Jewish Intermarriage Around the World by Sergio DellaPergola

Author:Sergio DellaPergola [DellaPergola, Sergio]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Jewish Studies, Regional Studies
ISBN: 9781351510905
Google: QJguDwAAQBAJ
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Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-07-28T01:59:34+00:00

being identified as Jewish are greater than 1 when they are living in exogamous families in which the mother is Jewish.2 Conversely, the odds of the child being Jewish are substantially less than 1 when the husband is Jewish. This finding clearly supports the important role of women in religious identity retention for the Jewish community in Canada.

The ratios presented show a number of other interesting patterns. The probability of a child being Jewish when the mother is Jewish has increased between 1991 and 2001 for all but two of the CMAs included in this study. Only Winnipeg and Calgary show a decline in the odds ratio for women between 1991 and 2001. It is difficult to speculate on why this may be the case in Calgary. However, in Winnipeg, it is likely that the demographic aging of the community is a factor in the outcome.

The correlation between Jewish population ratio and the religious identity of children living in exogamous unions is not as strong as in the comparison between the probability of exogamy and Jewish population ratio. In fact, the correlation is rather weak (0.383) in cases where the Jewish parent is the father and only moderately strong (0.688) when the mother is Jewish. The seven CMAs selected in this analysis all have well established Jewish communities that can be considered institutionally complete with respect to religious and cultural amenities for the children (i.e. afternoon and full-time Jewish schools, youth groups, summer day camps, and sports and recreational facilities). The moderate correlation for women suggests that intermarried Jewish mothers tend to avail themselves of the facilities available in the community in order to support cultural and religious retention among their Jewish children.

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