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The Place of Ethnic Identity in the Development of Personal Identity: A Challenge for the Jewish Family
Publication Date: January 1998
Publisher(s): Institute of Contemporary Jewry
Author(s): Herbert C. Kelman
Special Collection: Berman Jewish Policy Archive
Topic: Culture and religion (Religion and religious groups)
Social conditions (Social values)
Keywords: World Jews; Identity formation; Jewish identification
Type: Report
Abstract:
This article presents a general approach to the development of personal identity, exploring the ways in which various group identities may be incorporated into the emerging personal identity of an individual. This general scheme will have some implications for the question of how Jewish identity can be built into the personal identity of Jewish children, and what role Jewish education may play in this process.