Profile of American Jewry: Insights from the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey

Publication Date: January 1992

Publisher: American Jewish Committee

Author(s): Sidney Goldstein

Research Area: Culture and religion; Population and demographics

Keywords: Jewish Identification; Marriage; Demography; Surveys

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The author presents a profile of American Jewry based on the findings of the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey (NJPS). He claims that the 1990 NJPS provides a much wider coverage of the full range of American Jewry; it includes both those who have one or two Jewish parents but do not identify as Jewish and non-Jews living with people qualifying as Jewish under the criteria employed by the survey.

In American Jewish Year Book 1992, pp. 77-144.