Jews and Separationism
Reading the results of the Williamsburg Charter Survey on Religion and Public Life gives me, a rabbi, an opportunity to assess the views of my rabbinic colleagues. While the survey did not test for general Jewish opinion, it did sample one hundred rabbis and contrast them with other religious and pr...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1990
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Journal of law and religion
Year: 1990, Volume: 8, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 291-295 |
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| Summary: | Reading the results of the Williamsburg Charter Survey on Religion and Public Life gives me, a rabbi, an opportunity to assess the views of my rabbinic colleagues. While the survey did not test for general Jewish opinion, it did sample one hundred rabbis and contrast them with other religious and professional elites. Rabbinic opinion no doubt differs in degree from general Jewish opinion, but it probably does not differ in kind. We can find, I think, the opinion of many American Jews reflected in their rabbis' answers.We know from the Gallup polls that of all American religious groups, Jews are the most secular. Their rate of belonging to religious institutions (44 percent) is lowest, as is their rate of frequency of attendance at worship services. This general picture of a highly secular and liberal community is reinforced by the current data. Particularly revealing is the similarity, in many instances, of rabbinic opinion with academic opinion, and the corresponding dissimilarity of rabbinic opinion with the answers of other clergy groups. |
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| ISSN: | 2163-3088 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of law and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1051285 |