Fact and Opinion

Publication Date: January 1985

Publisher: Conference of Jewish Communal Service (U.S.)

Author(s): Samuel Spiegler

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: World Jews; Jewish Identification; Religious Denominations

Type: Report

Abstract:

This article presents in brief a small sample of the current state of some Jewish communities throughout the world; it discusses the pros and cons of Intra-Jewish Ecumenism; the integration of Ethiopian Jews and America's Ethiopian Hebrews into the wider Jewish community; Jewish genetic distinctiveness; the successes and struggles of a unique village for handicapped people in Israel.