The Transmission of Jewish Identity Among Families in a Non-Jewish Neighborhood


 

Publication Date: January 1983

Publisher: Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry

Author(s): Stuart Schoenfeld

Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: Canadian Jews; Residential mobility; Identity formation

Type: Report

Coverage: Canada

Abstract:

In Contemporary Jewry 6/2, 34-42. This paper describes characteristics of Jewish families in downtown Toronto, discusses strategies of Jewish socialization they have developed and draw some conclusions about the kind of identity that may be emerging among them. The description is based upon 44 interviews conducted in 1977-78 supplemented by personal observation.