Based on data from the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey, the authors examine the high level of mobility among American Jews and their increasing dispersion throughout the United States, and how this presents new challenges to the national Jewish community.
Sidney Goldstein is George Hazard Crooker University Professor Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Brown University. He is past Director of the University's Population and Training Center and past President of the Population Association of America. Alice Goldstein is Senior Researcher at the Population Studies and Training Center at Brown University.
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"The clear documentation of the creation of a national Jewish community, the description of the shifting Jewish nature of the country's regions, and the analysis of the relation of mobility to Jewish affiliation and identity are all of intellectual and practical importance. The changing patterns of younger Jews are also highlighted, and the impact is considered in terms of all facets of mobility (distance, recency, and intention)." —Sherry Israel, Brandeis University
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Tables Illustrations Foreword Preface Chapter 1 Introduction Theoretical PerspectivesEvidence from Past StudiesCommunity Studies in the 1960sThe 1970/71 National Jewish Population SurveyCommunity Studies after NJPS-1970/71The 1990 National Jewish Population SurveyThe Survey MethodologyMigration Data in the SurveyAnalysis PlansChapter 2 Numbers, Distribution, and Mobility Changing Numbers, 1970/71 to 1990Distribution PatternsRegional DistributionMetropolitan/Nonmetropolitan ResidenceMigration PatternsBilocal ResidenceThe Extent of Bilocal ResidenceLocation of Second HomeFuture MobilityLevels of Future MobilityProbable Destination of Future MovesChapter 3 The Impact of Mobility on Regional Distribution Metropolitan MigrationLifetime Redistribution PatternsFive-year Regional FlowsFive-Year Regional InterchangesFive-Year Migration Flows by Jewish IdentityDiffering Forms of MobilityTypes of MobilityRegional Variations in Mobility TypesMobility Types and Interregional DistributionVariations by Jewish Identity CategoriesThe Impact of Redistribution for Jewish AmericansChapter 4 Socioeconomic Differentials Education DifferentialsOccupational DifferentialsEmployment StatusMarital StatusOverview: Socioeconomic DifferentialsChapter 5 Differentials in Jewish Identification Denominational IdentificationRecent MovementFuture MobilityMigration and Denominational ChangeRitual PracticesIntermarriageJewish EducationVisits to IsraelMobility and Jewish Identity RelatedChapter 6 Community Involvement Organizational MembershipJewish OrganizationsNon-Jewish OrganizationsMembership in Relation to DurationA Multivariate Analysis of Organization MembershipSynagogue/Temple MembershipA Multivariate AnalysisVolunteer ActivitiesJewish VoluntarismNon-Jewish Volunteer ActivitiesVoluntarism in Relation to DurationA Multivariate AnalysisInterrrelations Among Forms of InvolvementInterrelations in Jewish InvolvementJewish/Non-Jewish Involvement ComparedPhilanthropyRecent Migration and GivingDuration of Residence and PhilanthropyThe Impact of Expected MobilityRelations Between Community Involvement and MobilityInformal Networks Friendship PatternsNeighborhood CompositionJewish Character of NeighborhoodImportance of Jewish NeighborhoodOverview of Jewish MilieuJews on the Move: Implications for American Jewry Toward a National Jewish CommunityWho is Mobile?Migration and Jewish Identity/InvolvementTheoretical IssuesMethodological IssuesMobility and Jewish IdentityCommunity InvolvementInformal NetworksThe Challenge of MobilityThe Methodology of the National Jewish Population Survey by Joseph WaksbergQuestions on Migration in the NJPS-1990 Questionnaire Appendix C Tables Showing Unweighted Number of Cases by Migration Status and Age Appendix D Construction of Ritual Index Notes References Subject Index Name Index
