Research Catalog

Title

The social scientific study of Jewry : sources, approaches, debates / edited by Uzi Rebhun.

Publication

• Oxford ; New York : Published for the Institute by Oxford University Press, [2014]
• ©2014

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rebhun, Uzi
• Waxman, Chaim I., 1941-
• Makhon le-Yahadut zemanenu ʻa. sh. Avraham Harman.

Description

xv, 371 pages : maps; 25 cm

Summary

"This latest volume in the annual Studies in Contemporary Jewry series focuses on how Jewry has been studied in the social science disciplines. Its symposium consists of essays that discuss sources, approaches, and debates in the complementary fields of demography, sociology, economics, and geography. The social sciences are central for the understanding of contemporary Jewish life and have engendered much controversy over the past few decades. To a large extent, the multitude of approaches toward Jewish social science research reflects the nature of population studies in general, and that of religions and ethnic groups in particular. Yet the variation in methodology, definitions, and measures of demographic, socioeconomic, and cultural patterns is even more salient in the study of Jews. Different data sets have different definitions for what is "Jewish" or "who is a Jew." In addition, Jews as a group are characterized by high rates of migration, including repeated migration, which makes it difficult to track any given Jewish population. Finally, the question of identification is complicated by the fact that in most places, especially outside of Israel, it is not clear whether "being Jewish" is primarily a religious or an ethnic matter - or both, or neither. This volume also features an essay on American Jewry and North African Jewry; review essays on rebuilding after the Holocaust, Nazi war crimes trials, and Jewish historiography; and reviews of new titles in Jewish studies."--

Series Statement

Studies in contemporary Jewry, an annual, 0740-8625 ; 27

Uniform Title

Studies in contemporary Jewry ; 27.

Subjects

• United States
• United States > Ethnic relations
• Jews > Social conditions > Research
• Ethnic relations
• Jews > United States > Social conditions

Note

• "The Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem."

Call Number

JFE 16-13363

ISBN

• 9780199363490
• 0199363498

LCCN

2013047261

OCLC

864753052

Title

The social scientific study of Jewry : sources, approaches, debates / edited by Uzi Rebhun.

Publisher

Oxford ; New York : Published for the Institute by Oxford University Press, [2014]

Copyright Date

©2014

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Studies in contemporary Jewry, an annual, 0740-8625 ; 27

Studies in contemporary Jewry ; 27.

Added Author

Rebhun, Uzi, editor.

Waxman, Chaim I., 1941- Professional dilemma of Jewish social scientists: the case of the ASSJ.

Makhon le-Yahadut zemanenu ʻa. sh. Avraham Harman.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-13363