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Publication Date: January 1986
Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America
Author(s): Donald Feldstein; Barry Shrage
Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions
Keywords: Communal Organization; Demography; Academic Research
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
If something shows up on graphs and tables, it almost has the ring of religious truth. Our job is to resist this idolatry and to maintain a healthy Jewish skepticism—to examine and analyze data, to accept valuable input, but to understand that input is not revealed truth.