The Greening of Judaism by Marshall Sklare Seldom does the appearance of a book become a major public event, and rarer still is the book that can…
Family and Community in the Kibbutz, by Yonina Talmon by Marshall Sklare With certain exceptions, academic interest in the kibbutz has by and large not been impelled by a desire to understand…
The Conversion of the Jews by Marshall Sklare Nothing, it would seem, ever goes away; and thus it was that American Jews, living in a society where interreligious…
Jews, Ethnics, and the American City by Marshall Sklare At a time when the plight of the American city engages so much of our attention--when scarcely a week can…
Israelis and Jews, by Simon Herman by Marshall Sklare Israeli sociology and social psychology have constantly sought to emphasize the universal rather than the particular.
Intermarriage & Jewish Survival by Marshall Sklare There is a new enthusiasm for the Jewish studies on campus. But whatever significance one may attach to this development,…
The Passionate People: What It Means to be a Jew in America, by Roger Kahn by Marshall Sklare ROGER KAHN'S The Passionate People (which, according to Herbert Kubly, "perhaps . . .does for the Jewish middle class what…
The Trouble with “Our Crowd” by Marshall Sklare Ten years ago, Barry E. Supple, an economic historian then teaching at Harvard, published a scholarly article which demonstrated that…
Assimilation & the Sociologists by Marshall Sklare The question of Jewish assimilation has always been vexed by two different considerations: how willing was the general community to…
Intermarriage & the Jewish Future by Marshall Sklare American Jews have always had a reputation for resisting intermarriage, and they still serve as a model in this respect…
The Future of Jewish Giving by Marshall Sklare JEWisH philanthropy-so high is its reputation-has come to serve as a model for scholars, professional workers, and civic leaders who…
Children of the Gilded Ghetto, by Judith R. Kramer and Seymour Leventman by Marshall Sklare OUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT American Jewish life would be much the poorer if not for the fact that an occasional graduate…