| Jewish Baby Boomers: A Communal Perspective Contributor(s): Waxman, Chaim I. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791447898 ISBN-13: 9780791447895 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Minority Studies |
| Dewey: 305.892 |
| LCCN: 00022603 |
| Series: Suny American Jewish Society in the 1990s |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9.2" (0.91 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book critically analyzes American Jewish baby boomers, focusing on the implications of their Jewish identity and identification for the collective American Jewish community. Utilizing data obtained from the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey, the book begins with a demographic portrait of American Jewish baby boomers. Realizing that America's Jews are both a religious and ethnic group, a comparison is made with Protestant and Catholic baby boomers, as well as other ethnic groups. The religious patterns of the Jewish baby boomers and their ethnic patterns are examined in-depth, and placed within the larger contexts of the modern or post-modern character of religion and ethnicity. The book's extensive presentation of detailed quantitative data is consistently complemented by qualitative examinations of their communal implications for Jewish continuity and the organized American Jewish community. |
