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Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Social scientific study of Jewry (DLC) 2013047261 (OCoLC)864753052 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Uzi Rebhun; Chaim I Waxman; Makhon le-Yahadut zemanenu ʻa. sh. Avraham Harman. |
ISBN: | 9780199380329 0199380325 0190254653 9780190254650 |
OCLC Number: | 872581464 |
Language Note: | English. |
Notes: | "The Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem." |
Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 371 pages) |
Contents: | Cover; The Social Scientific Study of Jewry: Sources, Approaches, Debates; Copyright; STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY JEWRY; Preface; Contents; Symposium The Social Scientific Study of Jewry: Sources, Approaches, Debates; Jewish Demography: Fundamentals of the Research Field; The Discipline of Jewish Demography; Definitions; Data; Investigators; Interpretations; U.S. Jewry: A Shrinking Core?; Israeli Jewry: A Shrinking Majority?; Conclusion; Notes; Measuring the Size and Characteristics of American Jewry: A New Paradigm to Understand an Ancient People; Conceptual Considerations; A New Paradigm. Combining Data across SurveysUsing Estimates; Counting Children; Inclusion of Culturally/Ethnically Identified Jews; Jewish-specific Attitudes and Behavior; Understanding Jewish Life; Future Prospects; Notes; U.S. Jewish Population Studies: Opportunities and Challenges; Jewish Population Studies and Their Problems; Solutions for the Research of Rare Populations and American Jews; Survey Quality Best Practices; Modified Random-Digit-Dialing (RDD) Designs; Cell Phone Interviewing; Weighting; Discussion and Conclusion; Notes. Studies of Jewish Identity and Continuity: Competing, Complementary, and Comparative PerspectivesCompeting Perspectives; Survival; Authenticity; Boundaries; Complementary Levels of Focus; Individual Jewish Identity; Survival; Authenticity; Boundaries; Collective Jewish Identity; The Jewish Community; Klal Yisrael; Jews vis-à-vis Broader Society; The Relationship of Jewish Identity to Jewish Continuity; Survival; Authenticity; Boundaries; Conclusion; Notes; Defining and Measuring the Socioeconomic Status of Jews; Sources of Data. Socioeconomic Research on the Jewish Population of the United StatesDefining the American Jewish Population; U.S. Government Data Sources; The National Jewish Population Survey and Other Surveys of American Jews; Privately Sponsored Surveys of the General Population; Analyses of Published Evidence; Socioeconomic Research on the Jewish Population of Israel; Historical and Comparative Analyses; Conclusions; Notes; The Professional Dilemma of Jewish Social Scientists: The Case of the ASSJ; Notes; Contradictory Constructions of "Jewish" in Britain's Political and Legal Systems. Critical Approaches to IdentityCritiquing the "Jewish" Case; The Political Construction of "Jewish" in Britain: The National Census; The Legal Construction of "Jewish" in Britain: The JFS Case; Implications of Contradictory Constructions of "Jewish"; Conclusion; Notes; Sources for the Demographic Study of the Jews in the Former Soviet Union; Tsarist and Soviet Demographic Data; The Soviet Internal Passport and Counting of Jews; Changes in Vital and Migration Statistics in the Post-Soviet Era; Post-Soviet Censuses and the Jews; Conclusion; Notes. |
Series Title: | Studies in contemporary Jewry, 27. |
Responsibility: | edited by Uzi Rebhun. |
Abstract:
This volume of Studies in Contemporary Jewry directs its searchlight on the social scientific study of Jewry. Its symposium consists of 11 essays that discuss sources, approaches, and debates in different complementary fields of demography, sociology, economy, and geography.
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tudies in Contemporary Jewry is the definitive journal in the field of contemporary Jewry. Its consistently high standards, innovative thematic issues, and comprehensive coverage of recent scholarship make it required reading for anyone interested in the past century of Jewish life * Jonathan D. Sarna, Brandeis University and National Museum of American Jewish History * Read more...

