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The Challenges Facing British Jewry

February 6, 2011 | Prof. Leslie Wagner

The challenges facing British Jewry now are little different from those that have faced Diaspora Jewry generally over the past one hundred years or more, namely, the twin problems of assimilation and anti-Semitism. The interesting questions today are whether the nature and context of these challenges are different at present, in the second decade of the twenty-first century, and how effective the community's response to these challenges is likely to be.

Changes in American Jewish Identities: From Normative Constructions to Aesthetic Understandings

March 16, 2008 | Steven M. Cohen

Over the past several decades, Jews in the United States have been reshaping their Jewish identities in line with geographic dispersion, cultural changes, and generational shifts. Of special note is that Jews have fewer Jewish spouses, friends, neighbors, coworkers, and formal ties to other Jews. They feel less attached to both Jewish peoplehood and Israel, amounting to a decline in Jewish collective identity.

The Orthodox Union and Its Challenges

August 15, 2007 | Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (UOJCA), or Orthodox Union (OU), was founded in 1898. Currently the organization has approximately seven hundred American and Canadian synagogues as its constituents.

Are American Jews Becoming Republican? Insights into Jewish Political Behavior

December 15, 2003 | Dr. Steven Windmueller

Some German Jewish Orthodox Attitudes Toward the Land of Israel and the Zionist Movement

October 30, 1994