Jews on the move : implications for Jewish identity / Sidney Goldstein and Alice Goldstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldstein, Sidney, 1927-

Contributor:

Goldstein, Alice.

Series:

SUNY series in American Jewish society in the 1990s

SUNY series in American Jewish Society in the 1990s

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--United States--Migrations.

Jews.

Migration, Internal--United States.

Migration, Internal.

Jews--United States--Identity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (427 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Based on data from the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey, the authors examine the high level of mobility among American Jews and their increasing dispersion throughout the United States, and how this presents new challenges to the national Jewish community.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

TABLES

ILLUSTRATIONS

FOREWORD

PREFACE

CHAPTER 1 Introduction

CHAPTER 2 Numbers, Distribution, and Mobility

CHAPTER 3 The Impact of Mobility on Regional Distribution

CHAPTER 4 Socioeconomic Differentials

CHAPTER 5 Differentials in Jewish Identification

CHAPTER 6 Community Involvement

CHAPTER 7 Informal Networks

CHAPTER 8 Jews on the Move: Implications for American Jewry

APPENDIX A The Methodology of the National Jewish Population Survey

APPENDIX B Questions on Migration in the NJPS-1990 Questionnaire

APPENDIX C Tables Showing Unweighted Number of Cases by Migration Status and Age

APPENDIX D Construction of Ritual Index

NOTES

REFERENCES

SUBJECT INDEX

NAMES INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-383) and indexes.

ISBN:

9781438404332

1438404336

9780585074887

0585074887

OCLC:

811376999