Jews in the U.S.: The Next Generation

Publication Date: November 1990

Publisher: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

Author(s): Steven M. Cohen

Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: American Jews; Youth; Identity Formation

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

How do younger American Jews differ from their elders? To rabbis and other leaders in the organized Jewish community this question is not a matter of idle curiosity. Many are concerned about the very survival of Jews as a distinct American religious and ethnic group. Inevitably, visions of the future are entangled with assessments of the commitments of the next generation.

In The Public Perspective: A Roper Center Review of Public Opinion and Polling, v.2 no.1, November/December 1990, p.9-10.