Recent Patterns of Jewish Representation in the Corporate and Social Elites


 

Publication Date: January 1982

Publisher: Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry

Author(s): Richard L. Zweigenhaft

Research Area: Banking and finance; Social conditions

Keywords: American Jews; Fundraising/Philanthropy

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

In Contemporary Jewry 6/1, 36-46. This paper reports on the degree to which a sample of Jewish philanthropist are integrated into the topmost corporate and social circles in the United States. It is part of an ongoing investigation of the way Jewish business leaders and their descendants fit into the predominantly gentile social and power elites.