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Jewish Education and Jewish Identity: Findings from the National Jewish Population Survey of 1990
Publication Date: January 1997
Publisher(s): Institute of Contemporary Jewry
Author(s): Alice Goldstein
Special Collection: Berman Jewish Policy Archive
Topic: Culture and religion (Cultural heritage and preservation)
Education (Education)
Keywords: Jewish Continuity; Jewish Education; Identity formation
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
In Jewish Population Studies 27 (Papers in Jewish Demography, 1993), 289-302. This paper uses the 1990 National Jewish Population Study to examine the relation of Jewish education to the strength of Jewish identity of adult respondents. It then turns to the Jewish education of the children, describing their Jewish education and assessing the impact of their parents' Jewish education on the children.