founded the Yeshiva Goldolah in Lakewood, New Jersey a nationwide system to promote Jewish education, Torah u’Mesorah was founded to influence Jewish communities all over the country to send their children to Jewish schools.
The assimilation of the 1950’s also saw the beginning of a skyrocketing trend in American Jewry: intermarriage. While the rate stood at 6% in 1950, at the end of the 20th century it would approach 50%. This created a new trend of assimilation: while Jews retained their names and cultural identity, their new level of acceptance in American society caused many to willingly abandon the religious traditions which so many Jews in previous generations and other societies had refused to sacrifice on pain of death or exile. This makes the current issues of determining Jewish identity and ensuring Jewish continuity particularly challenging.
Sources:
- http://www.jcpa.org/dje/books/cp2-ch1.html
- http://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php//wjudaism/article/viewArticle/3532/1586
- Jews on the Move
- http://www.chatham.edu/PTI/ReligioninAmericanSociety/1950s_curriculum.html
- Urban Exodus
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