Counting for Something: The Why and Wherefore of the CJF 1990 National Jewish Population Survey

Publication Date: January 1992

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Barry A. Kosmin

Research Area: Social conditions

Keywords: Research

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

In this article, the director of the 1990 NJPS describes the goals, design, interviewing process, and potential of the research project. From the outset, the expertise of academia was utilized, thereby involving many talented Jews who had been uninvolved in Jewish communal affairs. A monograph series covering 24 topics is in preparation, and the NJPS data are now available from the North American Jewish Data Bank.