Jewish baby boomers : a communal perspective / Chaim I. Waxman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waxman, Chaim Isaac.

Series:

SUNY Series in American Jewish Society in the 1990's

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--Social conditions--20th century.

Jews.

Baby boom generation--United States.

Baby boom generation.

United States--Social conditions--1960-1980.

United States.

United States--Social conditions--1980-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book critically analyzes American Jewish baby boomers, focusing on the implications of their Jewish identity and identification for the collective American Jewish community. Utilizing data obtained from the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey, the book begins with a demographic portrait of American Jewish baby boomers. Realizing that America's Jews are both a religious and ethnic group, a comparison is made with Protestant and Catholic baby boomers, as well as other ethnic groups. The religious patterns of the Jewish baby boomers and their ethnic patterns are examined in-depth, and placed within the larger contexts of the modern or post-modern character of religion and ethnicity. The book's extensive presentation of detailed quantitative data is consistently complemented by qualitative examinations of their communal implications for Jewish continuity and the organized American Jewish community.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Introduction""; ""Demographic Characteristics of American Jewish Baby Boomers""; ""Family Patterns of American Jewish Baby Boomers""; ""The Jewishness of Jewish Baby Boomers: Religion""; ""The Jewishness of Jewish Baby Boomers: Ethnicity""; ""Religion in American Society""; ""Ethnicity in America""; ""Conclusion""; ""Back Matter""; ""APPENDIX A: Methodology of eJF 1990 National Jewish Population Survey""; ""APPENDIX B: Representative Frequencies""

""APPENDIX C: Representative Probability Levels""""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""NAME INDEX""; ""SUBJECT INDEX""; ""Back Cover""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-211) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780791491515

079149151X

OCLC:

794701312