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Jews: The Ever Dying, Ever Renewing, People

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American Jewish Year Book 2016

Part of the book series: American Jewish Year Book ((AJYB,volume 116))

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Discussion of the Pew report is framed around the evolutionary nature of Jewish civilization and the fears that Jews have historically had of disappearing, harking back to the destruction of the first Temple in biblical times. The insularity of Orthodox Judaism is described as a double edged sword—both contributing to its strength, but also leading to possible disaffiliation.

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    Those who are now referred to as “the Jews” trace their origins to these ancient Israelites.

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    This timing is based on Jackson Spielvogel’s Western Civilization (Spielvogel 2000).

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  1. Department of Sociology and Program in Jewish Studies, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA

    Lynn Davidman

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  1. Department of Sociology and Center for Judaic Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA

    Arnold Dashefsky

  2. Department of Geography and Jewish Demography Project, The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA

    Ira M. Sheskin

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Davidman, L. (2017). Jews: The Ever Dying, Ever Renewing, People. In: Dashefsky, A., Sheskin, I. (eds) American Jewish Year Book 2016. American Jewish Year Book, vol 116. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46122-9_5

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