Israel Connection And American Jews
Mittelberg analyzes the effect of the Israel visit/experience upon the ethnic identity of American Jews. For most American Jews, being Jewish carries both religious and ethnic connotations. It is because of this dual context that the Israel visit has a different significance for American Jews when compared to visits of members of other ethnic groups back to their homelands. As Mittelberg argues, the relationship of American Jews to Israel is bound up in the broader concept of peoplehood, a...
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Analyzes the effect of the Israel visit/experience upon the ethnic identity of American Jews.
FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgments1Introduction12The Visit to Israel133Identity, Modernity, and Ethnicity in the Cross Cultural Encounter214Behind the Symbols: Community, Polity, and American Jewish Ethnicity375The Israel Connection and the Jewish Question436Methodology497The Core Jewish Population of North America558Visits to Israel619Outmarriage7710The Intention to Visit Israel and the Jewishness of Respondents8511The Impact of the Israel Visit on Jewish Identity: A Comprehensive Parametric Analysis of the NJPS Data9112The Israel Connection and American Jews: Being Jewish in America in the Year 2000: Will Visiting Israel Make a Difference?10113Conclusion119Tables137Bibliography183Index189
