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THE JEWISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY EDITOR Morris Ginsberg MANAGING EDITOR Maurice Freedman ASSISTANT EDITOR Judith Freedman VOLUME ELEVEN 1969 Published on behalf of the World Jewish Congress by William Heinemann Ltd CONTENTS 'Anti-Zionism' and the Political Kaifeng Jewish Community: A Struggle within the Elite of Summary, The by Donald Daniel Poland by Celia Stopnicka Helter zg Leslie 175 Appeal of Hasidism for American Mixed Marriage in an Israeli Town Jewry Today, The by Efraim by Erik Cohen 41 Shmueli 5 New Left and the Jews, The by Australian Jewry in 1966 by Walter JYathan Glazer 121 M. Lippmnean 67 Note on Aspects of Social Life Books Received i 13, 260 among the Jewish Kurds of Books Reviewed 31 119 Sanandaj, Iran, A by Paul 3. Book Reviews 97, 237 Magnarella 5 1 Chronicle 108, 255 Note on Identificational Assimila- Edgware Survey: Factors in Jewish tion among Fortyjews in Malmo, Identification, The by Ernest AbyLivaHerz 16 Krazjsz 151 Notes on Contributors 115, 261 Edgware Survey: Occupation and Notice to Contributors 4, 120 Social Class, The by Ernest On the Civilizing Process (Review Kra nez 75 Article) by Martin C. Albrow 227 Jewish Populations in General Reconstitution of Jewish Com- Decennial Population Censuses, munities in the Post-War Period, 1955-61: A Bibliography by The by Daniel 3. Etazar 187 Erich Rosenthal 31 University Education among Iraqi- Born Jews by Hayyimn Y. Cohen 59 AUTHORS OF ARTICLES Albrow, M.C. 227 Krause, E. 75, 151 Cohen, E. 41 Leslie, D. D. 575 Cohen, H. J. 59 Lippmann, W. M. 67 Elazar, D. J. 187 Magnarella, P. J. 5' Glazer, N. 121 Rosenthal, B. 31 Heller, C. S. 133 Shmueli, B. 5 Hen, L. 165 AUTHORS OF BOOK REVIEWS Albrow, M. C. 100, 101, 105, 227, 241 Krausz, B. 104 Diamond, A. S. 97 Levy, H. 238 Geber, B. A. 102 MacRae, D. G. so6 Gellner, E. 237 Martin; D. 251 Glazer, N. 240 Parkes, J. 252 Jacobs, L. 99 Pear, R. 242 Kessler, C. 245 Sofer, E. 248 BOOKS REVIEWED Atteslander, P., and Girod, R., Martin, 0., The Religions and the Sociological Contributions 105 Auhert, V., Secular—Stu,Jies in Secularization Elements of Sociology 101 Medding, P. Y., From Assimilation Banton, M., Roles, An Introduction to to Group Survival, A Political and the Study of Social Relations to6 Sociological Study of an Australian Bensimon-IDonath, 0., Evolution du Jewish Community 245 Juda,ne ma roca in sons Ic Protectorat Mitscherlich, A., Society without the français 1912-1956 237 Father, A contribution to Social Cohen, P. S., Modern Social Theory ZOO Psychology Dushkin, A. M., 248 Jewish Education in Owen, C., Social St rat Ulcation I o6 the Diaspora— The Problems of Qualey, C. C., ed., Thorstein Veblen, Teachers and Teaching 238 The Carleton College Veblen Seminar Elias, N., Uber den Prozess der Zivili- Essays 251 sation, Soziogenetische und Psycho- Stacy, M., Methods of Social Re- genetische Undersuchungen 227 search Freid, J., 104 Jews and Divorce 97 Stein, L., and Yogev, G., eds., The Goldstein, S. and Goldscheider, C., eds., Letters and Papers of Chaim Weiz- Jewish Americans; Three mann 252 Generations in a Jewish Community 240 Zimmerman, C. C., Sorokin, The Kehrer, G., Religionssoziologie 241 World's Greatest Sociologist; His Lever, H., Ethnic Attitudes of Jo/tan- IIft and Ideas of Social Time and nesburg Touth 102 Change Upset, S. M., Revolution and Counter- revolut ion, Change and Persistence in Social Structures 242 THE JEWISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY VOLUME XI NO. 1 JUNE 1969 CONTENTS The Appeal of Hasidism for American Jewry Today EJ'raim Shmueli 5 Jewish Populations in General Decennial Population Censuses, 1955-61: a Bibliography Eric/i Rosenthal 3' Mixed Marriage in an Israeli Town En/c Cohen 41 A Note on Aspects of Social Life among the Jewish Kurds of Sanandaj, Iran Paul J. Magnarella 51 University Education among Iraqi-Born Jews \ Hayyim 3. Cohen 59 Australian Jewry in 1966 Walter M. fippmann 67 The Edgware Survey: Occupation and Social Cls Ernest Krausz 75 Book Reviews . 97 Chronicle io8 List of Books Received I I 3 Notes on Contributors 115 PUBLISHED TwicE YEARLY on behalf of the World Jewish Congress by William Heinemann Ltd Annual Subscription £z.8.o (U.S. $) post free Single copies is ($2.25) Applications for subscription should be addressed to the Managing Editor, The Jewish Journal of Sociology, 55 New Cavendish Street, London Wi EDITOR Morris Ginsberg MANAGING EDITOR Maurice Freedman ASSISTANT EDITOR Judith Freedman ADVISORY BOARD R. Bachi (Israel) Eugene Minkowski (France) André Chouraqui (France & Israel) S. J. Prais (Britain) M. Davis (Israel) LouiS Rosenberg (Canada) S. N. Eisenstadt (Israel) H. L. Shapiro (USA) Nathan Glazer (USA) A. Steinberg (Britain) J. Katz (Israel) A. Tartakower (Israel) 0. Klineberg (USA) © THE WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS 1969 PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY BUTLER AND TANNER LTD PROME AND LONDON BOOKS REVIEWED Author Title Reviewer Page J. Freid Jews and Divorce S. Diamond 97 D. Martin The Religious and the Secular L.Jacobs gg P. S. Cohen Modern Social Theory M. C. Albrow 100 V. Aubert Elements of Sociology M.C.Albrow ioz H. Lever Ethnic Altitudes of Johannes- A. Gcber 102 burg Tout/i M. Stacey Methods of Social Research E. JCrausz 104 P. Atteslander and R. Girod Sociological Contributions M. C. Aibrow 105 C. C. Zimmerman Sorokin, The World's Greatest D. G. MacRae 106 Sociologist B. Sugarman Sociology D. G. MacRae I o6 C. Owen Social St rat f/Zeal ion D. C. MacRae I o6 M. Banton Roles, An Introduction to the D. G. MacRae r o6 Study of Social Relations 3 NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS Papers submitted to The Jewish Journal of Sociology should be addressed to the Managing Editor at 55, New Cavendis/z Street, London, W.r. The papers must be original and should not have been published previously. When a paper has been accepted for publication, the author may not publish it elsewhere without the written consent of the Editor of the J.J.S. MSS. should be typewritten on one side only and double-spaced with ample margins. Pages, including those containing illustrations, diagrams, or tables, should be numbered consecutively. All quotations should be within single inverted commas; quotation marks within quotations should be double inverted commas. NOTES should follow the style of this Journal and should be given at the end of the article in numerical sequence according to the order of their citation in the text. Bibliographical Details: Boo/cs Give author, title, place of publication, year, and page reference. Underline all titles of books. Articles Titles of articles should be within single inverted commas. The title of the book or journal in which the article appears must be underlined. In the case of a journal, cite numbers of volume and part, and year of publication. PROOFS. Authors making major revisions in proof will be required to bear the cost. Unless proofs are returned to the Managing Editor promptly, authors' corrections cannot be incorporated. OFFPRINTS. Each contributor receives thirty free offprints of his article. THE APPEAL OF HASIDISM FOR AMERICAN JEWRY TODAY Efraim Shmueli Hasidism interpreted HIS article is not primarily about Hasidism itself (the pietist movement among eastern European Jews) in any of its intrinsic Taspects, but about the astonishing acceptance of some Hasidic ideas, if not practices, by American (particularly Jewish) intellectuals today, and even by the widcr public. The emotional impetus and the intellectual and psychological insights of reinterpreted Hasidism seem paradoxically to have an intimate connexion with types of emotion and patterns of thought generatcd in a modern technological society. Hasidic idcas seem to have a generative or revitalizing force, a fascinat- ing creative vitality. To mention only a few examples, Norman Mailer has made comments on Buber's Tales of the Hasidim,' and either em- phasized their beauty and relevance for modern man or reinterpreted them. Psychologists and psychoanalysts, such as Erich Fromm, have utilized some Hasidic insights, and Abraham J. Heschel's philosophy of Judaism is a kind of Hasidism partly couched in terms of existentialism. Religious life is for Abraham Kaplan the life of wholeheartedness and intensity. He quotes the Hasidic saying 'Sin is what we cannot do wholeheartedly'. It is lack of integrity which constitutes a sin. Kaplan finds Hasidism to be compatible with mature religion, a religion which expresses not dependence but humility, 'not anxiety but seriousness of purpose, not guilt but responsibility, not fantasies of complete fulfil- ment, but gratitude and joy in God's world just as it is'. Writing about Zen he explains that this theory puts its reliance on wholeheartedness and intensity of effort, 'like the author of Deuteronomy and the Hasidim of eighteenth century Judaism'. 2 The Hasidic communities, particularly in Brooklyn, New York, have become the subject of an increasing number of sociological and anthropological studies.° These ghettoes had an immediate impact upon theirJewish neighbours.4 The Lubavitcher rabbi, leader of the Habad Hasidim, began, immediately after his arrival in New York in 1940, to organize his community, to establish 5 EFRAIM SUMUELI all-day schools and in general to propagate his ideas. His influence since that time has grown immeasurably. Other Hasidic rabbis, also refugees from Hitler, followed his initiative. More and more books are being written in English (and apparently read) on Hasidic theology—tales, anecdotes, aphorisms, and the like. The most astonishing achievement in the translation of Hasidic litera- ture seems to me to be the translation of the Liqqutei Amarim (Tanya) . Hasidic thoughts and stories have gained acceptance and have per- meated various circles in the academic community. In Erich Kahler's discussion of our contemporary moral and religious predicament, he quotes two Hasidic anecdotes and praises Hasidism in the following statement: 'This movement, which evolved in eastern Europe in the eighteenth century, carried on the old intuitional, anti-formalistic tradition of the prophets and the Kabbalah and was, in the form of a reformation, a true resurgence of the spirit of original Chi-istianity.' Other writers have found Hasidic thoughts valuable on other grounds.