Jewish options : pluralistic identities in 21st century America / Arnold Dashefsky, Ira M. Sheskin, J. Alan Winter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dashefsky, Arnold, author.

Sheskin, Ira M., 1950- author.

Winter, Jerry Alan, author.

Series:

Studies of Jews in society ; v. 8.

Studies of Jews in society ; volume 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--United States--History--21st century.

Jews.

Jews--Identity.

Physical Description:

xx, 452 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer Nature Switzerland, [2024]

Summary:

"This book offers an examination of an expanding set of options for being Jewish in contemporary American society. It examines the evolution of Jewish identity across five epochs of Jewish civilization as well as the transformation of the American Jewish experience across four centuries. In addition, an institutional history and a geographic, demographic, and religious profile of American Jews are presented, including an outline of contemporary Jewish options to express Jewish identity in twenty-first century America. Readers will gain an understanding of how these options developed via the provision of a socio-historical and a social scientific analysis of each option in one integrated volume. The book also discusses contemporary challenges to the continuity of American Jewish community and identity including the issues of education, interfaith marriage, and philanthropy." -- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3031668332

9783031668333

OCLC:

1441716730

Publisher Number:

90100763899