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Jewish choices : American Jewish denominationalism / Bernard Lazerwitz ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lazerwitz, Bernard, Author.
- Series:
- SUNY Series in American Jewish Society in the 1990's
- SUNY series in American Jewish society in the 1990s
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Judaism--United States.
- Judaism.
- Reform Judaism--United States.
- Reform Judaism.
- Conservative Judaism--United States.
- Conservative Judaism.
- Orthodox Judaism--United States.
- Orthodox Judaism.
- Jews--United States--Social conditions.
- Jews.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 215 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Illustrates how and why Jewish denominational preferences are more a matter of individual choice than family heritage.
- Contents:
- ""Front Matter""; ""Front Cover""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication Page""; ""Table Of Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""American Jewish Society in the 1990's An Introduction""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""PART: I""; ""Denominations in American Religious Life""; ""A Sociohistorical Overview of American Jewish Denominations""; ""PART: II""; ""A General Description of the Adherents of American Jewish Denominations""; ""The Components and Consequences of Jewish Involvement""; ""Jewish Denominational Switching ""
- ""Denominational Preferences and Intermarriage"" ""PART: III""; ""A Look Toward the Future""; ""Summation, Conclusions, and Recommendations""; ""Back Matter""; ""Appendix A: Methodology of CJF 1990 National Jewish Population Survey""; ""Appendix B: Total Survey Errors and the Comparison of the 1971 and 1990 Surveys""; ""Appendix C: Model Indices Cited in Chapter 4""; ""Appendix D: Computation of the Projections in Chapter 7, Table 7.2""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Subject Index""; ""Name Index""; ""Back Cover""
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-206) and indexes.
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9781438410234
- 1438410239
- OCLC:
- 794701313
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