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Jewish baby boomers : a communal perspective / Chaim I. Waxman.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: SUNY series in American Jewish society in the 1990sPublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2001.Description: 1 online resource (vii, 221 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780791491515
  • 079149151X
  • 9780791447901
  • 0791447901
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jewish baby boomers.DDC classification:
  • 305.892/4073/09045 21
LOC classification:
  • E184.36.B33 W39 2001
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- Demographic Characteristics of American Jewish Baby Boomers -- Family Patterns of American Jewish Baby Boomers -- The Jewishness of Jewish Baby Boomers: Religion -- The Jewishness of Jewish Baby Boomers: Ethnicity -- Religion in American Society -- Ethnicity in America -- Conclusion -- Back Matter -- APPENDIX A: Methodology of eJF 1990 National Jewish Population Survey -- APPENDIX B: Representative Frequencies -- APPENDIX C: Representative Probability Levels -- NOTES.
Summary: Annotation Analyzes American Jewish baby boomers, focusing on the implications of their Jewish identity and identification for the collective American Jewish community. Begins with a demographic portrait of American Jewish baby boomers, drawing on the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey, then compares America's Jews with Protestant and Catholic baby boomers, as well as other ethnic groups. Presentation of detailed quantitative data is complimented by qualitative examinations of communal implications for Jewish continuity and the organized American Jewish community. Waxman teaches Jewish studies at Rutgers University. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-211) and indexes.

Print version record.

Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- Demographic Characteristics of American Jewish Baby Boomers -- Family Patterns of American Jewish Baby Boomers -- The Jewishness of Jewish Baby Boomers: Religion -- The Jewishness of Jewish Baby Boomers: Ethnicity -- Religion in American Society -- Ethnicity in America -- Conclusion -- Back Matter -- APPENDIX A: Methodology of eJF 1990 National Jewish Population Survey -- APPENDIX B: Representative Frequencies -- APPENDIX C: Representative Probability Levels -- NOTES.

Annotation Analyzes American Jewish baby boomers, focusing on the implications of their Jewish identity and identification for the collective American Jewish community. Begins with a demographic portrait of American Jewish baby boomers, drawing on the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey, then compares America's Jews with Protestant and Catholic baby boomers, as well as other ethnic groups. Presentation of detailed quantitative data is complimented by qualitative examinations of communal implications for Jewish continuity and the organized American Jewish community. Waxman teaches Jewish studies at Rutgers University. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR.

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