American Jewry's Focus on Continuity -- At Ten Years

Publication Date: January 1999

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): John S. Ruskay; Alisa Rubin Kurshan

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: Jewish Organizations; Jewish Identification; Jewish Culture

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The American Jewish community has demonstrated its commitment to the long-term goal of strengthening Jewish identity. One of the key challenges today is how to continue to deepen personal Jewish identity while strengthening our collective identity. Concern for the renewal of Jewish life must go hand in hand with a commitment to rebuild a sense of Jewish peoplehood.