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9780874416343

American Jewry

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  • ISBN13:

    9780874416343

  • ISBN10:

    0874416345

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-08-01
  • Publisher: Behrman House
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1(6)
David M. Gordis
I. Demographics 7(42)
1. Toward Understanding American Jewry
9(18)
Sidney Goldstein
2. Demographics and Geography
27(4)
Barry A. Kosmin
3. Measuring the Quality of American Jewish Life
31(18)
Calvin Goldscheider
II. Jewish Identity 49(196)
4. Being Jewish in America: Religion or Culture
51(14)
Nava Lerer
Ariela Keysar
Barry A. Kosmin
5. Jewishness Among the Intermarried
65(28)
Egon Mayer
6. Intermarriage, Assimilation, and Social Structure
93(41)
Bruce A. Phillips
7. The Educational Background of American Jews
134(65)
Seymour Martin Lipset
8. Denominations and Synagogue Membership: 1971 and 1990
199(22)
Bernard Lazerwitz
9. Apostasy Among American Jews: The Individual Analysis
221(24)
Samuel Z. Klausner
III. Political and Economic Issues 245(50)
10. The Economic Status of American Jews
247(14)
Barry R. Chiswick
11. Political Liberalism and Involvement in Jewish Life
261(34)
Alan M. Fisher
IV. Judaism and Gender 295(64)
12. Women: Their Education, Work, and Jewish Communal Participation
297(30)
Sylvia Barack Fishman
13. Helping Jewish Dual-Career Families Relieve the Overload
327(16)
Rela Mintz Geffen
14. Gender, Class, and Identity Among the Jewish Aged
343(16)
Allen Glicksman
Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox
V. Looking Ahead 359(45)
15. Jewish Giving and Strategies for Strengthening Campaigns
361(17)
J. Alan Winter
16. Self Interest, Common Interest, and Public Interest
378(7)
Barry A. Kosmin
17. Inreach and Outreach
385(4)
Donald Feldstein
18. The Marketing of Judaism
389(5)
Steven Huberman
19. Enhancing Jewish Identity: Form and Content
394(10)
Steven Bayme
Postscript: Structural Challenges to Jewish Continuity 404(5)
Jonathan D. Sarna
Contributors 409(2)
Index 411

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