Illuminating the path to vibrant American Jewish communities : linking data to policy / / Jacob B. Ukeles

• Autore: Ukeles Jacob B.
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (300 pages)
• Disciplina: 909.04924
• Soggetto topico: Jews - Social life and customs; Jews - Social conditions; Communities - Religious aspects - Judaism
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Background -- The Importance of Local Communities -- Elements of a Vibrant Local Jewish Community -- Overview: What This Book Is About -- Definition of Key Terms -- Community -- Communal -- Policy -- Strategy -- Policy Issue -- Strategic Issue -- Strategic Options -- The Approach to Using Data to Improve Communal Policies -- Local Jewish Communal Decision-Making -- Case Studies in Local Jewish Community Policy Research -- Appendix -- Jewish Community Population Studies Conducted by Ukeles Associates, Inc., 1996-2014 -- Chapter 2: A Classification of American Jewish Communities -- Focus of This Chapter -- Other Typologies -- A Policy-Relevant Typology of American Jewish Communities -- First Dimension: Size -- Measuring Community Size: Units -- Measuring Community Size: the Number of Households -- Second Dimension: Region -- Third Dimension: The Percentage of Natives -- Building the Three-Dimensional Typology -- Appendices -- Appendix 1*: Size of Communities That Have Been the Subjects of Scientific Studies between 1993 and 2019 (Rank-Order by the Number of Jewish Households) -- Appendix 2: Communities That Have been the Subjects of Scientific Studies between 1993 and 2019, Classified by Region -- Appendix 3: Communities That Have Been the Subjects of Scientific Studies between 1993 and 2018, Classified by Percentage of Native-Born -- Chapter 3: Porous Boundaries and Borderland Jews -- Focus of This Chapter -- Widespread Disagreement About Who Is Jewish -- People in the Borderland: Living on the Jewish-Non-Jewish Boundary -- Measuring the Size of the Partly Jewish Cohort: 1997-2010 -- The Size of the Partly Jewish Cohort: 1997-2010 -- The Transition from a Volunteered Response to an Explicit Survey Option -- The Size of the Partly Jewish Cohort: 2011-2014. ; The Composition of the Borderland Cohort -- Understanding the Complexity of the Borderland -- Who Are the Partly Jewish? -- A Voice from a Partly Jewish Family -- Strategies: Turn Porous Boundaries into a Communal Asset and Ensure That Inclusion of Borderland Jews Is on the Communal Agenda -- Issue: Communal Posture Toward the Porosity of Jewish Community Boundaries -- Options -- Issue: The Communal Posture Toward Borderland Jews -- Options -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Intermarriage -- Focus of This Chapter -- The Debates About Intermarriage -- Intermarriage Is an American Jewish Reality -- Differences Among Intermarriage Rates in Different Communities -- Differences Among Intermarriage Rates Within Communities -- Recent Marriages -- Older vs. Younger People -- Among Jews with No Religion or No Denomination -- Among Those with the Least Jewish Education -- Intermarried Households Are Much Less Jewish Than Inmarried Households -- Intercommunity Differences in Jewish Engagement of Intermarried Households -- Are Children in Intermarried Households Being Raised Jewish? -- Strategy -- Issue -- Short-Term Options -- Long-Term Option -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: The Erosion of the Center -- Focus of This Chapter -- Background -- Why We Should Be Concerned About the Erosion of the Center -- Defining the Center: The Engagement Index -- The Current Dominance of the Center -- The Decline of the Center by Engagement -- Change Over Time -- Young Jewish Adults Are Less Likely to Be in the Center -- Change Over Time: Young Adults -- Defining the Center: Denomination -- The Current Dominance of the Denominations of the Center -- The Decrease in Adherence to the Middle Denominations -- Change Over Time -- Young Adults Are Less Committed to Middle Denominations -- Change Over Time: Young Adults -- Relationship Between the Engagement Index and Denomination. ; Strength of the Center: Engagement Index and Denomination Combined -- Strategy: Where Feasible, Sustain and Strengthen the Center -- Issue -- Options -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: The Orthodox Resurgence -- Focus of This Chapter -- Background -- Small Number of Orthodox Jews -- Orthodox Households as a Percentage of All Jewish Households -- Orthodox Households as a Percentage of Highly and Moderately Engaged Jewish Households -- Orthodox Population as a Percentage of the Total Jewish Population -- Evidence for the Increase in the Size of the Orthodox Population -- Change Over Time -- Younger Adults Are More Likely to Be Orthodox in Some Communities -- Large Numbers of Orthodox Children -- Orthodox Jewry Is Far from Homogeneous -- Modern Orthodox vs. Fervently Orthodox -- Relative Size of the Two Streams -- Orthodox Jewish Streams in the New York Area -- Population Size and Demography -- Comparisons Among the Three Groups -- Strategy: Build Bridges between Orthodox Jewry and the Broader Jewish Community -- Issue -- Options -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Are There Poor Jews? -- Focus of This Chapter -- Jewish Poverty Is Under the Radar -- Concepts and Measurement of Poverty -- The Level of Jewish Poverty -- Subjective Measure -- Income Measure -- Subjective Measure and Income -- The Poorest Jews -- The Largest Amount of Poverty -- Age and Life Cycle -- Employment Status -- The Highest Incidence of Poverty -- Household Structure: Single-Parent Families -- Marital Status: Widowed, Divorced, and Separated -- Education -- Employment -- Disability -- Case Study in Jewish Poverty: New York -- The Largest Groups in Poverty -- Groups with the Highest Incidence of Poverty -- Strategy: Intensify Communal Efforts to Reduce Jewish Poverty -- Issue -- Options -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: The Impact of Cost on Living a Jewish Life -- Focus of This Chapter. ; Living a Jewish Life -- Cost -- Income -- What We Can Learn from Community Data About Cost as a Barrier to Participation -- Cost Prevents Participation: What People Say -- Joining a Congregation -- Joining a JCC -- Overnight Summer Camp -- Preschool and Day School -- Cost Prevents Participation: What People Do -- Adult Activities -- Children's Activities -- Cost Prevents Participation: Comparing What People Say and What They Do -- Current Levels of Jewish Engagement and Cost as a Barrier to Participation -- The Human Side: Beyond the Numbers -- Strategy: Reduce the Cost of Living a Jewish Life -- Issues -- Options -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Wording of Survey Questions about Cost as a Barrier to Participation -- Chapter 9: How Jewish Are Jewish Young Adults? -- Background -- Focus of This Chapter -- The Size of the Jewish Young Adult Population -- Are Young Adults Different Than the Next Older Cohorts? -- Denomination -- Life Status -- Intermarriage -- Giving to Jewish Causes -- Differences among Different Types of Jewish Young Adults -- The Size of These Groups in Each Community -- Jewish Engagement by Group -- Very Important to Be Jewish -- Belonging to a Congregation -- Visits Jewish Websites -- Attends Jewish Cultural Events or Museums -- Strategy: Take Account of the Size of the Young Adult Cohort and Create Opportunities for Engagement in Jewish Life That Resonate with Each Type of Jewish Young Adult -- Issues -- Options -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10: Baby Boomers: Generation in Transition -- Background -- Focus of This Chapter -- The Size of the Jewish Boomer Population -- Why Baby Boomers Are Important -- Large Numbers of Boomers Could Overwhelm the Jewish Senior Care System -- Boomers Care for Children, for Seniors, and for Both -- Many Care for Children -- Many Care for Seniors -- The Sandwich Generation. ; Jewish Connections of Boomers: Jewish Culture, Website, and Belonging -- Attending a Jewish Museum or Cultural Event -- Visiting a Jewish Website -- Belonging to a JCC or Other Jewish Organizations -- Boomers as Volunteers -- Strategies: Balance Communal and Individual Needs and Opportunities for the Boomer Generation -- Issues -- Options -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Wording of Survey Questions about Care-giving in Different Community Studies -- Chapter 11: Seniors: Maximizing Autonomy -- Background -- Focus of This Chapter -- The Size of the Jewish Senior Population -- Change Over Time in the Size of the Senior Population -- Risk Factors -- Living Alone -- No Adult Children Nearby -- Low Income -- Weak Community Connections -- Poor Health -- Risk: Composite Index -- Strategy: Maintain Quality of Life and Independence for At-Risk Seniors -- Issue -- Options -- Conclusion -- Chapter 12: The Mosaic Within: Jewish Diversity and Inclusion -- Background -- Focus of This Chapter -- Jews of Color -- Jews of Color: The Number -- The National Debate -- Local Data -- Growth in the Number of Jews of Color -- LGBT Jews -- Do Jews of Color and LGBT Jews Feel Left Out? -- Do Jews of Color and LGBT Jews Feel Welcome? -- Strategy: Become More Inclusive and Celebrate Diversity - Jews of Color and LGBT Jews -- Issue -- Options -- Conclusion -- Chapter 13: Jewish Geography: The Spatial Dynamics of Jewish Life -- The Focus of This Chapter -- Jewish Dispersal -- Jewish Areas -- Measures of Geographic Concentration -- Differences Among Jewish Areas -- Families with Children -- Seniors -- Newcomers -- The Interface Between Geography and Jewish Engagement -- The Interface Between Geography and Intermarriage -- Strategy: Address the Spatial Dimension of Jewish Life in Communal Planning and Action -- Issues -- Options -- Conclusion. ; Chapter 14: A Performance-Driven Culture: Enabling a Vibrant Jewish Community.
• Titolo autorizzato: Illuminating the Path to Vibrant American Jewish Communities
• ISBN: 9783031076428; 9783031076411
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910588595103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies of Jews in Society