YOUNG POLISH JEWS AND THEIR IDENTITY DILEMMA

The article familiarizes the reader with reasons and consequences of the actions undertaken by young Polish Jews, which contribute to the construction of the Jewish identity. The first part of the text deals with the struggle of the youngsters with identity problems built on the feeling of exclusion and inadequacy of individuals who discover their Jewish descent. The second part is devoted to the work on identity, which entails actions undertaken by the respondents to transform the subjective imagery concerning their marginal situation as well as work on further interactions. The Jewish identity is analyzed here in the postmodern context, which allows us to treat it as a project with many possible ways of its completion.