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Publication Date: December 1997
Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America
Author(s): Sergio DellaPergola
Research Area: Culture and religion; Population and demographics
Keywords: Academic Research; Community Formation; Jewish Identification
Type: Report
Abstract:
Recent major demographic changes include the emergence of Israel as one of the most vibrant and largest centers of Jewish life in history, a concentration of Jews in major urban areas, and changing family patterns, most notably increased intermarriage and low levels of Jewish reproduction. These latter factors pose a significant challenge to Jewish continuity. These demographic trends should continue, with Israel possibly becoming the largest Jewish community during the first decades of the twenty first century.
In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, v.74 no.2, Winter 1997.