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Publication Date: January 2002
Publisher: Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry
Author(s): Bethamie Horowitz
Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions
Keywords: American Jews; Academic research; Demography
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
In Contemporary Jewry 23, 14-34. In this paper I describe the current state of knowledge about contemporary American Jewish identity and propose an agenda for future research. The basic frame within which American Jewish identity has been examined has changed. For many years the main line of inquiry has been "How Jewish are American Jews?". More recently the question has shifted to: "How are American Jews Jewish?"