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Studying the Jewish Future (Samuel and Althea Stroum) by Calvin Goldscheider
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- Condition
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- Seller notes
- Topic
- Jewish Studies
- Genre
- Religious & Spiritual
- Original Language
- English
- Book Title
- Studying the Jewish Future (Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- ISBN
- 9780295983899
- Subject Area
- Religion, Social Science
- Publication Name
- Studying the Jewish Future
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- Demography, Judaism / General, Future Studies, Jewish Studies
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Series
- Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.5 in
- Item Weight
- 8.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 168 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Washington Press
ISBN-10
0295983892
ISBN-13
9780295983899
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30247007
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
168 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Studying the Jewish Future
Subject
Demography, Judaism / General, Future Studies, Jewish Studies
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, Social Science
Series
Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
8.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2004-040713
Reviews
"Calvin Goldscheider is one of our premier demographers of Jewish life in America, a distinguished scholar, and a first rate stylist." Samuel C. Heilman, author ofPortrait of American Jews: The Last Half of the Twentieth Century
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
305.892/4
Table Of Content
Preface 1. Studying the Jewish Future 2. The Futures of Jewish Communities in the United States, Europe, and Israel 3. Forecasting Jewish Populations 4. The Centrality of Jewish Values in Shaping the Jewish Future 5. What Prophecy and Animal Sacrifices Reveal about Contemporary Jewish Communities 6. Secularism, Religion, Ethnicity, and Assimilation Notes Index
Synopsis
A noted demographer argues that Jewish culture and commnities will survive the U.S., Europe, and Israel, Studying the Jewish Future explores the power of Jewish culture and assesses the perceived threats to the coherence and size of Jewish communities in the United States, Europe, and Israel. In an unconventional and provocative argument, Calvin Goldscheider departs from the limiting vision of the demographic projections that have shaped predictions about the health and future of Jewish communities and asserts that "the quality of Jewish life has become the key to the future of Jewish communities." Through the lens of individual biographies, Goldscheider shows how context shapes Jewish senses of the future and how conceptions of the future are shaped and altered by life experiences. Goldscheider's distinctive comparative approach includes a critical review of population issues, a consideration of biographies as a basis for understanding Jewish values, and an analysis of biblical texts for studying contemporary values. He combines demographic and sociological analyses in historical and comparative perspectives to dispel the notion that quantitative issues are at the heart of the challenge of Jewish continuity in the future. Numbers are clearly the building blocks of community. But the interpretations of these demographic issues are often confusing and biased by ideological preconceptions. As a basis for studying the core themes of the Jewish future, "hard facts" are less "hard" and less "factual" than interpreters have made them out to be. Population projections are limited by the vision of those who prepare them. Goldscheider concludes that the futures of Jewish communities--in America, Europe, and Israel--are much more secure than has been presented in most scholarly and popular publications, and discussions about the Jewish future should shift to other patterns of distinctiveness. This book will appeal to the general Jewish reader as well as to social scientists and modern Jewish historians. It is appropriate for Jewish studies courses, particularly, but not exclusively, those focusing on Jews in the United States, the American Jewish community, and modern Jewish society, and in courses on ethnicity, multiculturalism, cultural diversity, and ethnic relations., Studying the Jewish Future explores the power of Jewish culture and assesses the perceived threats to the coherence and size of Jewish communities in the United States, Europe, and Israel. In an unconventional and provocative argument, Calvin Goldscheider departs from the limiting vision of the demographic projections that have shaped predictions about the health and future of Jewish communities and asserts that "the quality of Jewish life has become the key to the future of Jewish communities." Through the lens of individual biographies, Goldscheider shows how context shapes Jewish senses of the future and how conceptions of the future are shaped and altered by life experiences. Goldscheider?s distinctive comparative approach includes a critical review of population issues, a consideration of biographies as a basis for understanding Jewish values, and an analysis of biblical texts for studying contemporary values. He combines demographic and sociological analyses in historical and comparative perspectives to dispel the notion that quantitative issues are at the heart of the challenge of Jewish continuity in the future. Numbers are clearly the building blocks of community. But the interpretations of these demographic issues are often confusing and biased by ideological preconceptions. As a basis for studying the core themes of the Jewish future, ?hard facts? are less ?hard? and less "factual" than interpreters have made them out to be. Population projections are limited by the vision of those who prepare them. Goldscheider concludes that the futures of Jewish communities--in America, Europe, and Israel--are much more secure than has been presented in most scholarly and popular publications, and discussions about the Jewish future should shift to other patterns of distinctiveness. This book will appeal to the general Jewish reader as well as to social scientists and modern Jewish historians. It is appropriate for Jewish studies courses, particularly, but not exclusively, those focusing on Jews in the United States, the American Jewish community, and modern Jewish society, and in courses on ethnicity, multiculturalism, cultural diversity, and ethnic relations.
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DS143.G614 2004
Copyright Date
2004
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