A portrait of the American Jewish community / edited by Norman Linzer, David J. Schnall, and Jerome A. Chanes ; foreword by Jack Wertheimer.

Other author Linzer, Norman.
Other author Schnall, David J.
Other author Chanes, Jerome A.
Format Book
Publication InfoWestport, Conn. : Praeger, 1998.
Descriptionxvii, 222 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Jews--United States. --Politics and government.
Jews--United States. --Identity.
Judaism--United States.
Jews--United States. --Social conditions.
United States--Ethnic relations.

Contents The changing nature of Jewish identity / Norman Linzer -- America's challenge to Jewish identity : a historical perspective on voluntarism and assimilation / Jeffrey Gurock -- The 1990 national Jewish population survey : impact and implications / Jeffrey Scheckner -- The Jewish communal-service arena / David J. Schnall and Sheldon R. Gelman -- The Jewish federation : he first hundred years / Donald Feldstein -- Jewish religion in America / Lawrence Grossman -- The way we are : planning policy to serve the contemporary Jewish family / Sylvia Barack Fishman -- Intermarriage : three views / Steven Bayme, Dru Greenwood and Joel A. Block -- Israel-Diaspora relations after the assassination : can we remain one people? / Menachem Kellner -- Jewish involvement in the American public affairs agenda / Jerome A. Chanes -- Cultural adaptation in Soviet-Jewish resettlement : a reciprocal adjustment process / Mark Handelman -- Reengineering the Jewish community / Steven M. Cohen.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 97038800
ISBN0275960226 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks E184.J5 P637 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold