Changing Social Characteristics of Orthodox, Conservative and Reform Jews
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4264373 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles S Liebman (Yeshiva University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1966 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 210 |
| Publication date | 1966-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Analysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0210 • E-ISSN: 2325-7873 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3710462 |
| OpenAlex | W2899889126 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The issue is raised as to whether the relationships found to exist between social class and various Protestant denominations will also be found for Orthodox, Conservative and Reform Jews. A study of the income levels of the areas within the metropolitan New York area in which new synagogues were constructed was made in order to assess the social class and social class changes among the three groups. Results indicate that Reform Jews continue to be in the highest income bracket; Orthodox Jews in the lowest; and Conservative Jews between the two, but closer to Reform than Orthodox. However, since World War II, the overlap between the three groups is considerable with the social distance among the members in each group growing
Political science · Politics · Social reform · Sociology · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Jewish Identity and Society · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |