A thorough analysis of the religious and ethnic identification of America’s Jewish baby boomers.
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.
Table of Content
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Demographic Characteristics of American Jewish Baby Boomers
3. Family Patterns of American Jewish Baby Boomers
4. The Jewishness of Jewish Baby Boomers: Religion
5. The Jewishness of Baby Boomers: Ethnicity
6. Religion in American Society
7. Ethnicity in America
8. Conclusion
Appendix A. Methodology of CJF 1990 National Jewish Population Survey by Joseph Waksberg
Appendix B. Representative Frequencies
Appendix C. Representative Probability Levels
Notes
References
Name Index
Subject Index
About the author
Chaim I. Waxman is Professor of Sociology and Jewish Studies at Rutgers University, and author of America’s Jews in Transition and American Aliya.
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