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The years 2008–2012 brought significant change to the American Jewish community. As the economic recession created difficulties for individual Jews and Jewish institutions, a cultural climate that promoted individual fulfillment weakened Jewish group cohesion, leading, on the one hand, to disaffiliation, and on the other, to deep divisions about Israel and over the meaning of being Jewish.
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Grossman, L. (2013). Jewish Communal Affairs. In: Dashefsky, A., Sheskin, I. (eds) American Jewish Year Book 2012. American Jewish Year Book, vol 109-112. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5204-7_4
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