The Quality of American Jewish LIfe: Better or Worse?


 

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.