THE JEWISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY EDITOR Morris Ginsberg MANAGING EDITOR Maurice Freedman ASSISTANT EDITOR Judith Freedman VOLUME TEN 1968 Published on behalf of the World Jewish Congress by William Heinemann Ltd CONTENTS Antwerp Jewry Today by Jacques Notes on Contributors 170, 307 (Jutwirti, 121 Notice to Contributors 4, 16 Books Received 16g, 306 Register of Social Research on the Books Reviewed 3, 175 Anglo-Jewish Community by Book Reviews 145, 289 MarlenaSchmool 281 Chronicle 164, 301 Shaul Esh—In Memoriarn by Conversion and American Ortho- Tehuda Baiter 287 dox Judaism: A Research Note Size and Structure of the Anglo- by Albert Ehrman and C. Abraham Jewish Population ,96o—!965, Fenster 47 The by S. J. Prais and Marlena Edgware Survey: Demographic Schrnool Results, The by Ernest Krausz 83 Status of the Anglo-Jewish Rab- Emergence of the Public Sector of binate, 1840-1914, The by the Israeli Economy, The by Michael Coulsion 5 Abraham Cohen 251 SyrianJews in Three Social Settings Influence of Parental Background by Walter P. Zenzier 10' on Jewish University Students, Tools of Legitimation—Zionism The by Vera West 267 and the Hebrew Christian Move- Jewish Christian Adventist Move- ment, The by B. Z. Sobel 241 ment, A by Step/zen Sha rot 35 Two Minorities: The Jews of Look Forward in Perplexity (Re- Poland and the Chinese of the view Article by S. E. Finer 139 Philippines by D. Stanley Eitzen 221 Mixed Marriage in WesternJewry: Historical Background to the Jewish Response by Moshe Davis 177 AUTHORS OF ARTICLES Bauer, Y. 287 Gutwirth,J. 121 Cohen, A. 251 Krausz, E. 83 Davis, M. 177 Prais, S. J. Ehrman, A. 47 Schmool, M. 5, 281 Eitzen, D. S. 221 Sharot, S. 35 Fenster, C. A. 47 Sobel, B. Z. 241 Finer, S. B. 139 West, V. 267 Coulston, M. 55 Zenner, W. P. iol AUTHORS OF BOOK REVIEWS Cohen, P. S. ,, 16 Morton, C. 291 Finer, S. B. 139 Patterson, S. 297 Friedmann, C. 298 Prais, S. J. 294 Goud, J. 289 Schapera, I. 163 Guwirth, J. 16o Shukman, H. 1 53 Himmelweit, H. T. 293 Smith, R. .G. 290 Levy,H. 157 Tint,H. 159 Martin, U. 162 Weingrod, A. 145 Mayer, U. Y. 148 BOOKS REVIEWED Ackerman, N. W., Treating the Isajiw, W. W., Causation and Function- Troubled Family '48 alisin in Sociology . 28C Bartos, 0. J., Simple Models of Group Janowsky, 0. I., ed., The Education Behaviour 291 of American Jewish Teachers 15*0 Belson, W. A., The Impact of Tele- Johnpoll, N. K., The Politics of vision. Methods and Findings in Futility, The General Jewish Programme Research 293 Workers Bund of Poland 152 Eisenstadt, S. N., Israeli Society 298 Kanovsky, E., The Economy of the Epstein, L. M.,Sex Laws and Customs Israeli Kibbutz 155 in Judaism 163 Marcel, C., Levinas, K, and Friedmann, G., The End of the Lacocque, A., Martin Buber, Jewish People? 139 l'homme tile phi losophe 290 Ginzberg, E., and associates, The Meyer, M. A., The Origins of the Middle-Class Negro in the White Modern Jew, Jewish Identity and Man's World 297 European Culture in Germany, Goldstein, S., A Population Survey of 1749-1824 159 the Greater Springfield Jewish Corn- Rose, P. I., ccl., The Study of Society. 7nW1iy 294 An Integrated Anthology 16 Gordon, A. I., The Nature of Con- Seizer, M., The Atyanization of the version. A Study of forty-five men Jewish State £45 and women who changed their Stern, B., The Kibbutz That Was 155 religion £82 Wijnberg, S., DeJoden in Amsterdam 16o THE JEWISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY VOLUME X NO. 1 JUNE 1968 CONTENTS The Size and Structure of the Anglo-Jewish Population 1960-65 S. J. Prais and Marlena Schmool 5 A Jewish Christian Adventist Movement Stephen Sharot 35 Conversion and American OrthodoxJudaism: a Research Note Albert Ehrman and C. Abraham Fenster 47 The Status of the Anglo-Jewish Rabbinate, 1840-1914 -. Michael Goulston 55 The Edgware Survey: Demographic Results Ernest Krausz 83 Syrian Jews in Three Social Settings Walter P. Zenner -10, Antwerp Jewry Today Jacques Gutwirtli 121 Look Forward in Perplexity (Review Article) S. E. Finer ig Book Reviews 145 Chronicle 164 List of Books Received 169 Notes on Contributors 170 PUBLISHED TWICE YEARLY on behalf of the World Jewish Congress by William Heineniann Ltd Annual Subscriptipn £x.8.o (U.S. $g) post free Single copies 151 ($2.25) Applications for subscription should.be addressed to the Managing Editor, The Jewish Journal of Sodolo, 55 New Cavendish Street, London Wi PA EDITOR Morris Ginsberg MANAGING EDITOR Maurice Freedman ASSISTANT EDITOR Judith Freedman ADVISORY BOARD R. Bachi (Israel) 0. 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Introduction H E official census of population in Britain does not collect information on religion, though this is done in certain Common- Twealth and European countries; consequently (and as is well- known) the only available population statistics relating to Anglo-Jewry are based on uncertain inferences of one sort or another. The major object of the present paper is to add precision to existing estimates of the size and structure of the Jewish population of Great Britain by means of an analysis of mortality statistics recently compiled by the Statistical and Demographic Research Unit of the Board of Deputies. This compilation forms part of the Unit's programme of gathering comprehensive statistical information on the community, and follows earlier work on marriage statistics (Prais and Schmool, 1967, referred to subsequently as the 'Marriages Study'). The method adopted in the present paper has previously been used in estimating the size of the London Jewish community for a number of earlier years: for 193 1-33 by Kantorowitseh, for 1929 by Trachtenberg, and (as part of a more involved analysis) by Rosenbaum for 1901. The estimate by Kantorowitsch, with certain subsequent rough adjustments, has formed the basis of the usually quoted figure for London over the last thirty years; one of the main tasks of this paper may be said to be to bring Kantorowitsch's estimate up to date, as well as broadening its scope to cover the whole country.' Although the method of estimation is approximate, and has certain limitations, it has the advantage of being economical in resources and time, and of providing valuable comparisons with estimates for the earlier years mentioned. In addition to estimating the total size of the community (section 3), further evidence is given in this paper of its rate of decline (section 6); This investigation was carried out by the Statistical and Demographic Research Unit of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, London. S. J. PRAIS AND MARLENA SCHMOOL the paper also examines its geographical distribution (section 7), and degree of synagogue affiliation (sections 5 and 8). The definition of the community for statistical purposes provides certain well-known problems, since there is a complex of 'fringe' elements, more or less attached to the community, and which—accord- ink to the precise definition adopted—could be either included or excluded in the estimation of its size. The definition adopted hereis governed by the data at our disposal: our estimates relate to all those persons who, whatever their way of living may be, sufficiently identify with the community to be buried (or cremated) under synagogue auspices at the end of their lives.