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THE JEWISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY EDITOR Morris Ginsberg MANAGING EDITOR Maurice Freedman SECRETARY, EDITORIAL OFFICE Paul Glikson VOLUME FIVE 1963 Published on behalf of the World Jewish Congress by William Heinemann Ltd, 1-16 Queen Street, London WI CONTENTS Adult Programme of the Jewish Historical School of Zacharia Centre in the United Stales, The Frankel, The by David Rudavsky 224 by Sahzuel D. Freeman 187 Jewish Figures in Post-war Dutch Ambivalence and Self-Image Literature by Henriette Boas 55 among Oriental Jews in Israel Jewish Immigration in England by by Walter P. Zenner 214 ,j. Malt lis 138 Belleville France, and Beyond by Jews under Italian Fascism by Herbert Tint 255 Daniel Carfti 143 Books Received 149,265 Notes on Contributors Centres of Jevry in the Western 153,266 Hemisphere: A Comparative Organization of South African Approach by Moshe Davis Jewn and its Problems, The by Gutav Chronicle by / , 198 Saron 35 Development and Utilization of Sjdcnes, and Death in the Hebrew Sociological Research: The Case Novel of the Haskalah by David of the American Jewish Corn- Patterson 84 munity, The by Marshall Sklare 167 Statistics of North African Jewry, Do Jews Learn from History? by The by Robert Anal 27 Jacob Leststhins/cy 245 Study of Jewish Communities in a Economic Interpretation of Anti- Comparative Context, The by Semitism in Eastern Europe, An Seymour Martin Lipset 157 by Stanislav Andreski 201 Youth and Youth Movements in Editorial 3 Israel by Jochanan Peres 94 Emerging Patterns and Attitudes Zionism and AllyoJi on the Amer- in American Jewish Life by can Jewish Scene by Edward C. Bezalel Sherman 47 J'leufeld 11' AUTHORS OF ARTICLES Andreski, S. 201 Neufeld, E. ill Attal, R. 27 Patterson, D. 84 Boas, H. 55 Peres,J. 94 Carpi, D. 143 Rudavsky, D. 224 Davis, M. 4 Saron, G. 35 Freeman, S. D. 187 Sherman, C. B. 47 Glilcson, P. 150,198 Sklare, M. 167 Lestschinsky, J. 245 Tint, H. 255 Lipset, S. M. 157 Zenner, W. P. 214 Maitlis, J. 138 AUTHORS OF SHORTER NOTICES Cannon, I. C. 149 Maybaum, I. 260 Cohen, P. S. 260 Roback, A. A. 259 Levenberg, S. 261 Strizower, S. 148, 263, 264 Marmorstein, E. 263 BOOKS REVIEWED I Carlebach, J. The Jews of Rairobi Mantel, H. Studies in the History of 1903-1962 148 the Sanhedrin 263 Dc Felice, K., Storia degli ebrei Maus, H. A Short History of Socio- italiani sotto ilfascismo 143 logy 149 Gartner, L. P. The Jewish Immi- Rabi, Anatomie du Judaisme Fran- grant in England (1870-1914) 138 çais 255 Herberg, W. Judaism and Modern Roland, C. Du Ghetto a I'Occident: Man 260 Deux generations de Tiddiches en Infeld, H. F., ed., Essays . in France 255 Memory Dr. Xoah Bayou - 261 Strizower, S. Exotic Jewish Corn- Israel, B.J. Religious Evolution among mimi! its 263 the Bent Israel of India since 1750 263 Werblowsky. R. J. Z. Joseph Karo Landmann, S. Jidisch: Abenteur —Lawyer and Mystic 264 einer.Sprache 259 THE JEWISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY VOLUME V NO. 1 JUNE 1963 CONTENTS Editorial 3 Centres of Jewry in the Western Hemisphere: A Comparative Approach Moshe Davis 4 The Statistics of North African Jewry Robert Atlal 27 The Organization of South African Jewry and its Problems Gustav Saron 35 Emerging Patterns and Attitudes in American Jewish Life C. Bezalel Sherman 47 Jewish Figures in Post-war Dutch Literature Henriette Boos 55 Sickness and Death in the Hebrew Novel of the Haskalah David Patterson 84 Youth and Youth Movements in Israel Jochanan Peres 94 Zionism and A4yah on the American Jewish Scene Edward ]'/eufeld ii i Book Reviews Jewish Immigration in England J. Maitlis 18 Jews under Italian Fascism Daniel Carpi 143 Shorter Notices 148 Books Received 149 Chronicle Paul Glikson 150 Notes on Contributors 153 PUBLISHED TwicE YEARLY on behalf of the World Jewish Congress by William Heinemann Ltd, 15-16 Queen Street, London Wi Annual Subscription £J° (post free)—Single Copies 125 6d net Applications for subscription should be addressed to the Managing Editor, The Jewish Journal of Sociology, 55 J'Iew Cavendish Street, London Wi EDITOR Morris Ginsberg MANAGING EDITOR Mauiice Freedman SECRETARY, EDITORIAL OFFICE Paul Glikson ADVISORY BOARD R. Eachi (Israel) Jacob Lestschinsky (Israel) André Chouraqui (France & Israel) Eugene Minkowski (France) S. N. Eisenstadt (Israel) Louis Rosenberg (Canada) Nathan Glazer (USA) H. L. Shapiro (USA) J. Katz (Israel) A. Steinberg (Britain) 0. Klineberg (USA) A. Tartakower (Israel) © THE WROLD JEWISH CONGRESS 1963 PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY BUTLER AND TANNER LTD FROME AND LONDON EDITORIAL HE first four papers in. this issue of the Journal (by Moshe Davis, Robert Attal, Gustav Saron, and C. Bezalel Sherman) Twere read in their original form at the Third World Congress of Jewish Studies held in Jerusalem, 25 July to i August ig6i, in the section 'Contemporary Jewry'. This section was under the joint chair- manship of Professor Moshe Davis and Dr Shaul Esh of the Insti- tute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University ofJerusalem. We are grateful to them for making these papers available to us. We expect to be able to publish further papers read at the Congress in later issues of the Journal. CENTRES OF JEWRY IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: A COMPARATIVE APPROACH* Moshe Davis HE comparative approach applied to the study of Contem- poraryJewry adds an important dimension to the research and Tinterpretation of individual Jewish communities. Most prcsent research analyses the local community in the context of its native environment and its adjustment to that environment. With the com- parative method, one can explore the common relationship of Jewish communities throughout the world while taking into full account the problems of locus and specific historical configuration. Thus a partic- ularJewish community can be studied not only in its relation to the en- vironing culture, but also in the total context of the Jewish People, of which it is an integral part. Moreover, by establishing new perspectives, the comparative method may reveal lacunae in the available research material, even as it clarifies existing interpretations. The dynamic, variegated, and global character of Jewry offers an excellent oppor- tunity to study one entity in different settings. What we may learn from applying this method to the study of the Jewish People may contribute to social studies generally.' The object of this paper is to delineate, by way of comparison, some of the disparate and common elements in the three major Jewish centres of the western hemisphere—Canada, the United States, and Argentina; and to suggest, by these examples, other elements which require investigation. The selected disparate element relates to the varying forms of representative organization of the Jewish communities as they are influenced by their respective majority, or host cultures. The common element refers to the nature of individual identification with Jews and Judaism, a problem which is similar in the three communities. In this case the 'indifferent' are discussed with special reference to the manifestations of intermarriage and gradual separation from Jewish life. * This paper, prepared for the Section of ContemporaryJewry at the Third World Congress of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, is intended to open a discussion on a methodology for the research of contemporary Jewish life. 4 CENTRES OF JEWRY IN WESTERN HEMISPHERE Without ignoring internal Jewish needs and conditions, the defini- tions of the nature of the three principal Jewish communities in the western hemisphere emanate to a very large extent from the socio- political organization of the respective societies in which they live. The quality of the difference in these communities lies in the way the society at large understands the Jewish group, and in the response of the Jewish community to this conception. Recognizing the limitations of a specific definition in a relationship which is subject to development and change, nevertheless broad categorization of the respective images of the Jewish group can be essayed. In Canada the Jewish community is regarded and regards itself as a cultural minority within the Canadian nationality, like the Anglo-Saxon, the French, the Scots, etc. The Jews of the United States, while proportionately a decreasing minority, are viewed and function as one of the major religious groups. There the common comparison of Jews is with Protestants and Catholics. In Argentina, the Jewish community is distinguished from the majority by its ethnic pattern, although there is a religious underpinning to this relationship in a monolithic Catholic ambience. It is enlightening to note that these very formulations have entered the vocabulary of the Jewish communities when they describe themselves, finding expression in official documents, in the public forum, in the press, and in ordinary conversation. Canada, it has been said, is still in search of a nationality. It is both dependent upon and related to the United States and Great Britain. However, while the influence of the United States in Canadian history and culture is apparent and increasing, community forms and political institutions in Canada are deeply rooted in the traditions of Great Britain. In this sense, the institutional structure in Canada is more British than North American. Thus, the British conception vis-à-vis the Jews, of host country and minority culture, was more likely to develop in Canada. Maurice Freedman called the volume of social studies of the Anglo-Jewish community which he edited A Minority in Britain, a title or frame of reference which is rarely, if ever, now used in the United States, but one which could easily be used as a general appellation of theJewish community in Canada. Moreover, Canada internally is being formed by two civilizations, the English and the French, living side by side, separate but commingling, both motivated by ancient and con- temporary European influences.