Abstract
This chapter analyses discussions of the Jewish family that are based on the assumption that the stereotypical Jewish family in eastern Europe is the only single model. It mentions Shaul Stampfer, who rejects the notion that the east European family was patriarchal and demonstrates multi-generational families that were found among farmers. It also describes the American Jewish family in general and the American Orthodox Jewish family in particular. The chapter analyzes recent evidence that questions whether the values of the larger American Jewish community with respect to marriage and family remain as strong as they once were. It reviews the Pew Religious Landscape Survey in 2008 that showed that rates of marriage for Jews and mainline Protestants were identical, and only very slightly lower than that of Catholics.
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