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U.S. Jewish Community Studies: Eight Response Arguments

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In response to the main papers in this volume eight main arguments are presented: 1. National vs. global perspectives underlying the quantitative and qualitative fundamentals; 2. Problems in assessing Jewish populations; 3. Queries about local survey quality and comparability; 4. Socio-cultural drivers; 5. Socialstructural drivers; 6. A more transnational American Jewry; 7. Let's look forward: the missing longitudinal approach; 8. Some policy implications.

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DellaPergola, S. U.S. Jewish Community Studies: Eight Response Arguments. Cont Jewry 36, 439–446 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12397-016-9192-3

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