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Jewish Identity/Assimilation/Continuity: Approaches to a Changing Reality
Publication Date: January 2007
Publisher(s): Jewish People Policy Planning Institute; Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry
Author(s): Sergio DellaPergola
Special Collection: Berman Jewish Policy Archive
Topic: Culture and religion (Religion and religious groups)
Culture and religion (Cultural heritage and preservation)
Keywords: Migration; Assimilation; Jewish Continuity; Jewish Identification
Type: Report
Abstract:
The author explores selected aspects of Jewish identity in the changing context of contemporary general and Jewish society. He contrasts several models of assimilation and analyzes recent demographic studies and surveys. He finds that patterns of Jewish identification are diverse and continuously changing, albeit with trends that can be projected into the future.