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The paradoxical effects of Jewish community size on Jewish communal behavior: Intermarriage, synagogue membership and giving to local Jewish Federations

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  1. Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University, Israel

    Jonathan Rabinowitz

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The author wishes to thank the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture for a grant supporting this research

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Rabinowitz, J. The paradoxical effects of Jewish community size on Jewish communal behavior: Intermarriage, synagogue membership and giving to local Jewish Federations. Cont Jewry 10, 9–15 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02965554

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