The Jew Within
Subtitle: Self, Family, and Community in America
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: November 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780253337825
Subjects: Jewish studies; Jews In The U.S.; Judaism; Religion; Religion - Judaism; USA; Judaism - History; Judaism - Rituals & Practice; Ethnic Studies - General; Judaism - General; Jewish families; Jewish way of life; Religious life; United States
First sentence: The American Jewish community, rocked by reports of soaring inter-marriage rates, rampant assimilation, and diminishing population, has been more concerned of late than ever with issues of Jewish identification and "continuity."
Description: "What factors shape, nourish, and sustain Jewish commitment? What leads some Jews to place Jewish commitment at the center of their lives, while others consign it to the margins? What matters most to American Jews and why? Through in-depth interviews with Jews across the country, Steven M. Cohen and Arnold M.

Eisen, two of the keenest observers and analysts of American Jewish life, probe beneath the surface to explore the foundations of belief and behavior among moderately affiliated American Jews."--BOOK JACKET.