Gender and American Jews: Patterns in Work, Education, and Family in Contemporary Life

by Harriet Hartman, Moshe Hartman, Sylvia Barack Fishman (Preface by)

Overview

In Gender and American Jews, Harriet Hartman and Moshe Hartman interpret the results of the two most recent National Jewish Population Surveys. Building on their critical work in Gender Equality and American Jews (1996), and drawing on relevant sociological work on gender, religion, and secular achievement, this new book brings their analysis of gendered patterns in contemporary Jewish life right to the present moment. The first part of the book examines the distinctiveness of American Jews in terms of family behavior, labor-force patterns, and educational and occupational attainment. The second investigates the interrelationships between “Jewishness” and religious, economic, and family behavior, including intermarriage. Deploying an engaging assortment of charts and graphs and a rigorous grasp of statistics, the Hartmans provide a multifaceted portrait of a multidimensional population.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781584658276
Publisher:	Brandeis University Press
Publication date:	07/10/2012
Series:	HBI Series on Jewish Women
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	312
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

HARRIET HARTMAN is Professor of Sociology, Rowan University, and President of the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry. MOSHE HARTMAN is a retired Professor of Sociology, Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

Table of Contents

Preface – Sylvia Barack Fishman • Acknowledgments • An Introduction to Gender and American Jews and the Significance of the Inquiry • THE DISTINCTIVENESS OF GENDERED PATTERNS OF SECULAR ACHIEVEMENT AMONG AMERICAN JEWS • Education Patterns: The Foundation of Family and Economic Roles • Family Patterns of American Jews • Labor Force Participation and Occupational Achievement • Dual-Earning Patterns of American Jews • WAYS OF BEING JEWISH AND THE DISTINCTIVE SECULAR ROLES OF AMERICAN JEWISH WOMEN AND MEN • Gendered Patterns of Jewishness • How Jewishness is Related to Family Patterns of American Jews • How Jewishness is Related to Gendered Patterns of Secular Achievement • How Jewishness is Related to American Jews’ Dual-Earning Patterns • Intermarriage and Gendered Patterns of Secular Achievement • CONCLUSIONS • Conclusions and a Look to the Future • Appendix: Statistical Tables • Notes • References • Index

Editorial Reviews

Gender and American Jews: Patterns in Work, Education and Family in Contemporary Life is an important book about the gendered life of American Jews. Indeed, it is more than that; it is a glimpse into the gendered dimensions of a population that should provide the litmus test of how far we have come and/or still need to go in contemporary U.S.A. when we speak about gender parity. . . The next National Jewish Population Survey, and all of us who do research on, by, and for Jews, can only benefit from the intelligent, careful, and insightful analysis of these authors.”—Shofar

“Robert Liberles’ book Jews Welcome Coffee adds considerably to our understanding of the effects of the importation, sale, and preparation of coffee on German Jewry during the 18th century.” —jewishideasdaily.com

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