The Impact of Geographic Mobility on Jewish Community Participation: Disruptive or Supportive?


 

Publication Date: January 1978

Publisher: Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry

Author(s): Chales Jaret

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: American Jews; Residential mobility

Type: Report

Coverage: Illinois

Abstract:

In Contemporary Jewry 4/2, 9-21. This paper presents some empirical evidence and suggest a resolution of the dual perspective on the impact of geographic mobility on Jewish community organization, using the individual as the unit of analysis. Data come from personal interviews of a 1975 sample survey of Jews in 9 metropolitan Chicago residential areas.