New Perspectives in American Jewish Sociology

Publication Date: January 1987

Publisher: American Jewish Committee

Author(s): Nathan Glazer

Research Area: Population and demographics

Keywords: American Jews; Assimilation

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

For several decades, serious scholars have predicted that increased intermarriage, declining birthrates and widespread assimilation would bring about the weakening, perhaps even the disappearance, of American Jewry. More recently, however, these dire predictions have been challenged by new studies pointing to a vibrant Jewish community, working confidently for a secure Jewish future.