,Conservative Jewry A Sociodemographic Overview

Conservative Jewry A Sociodemographic Overview


 

Publication Date: January 2000

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Author(s): Sidney Goldstein; Alice Goldstein

Research Area: Culture and religion; Population and demographics

Keywords: American Jews; Demography; Religious denominations

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Using data from the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey (NJPS-1990), supplemented by local community surveys undertaken in the 1980s, authors provide a profile of persons who identify themselves as Conservative Jews in the United States. The chapter delineates their sociodemographic composition, examine some of their religious/ritual behavior and beliefs, and assess the trends in movement into and out of Conservativism.