the capacity of Jewish groups to repurpose activities, pivot from serving specific communities to addressing broader societal needs, and mobilize resources under extreme conditions. This resilience, the authors argue, is shaped by a complex interplay of factors: pre-existing organizational structures, transnational networks, and the fusion of symbolic and material elements rooted in the Ukrainian-Jewish experience. By situating these efforts within a wider context, the book uses different streams of organization studies to provide an in-depth analysis of resilient civil society organizing during wartime. Aimed at organization scholars, civil society researchers, activists, and those interested in Jewish culture and Ukrainian history, this book offers critical insights into the possibility of civil society resilience in the face of war.

List of contents

1.Exploring the organization of civil society resilience.- 2.The case of Anatevka: place-making and resilience at a critical juncture.- 3.Legitimizing resilient resource mobilization exploring Jewish fundraising accounts.- 4.Semiotics of resilience: Two kinds of sensemaking for organizational adaptability.- 5.Many roads to follow: Jewish civil society organizations collaboration patterns during wartime.- 6.Resilience and organizational identity: the development of Hesed community centers in the face of war.- 7.Theorizing the organizing of civil society resilience.

Product details

• Authors: Zhanna Kravchenko, Yair Lipshitz, Avital Shein, Avital et Shein, Jaakko Turunen, Sofiya-Yaryna Voytiv, Noomi Weinryb
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 27.09.2025
• EAN: 9783031978524
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3197852-4
• No. of pages: 200
• Illustrations: Approx. 200 p. 10 illus.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Third Sector Research
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Soziologie, Sozialwesen und soziale Dienste, Soziale Gruppen: religiöse Gemeinschaften, Civil Society, Sociology of Religion, Crisis, Politik und Staat, Sociological Theory, War, Well-Being, Political Sociology, Welfare, Resilience, Nonprofit, auseinandersetzen, Social and Cultural Geography, organization theory, third sector studies, Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Jewish life and culture