1. SMALL-TOWN JEWS' INTEGRATION INTO THEIR COMMUNITIES.
- Author
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Schoenfeld, Eugen
- Subjects
JEWISH sociology ,ETHNOLOGY ,JEWS ,SOCIOLOGY ,SOCIAL sciences - Abstract
A survey of small-town Jews indicates that they generally conceive their relationship to their communities in terms of personal relations rather than economic factors; that they regard the general populace rather than the Jewish community as their primary reference group; that they incorporate to a considerable degree the small-town Weltanschauung; that they tend to be ’localites’ rather than ’cosmopolites’; that they view non-Jews in universalistic rather than particularistic terms; that they join organizations, both Jewish and non-Jewish, which stress status and exclusiveness; and that there is no significant difference in number between their Jewish and non-Jewish friends. The data lead us to the conclusion that small-town Jews are in general ’residents’ rather than ’strangers.’ [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 1970