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Publication Date: January 1989
Publisher: Ktav Publishing House
Author(s): Steven M. Cohen
Research Area: Culture and religion
Keywords: American Jews; Academic research
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
The author suggests one can reject the notion of significant erosion in American Jewish population size and quality of life without endorsing the notion of a broad-based cultural revival. The controversy over how to understand the past, present and future of American Jewry is not simply an argument over "facts". Even when observers agree on the evidence, they may disagree on its meaning; and even if they concur on its meaning, they may differ over its larger implications.