A Portrait of the American Jewish Community

by Linzer, Norman; Schnall, David J.; Chanes, Jerome A.

• ISBN13: 9780275960223
• ISBN10: 0275960226
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-05-30
• Publisher: Praeger Pub Text

Summary

This comprehensive look at the Jewish American community at the turn of the 21st century explores the many issues emerican Jews and their organizations are confronting, and shows how the Jewish community responds so as to remain a distinct entity while also becoming a part of the larger American culture. The contributors investigate the complex issues facing the American Jewish community in 12 areas that are at the heart of the Jewish communal enterprise. This work will be of interest to students and scholars of Jewish studies and interfaith studies, to professionals in social work and social services, and to anyone interested in American communal dynamics.

Author Biography

NORMAN LINZER is the Samuel J. and Jean Sable Professor of Jewish Family Social Work, Wurzweiler School of Social Work at the Yeshiva University.DAVID J. SCHNALL is the Herbert H. Schiff Professor of Management and Administration at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University.JEROME A. CHANES, Program Director of the National Foundation of Jewish Culture, is also on the adjunct faculty of Yeshiva University's Wurzweiler School of Social Work.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii	(2)
Acknowledgments	ix	(2)
Introduction	xi
1. The Changing Nature of Jewish Identity	1	(12)
Norman Linzer
2. America's Challenge to Jewish Identity: A Historical Perspective on Voluntarism and Assimilation	13	(16)
Jeffrey Gurock
3. The 1990 National Jewish Population Survey: Impact and Implications	29	(16)
Jeffrey Scheckner
4. The Jewish Communal-Service Arena	45	(16)
David J. Schnall
Sheldon R. Gelman
5. The Jewish Federation: The First Hundred Years	61	(16)
Donald Feldstein
6. Jewish Religion in America	77	(40)
Lawrence Grossman
7. The Way We Are: Planning Policy To Serve the Contemporary Jewish Family	117	(22)
Sylvia Barack Fishman
8. Intermarriage: Three Views	139	(26)
Steven Bayme
Dru Greenwood
Joel A. Block
9. Israel-Diaspora Relations After the Assassination: Can We Remain One People?	165	(12)
Menachem Kellner
10. Jewish Involvement in the American Public-Affairs Agenda	177	(14)
Jerome A. Chanes
11. Cultural Adaptation in Soviet-Jewish Resettlement: A Reciprocal Adjustment Process	191	(8)
Mark Handelman
12. Reengineering the Jewish Community	199	(12)
Steven M. Cohen
Index	211	(10)
About the Contributors	221