Weakening Ties: The Changing Relationship of American Jewish Baby Boomers and Israel


 

Publication Date: January 1996

Publisher: Magnes Press (Jerusalem)

Author(s): Chaim I. Waxman

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: American Jews; Birth cohorts; Israel attachment

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

For the purposes of this paper the author presents data from the 1990 NJPS on two age groups: baby boomers (those born between 1946-1964) and middle-agers (born between 1926-1944), in order to analyze their responses to questions related to Israel and other matters.