TY  - BOOK
AU  - 
AU  - Friedman, Michelle L. and Friedlander Myrna L.
ED  - 
ED  - 
ED  - Blustein, David L.
ED  - 
SN  - 0022-0167
PY  - 0000///46
CY  - January 2005.
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KW  - 
KW  - 2
KW  - 0
KW  - 6
KW  - 20
KW  - Social psychology
KW  - Assimilation
KW  - Interpersonal relations
KW  - sears0
N1  - To begin mapping the landscape of contemporary Jewish identity from a phenomenological perspective, the authors conducted a qualitative analysis of semistructured interviews of 10 Jewish adults in the northeastern United States. Coding resulted in 6 universal themes (dynamic nature of self-identification, early formative experiences, desire to increase religious practice, generativity, feeling marginalized, and awareness of discrimination). Most of the other 18 typical and variant themes reflected a congruence between cultural identification and religious observance. Whereas only the religiously unaffiliated participants expressed shame or embarrassment about being Jewish, the observant Jews described a sense of pride, the importance of Jewish marriage, and a connection to Israel. The Conservative and Orthodox Jews were most clear about their identity as Jews; they discussed the importance of Jewish texts, heritage, values, search for meaning, and relation to God. All but the most Orthodox participants valued interpersonal relations with Gentiles; for them, Jewish identity predominates regardless of the social context; 5
ER  -