Intro
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Background
The Importance of Local Communities
Elements of a Vibrant Local Jewish Community
Overview: What This Book Is About
Definition of Key Terms
Community
Communal
Policy
Strategy
Policy Issue
Strategic Issue
Strategic Options
The Approach to Using Data to Improve Communal Policies
Local Jewish Communal Decision-Making
Case Studies in Local Jewish Community Policy Research
Appendix
Jewish Community Population Studies Conducted by Ukeles Associates, Inc., 1996-2014

Chapter 2: A Classification of American Jewish Communities
Focus of This Chapter
Other Typologies
A Policy-Relevant Typology of American Jewish Communities
First Dimension: Size
Measuring Community Size: Units
Measuring Community Size: the Number of Households
Second Dimension: Region
Third Dimension: The Percentage of Natives
Building the Three-Dimensional Typology
Appendices
Appendix 1*: Size of Communities That Have Been the Subjects of Scientific Studies between 1993 and 2019 (Rank-Order by the Number of Jewish Households)

Appendix 2: Communities That Have been the Subjects of Scientific Studies between 1993 and 2019, Classified by Region
Appendix 3: Communities That Have Been the Subjects of Scientific Studies between 1993 and 2018, Classified by Percentage of Native-Born
Chapter 3: Porous Boundaries and Borderland Jews
Focus of This Chapter
Widespread Disagreement About Who Is Jewish
People in the Borderland: Living on the Jewish-Non-Jewish Boundary
Measuring the Size of the Partly Jewish Cohort: 1997-2010
The Size of the Partly Jewish Cohort: 1997-2010

The Transition from a Volunteered Response to an Explicit Survey Option
The Size of the Partly Jewish Cohort: 2011-2014
The Composition of the Borderland Cohort
Understanding the Complexity of the Borderland
Who Are the Partly Jewish?
A Voice from a Partly Jewish Family
Strategies: Turn Porous Boundaries into a Communal Asset and Ensure That Inclusion of Borderland Jews Is on the Communal Agenda
Issue: Communal Posture Toward the Porosity of Jewish Community Boundaries
Options
Issue: The Communal Posture Toward Borderland Jews
Options
Conclusion

Chapter 4: Intermarriage
Focus of This Chapter
The Debates About Intermarriage
Intermarriage Is an American Jewish Reality
Differences Among Intermarriage Rates in Different Communities
Differences Among Intermarriage Rates Within Communities
Recent Marriages
Older vs. Younger People
Among Jews with No Religion or No Denomination
Among Those with the Least Jewish Education
Intermarried Households Are Much Less Jewish Than Inmarried Households
Intercommunity Differences in Jewish Engagement of Intermarried Households