jpr / Planning for Jewish Communities: report No.3 - 2003
Secular or religious?
The Outlook of London's Jews
David Graham
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| Introduction |
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| Part 1 - Descriptive analysis of the outlook of Jews in London and the South-east | ||
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Demographic and Social Indicators This study sheds light on what it is that defines an individual's outlook and how one outlook type differs from another in terms of various beliefs, behaviours, practices and attachments... |
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The relationship between upbringing and outlook Informal education Almost three-quarters of the sample reported that they had attended a Jewish club or organization before the age of eighteen... |
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Being Jewish: practice and observances Current religious practice and outlook How does current religious practice relate to current self-defined outlook? It would be incorrect to suggest, for example, that those describing themselves as currently 'Reform' were Somewhat Secular, or that those currently 'Traditional' were all Somewhat Religious... |
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Social attachments and lifestyle Jewish friends The findings on Jewish friendship can best be summarized as 'All of my best friends are Jewish!'... |
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| Part 2 - Developing models for understanding the outlook of Jews in London and the South-east | ||
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A model of outlook: the Jewish Market Framework The distribution of outlook types The distribution of respondents' outlook (see Figure 1, page 5) clearly highlights the skewed nature of the sample, with a distinct leaning towards a secular outlook... |
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Belief, Belonging and Behaviour Testing outlook as a function of Belief, Belonging and Behaviour The aim of this chapter is to help clarify the meaning of 'outlook' from an Anglo-Jewish point of view by defining it as a function of the sociological categories Belief, Belonging and Behaviour... |
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Quantifying social distance Comparing Belief, Belonging and Behaviour by means of a weighted index Although we know that Belief achieves the highest levels of consensus, we do not know exactly how much higher this is, compared with the consensus level in the Belonging and Behaviour categories... |
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Summary of the three outlook models Three models have been developed whose purpose is to aid understanding of the significance of the outlook tool and to highlight how it might be usefully applied by communal planners... |
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Conclusions and policy implications Every year community planners need to make strategic decisions about how best to allocate their budgets... |
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Appendix
A - Consensus vs 'dissensus' |
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| Front and back cover |
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