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Steel City Jews: A Study of Ethnicity and Social Mobility in the Jewish Population of the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Author(s): Kosmin, Barry A.; Bauer, Marzy; Grizzard, Nigel
Date: 1976
Topics: Surveys, Censuses, Demography, Small Jewish Communities
Abstract: This is a report on a census of Jews living in Sheffield, United Kingdom. Sheffield was considered by the staff of the Research Unit, both in its history and present situation, to be fairly representative of many of the Anglo-Jewish Provincial communities in industrial centers within the range of 1,000-2,500 persons. The staff states that they had a general impression of the recent changes which had occurred in such communities, but thought it necessary to obtain a complete understanding and quantitative knowledge of the present situation. In order to meet this need it was felt that a community census - similar to those carried out in the U.S.A. - should be attempted. Sheffield was not the initial choice for such a census, but other communities placed so many political difficulties that it was decided to use a centre where the local leadership was cooperative and realized the value of such information. The Sheffield community was particularly concerned with the apparent decline of the community due to the emigration of young people and what appeared to be a serious decline in the birthrate. At the same time the proportion of elderly persons appeared to be increasing. The survey finds that the relatively rapid progression in socio-economic status, made by Sheffield Jews in two or three generations, is an intriguing sociological phenomenon and certainly a subject for further investigation.
The Jewish Journal of Sociology Volume 18 Number 2
Date: 1976
Abstract: CONTENTS
Editorial 95
Jewish Ethnicity and Acculturation in the 1920s: Public
Education in New York City by Deborah Dash Moore 96 .
Challenge to Assimilation: French Jewish Youth Movements
Between the Wars by Paula Hymen 105
German Zionism and Jewish Identity by Stephen M. Poppel 115
Community and the Meaning of the Modern State: the
Case of Israel by Shiomo Swirski 123
Animals and God—man—nature in the Old Testament
By Milton Jacobs 141
On the Classification and Synthesis of Sociological
Knowledge (Review Article) by John Scott 155
Book Reviews 165
Chronicle 182
Books Received 189
Notes on Contributors 191
The Jewish Journal of Sociology Volume 18 Number 1
Date: 1976
Abstract: CONTENTS
The Adaptable American Jewish Family: An Inconsistency
in Theory by Gerald S. Berman 5
Martin Buber's Concept of the Centre and Social Renewal
By Paul R. Mendes-Flohr 17
A Note on Corporate Mourning in the Halakhic Community
By Joel B. Wolowelslcy 27
Jewish Immigration to North America: The Canadian
Experience (1870-1900) by Jonathan D. Sarna 31
Israel-centrism and Diasporism by Avraham Avi-hai 43
Zionism and Nationalism (Review Article) by Aubry Newman 57
Ideas of Jewish History (Review Article) by Lloyd P. Gartner 61
Book Reviews 67
Chronicle77
Books Received 86
Notes on Contributors 88