1st Edition
Kinship, Ethnicity and Voluntary Associations Jewish Family Life in New York City
By William E. Mitchell
Copyright 1978
266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
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How can Jewish relatives who range in residence and occupation from a Scarsdale doctor to a Brooklyn butcher, and who diverge in religiosity from an Orthodox cantor to a ham-eating atheist, maintain close family ties? It is a social truism that families with conflicting life styles scattered over a sprawling urban area fall apart. Even those families with a strong sense of duty to stay together... Read more
Foreword, Author's preface, List of tables and figures, 1. The Jews of New York City, 2. The origins of family clubs, 3. Membership and leadership, 4. Resources and records, 5. Social gatherings, 6. Feuds and fissions, 7. Why family clubs? An explanatory model, 8. Family clubs and kinship theory, Appendices, Notes, References, Index
Biography
William E. Mitchell
