hereness

Noun

hereness (uncountable)

1. The property of being here; existence, dasein.
   • Hereness (Dasein) might be perhaps be called more expediently, Now-Being (Jetztsein), ...1954, Otto Samuel, “The Relationship of Hereness Dasein”, in A Foundation of Ontology: A Critical Analysis of Nicolai Hartmann, Digitized edition (Philosophy), Philosophical Library, published 2008...
   • Der veg tsu undzer yugnt embodied the diaspora nationalist ideology of doikeyt, or “hereness," an East European Jewish political principle that championed the legitimacy of Jewish communities wherever they found themselves.1996 08, Deborah Dash Moore, Yivo Annual Volume 23, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   being, beinghood, beingness, dasein, existence, subsistence

2. (Judaism) Synonym of doikeyt.
   • Hereness isn’t just about place, but about people: centering our politics and spiritual project around those nearest to us, adopting neighborliness as political practice and intergenerationality as a matter of course. Hereness demands that we learn our local histories and resurrect hidden ones of...2018 April 16, Jacob Plitman, “On an Emerging Diasporism”, in Jewish Currents, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2023

   Synonyms:

   doikeyt