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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954172703321

Autore

Goldstein Sidney <1927->

Titolo

Jews on the move : implications for Jewish identity / / Sidney Goldstein and Alice Goldstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c1996

ISBN

9781438404332

1438404336

9780585074887

0585074887

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (427 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in American Jewish Society in the 1990s

SUNY series in American Jewish society in the 1990s

Altri autori (Persone)

GoldsteinAlice

Disciplina

304.8/089/924073

Soggetti

Jews - United States - Migrations

Migration, Internal - United States

Jews - United States - Identity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-383) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- CHAPTER 2 Numbers, Distribution, and Mobility -- CHAPTER 3 The Impact of Mobility on Regional Distribution -- CHAPTER 4 Socioeconomic Differentials -- CHAPTER 5 Differentials in Jewish Identification -- CHAPTER 6 Community Involvement -- CHAPTER 7 Informal Networks -- CHAPTER 8 Jews on the Move: Implications for American Jewry -- APPENDIX A The Methodology of the National Jewish Population Survey -- APPENDIX B Questions on Migration in the NJPS-1990 Questionnaire -- APPENDIX C Tables Showing Unweighted Number of Cases by Migration Status and Age -- APPENDIX D Construction of Ritual Index -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- SUBJECT INDEX -- NAMES INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Based on data from the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey, the authors examine the high level of mobility among American Jews and their increasing dispersion throughout the United States, and how this presents new challenges to the national Jewish community.