The Jewish Community in Change: Challege to Professional Practice


 

Publication Date: September 1981

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Charles E. Silberman

Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: Jewish Continuity; Demography; Cities and Suburbs

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The author argues that when one looks at American Jewish life, circa 1981, what is surprising is not the erosion through apathy, assimilation, and intermarriage; these trends are what Jews have been predicting for the last two centuries. What is remarkable is the evidence of Jewish renewal.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, 58:1.