Orthodox Judaism in the US: Retrospect and Prospect

Dashefsky, Arnold; Sheskin, Ira M.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-46122-9_1

Arnold Dashefsky⁵ &
Ira M. Sheskin⁶

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

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Abstract

In this introduction, we:

1.
present the highlights of the Pew report on American Orthodox Jews;
2.
provide summary observations on the substantive and policy implications as stated in the commentaries by the invited contributors; and
3.
comment on the implications of the report in regard to an assessment of Orthodox Judaism within the context of American Jewish denominational life.

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A similar finding has been reported for the growing number of Haredi Jews in the UK (Staetsky and Boyd 2015).

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Department of Sociology and Center for Judaic Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
Arnold Dashefsky
Department of Geography and Jewish Demography Project, The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA
Ira M. Sheskin

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Department of Sociology and Center for Judaic Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
Arnold Dashefsky
Department of Geography and Jewish Demography Project, The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
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Dashefsky, A., Sheskin, I.M. (2017). Orthodox Judaism in the US: Retrospect and Prospect. 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_1

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