Mapping Jewish Identities

by Daniel Givelber

Book Overview

Is Jewish identity flourishing or in decline? Community leaders and scholarly researchers continually seek to determine the attitudes, beliefs, and activities that best measure Jewish identity. At issue, according to these studies, is the very survival of the Jewish community itself. But such studies rarely ask what actually is being examined when we attempt to assess "Jewish identity" or any identity. Most tend to assume that identity is a preexisting,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814797695
• ISBN13: 9780814797693
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"