Informal Social Networks and Formal Organizational Memberships Among American Jews: Findings From the National Jewish Population Survey 2000-01

Kadushin, Charles; Kotler-Berkowitz, Laurence

doi:10.1093/socrel/67.4.465

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“…A considerable literature shows connections between the religious composition of friendship networks and religious activities (Barrett et al 2007;Erickson 1992;Kadushin and Kotler-Berkowitz 2006;Martin et al 2003;Mears and Ellison 2000;Regnerus et al 2004). Unfortunately, these studies are mainly limited to adolescents and are also limited in that they do not consider the consolidation of friendships in the respondent's congregation, but rather measure the religious composition of general friendship networks.…”

Section: Social Embeddedness and Religious Activitiesmentioning

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Social Networks and Religion: The Role of Congregational Social Embeddedness in Religious Belief and Practice

Stroope¹

2011

Sociology of Religion

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Previous literature argues that social networks influence religiosity, but surprisingly, no studies have used national data of a variety of religious traditions to assess the relationship between embeddedness in congregation-based friendship networks and different dimensions of religiosity. This study uses new national data (Baylor Religion Survey 2007) to estimate models of religious activity (church activities and devotional activities) and of religious belief (supernatural beliefs, biblical literalism, and religious exclusivity). Among U.S. Christians, congregational social embeddedness is a robust predictor of all religiosity outcomes and is among the largest effects in models. These effects are not substantially moderated by religious tradition, although Catholic affiliation attenuates the positive relationship between social embeddedness and church activities. These findings strongly suggest that social sanctions and solidarity rewards within congregational social networks play an important role in heightening religiosity. Religious research would be enhanced by devoting greater attention to the importance of congregational social embeddedness.

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Section: Social Embeddedness and Religious Activitiesmentioning

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Social Networks and Religion: The Role of Congregational Social Embeddedness in Religious Belief and Practice

Stroope¹

2011

Sociology of Religion

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“…Furthermore, item non-response on the NJPS question on household income is particularly high, 29%, 7 leaving 2,485 weighted respondents for this analysis (see further discussion of non-response in the section on 3 For example, Buddhism or Wicca. 4 Kotler-Berkowitz (2005b) and Kadushin and Kotler-Berkowitz (2006) use the same criteria for defining a sample of Jewish adults for their analyses. 5 For further details on weighting, see the NJPS 2000-2001 Study Documentation at www.jewishdata bank.org.…”

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Poor Jews: An Analysis of Low Income in the American Jewish Population

Kotler-Berkowitz

2009

Cont Jewry

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“…18 They found that formal Jewish organizational memberships considerably raised the odds of Jews giving to non-Jewish causes, though not as much as it influenced their giving to Jewish causes, while strong informal networks with other Jews actually had a detrimental effect on giving to non-Jewish causes. Using control variables constructed from the Survey, their study also found that sex had no significant effect on giving to non-Jewish causes or to the Jewish Federation system.…”

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“…8 Tobin characterizes Jewish philanthropy as being both a "reflector" of Jewish values, mirroring the values and character of the Jewish community at large, and a "determinant and molder" of those values. 9 Accordingly, philanthropy is highly institutionalized in American Jewish life, 10 and examples abound of Jewish foundations that are dedicated to "educating, leading, and defining the values of American Jewish society." Jewish identity has been found to be strongly associated with philanthropic behavior.…”

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Does Jewish Philanthropy Differ by Sex and Type of Giving?

Mesch¹,

Moore²,

Ottoni-Wilhelm³

2010

Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues

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Little has been written on the role of gender in Jewish philanthropy, and there is even less empirical research on gender differences between Jewish men and women, or between Jews and non-Jews by gender. This study examines Jewish philanthropy by type of giving and gender. Specifically, we examine the differing amounts given to charity (both religious and secular) across eight groups, controlling for other factors that may affect philanthropic giving. These included four groups of married couples: those consisting of two Jewish spouses, of a Jewish man and a non-Jewish woman, of a non-Jewish man and a Jewish woman, and of two non-Jewish spouses; and four groups of singles: Jewish men, Jewish women, non-Jewish men and non-Jewish women. Using three waves of data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), we used regression methods to examine the differences among the groups. Results indicated that the probability of giving and the amount given among Jewish women married to non-Jewish men are significantly less than among all other groups.Philanthropy is rooted and often reflected in the values and norms of the religious groups that compose our communities. As Gary Tobin has remarked, "What communities as a whole and the subgroups within them think and feel are often revealed through their patterns of giving."1 The relationship between religion and philanthropic giving has been extensively deliberated in the sociological, historical and religious studies literature. Empirical research-primarily from the U.S.-shows a strong and positive relationship between religious involvement and giving, for both secular and religious giving.2 For the most part, these studies indicate that religious affiliation, church membership and/or frequency of church attendance appear to have an important impact on philanthropic behavior-even after controlling for human and other demographic characteristics.Several

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Informal Social Networks and Formal Organizational Memberships Among American Jews: Findings From the National Jewish Population Survey 2000-01

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Social Networks and Religion: The Role of Congregational Social Embeddedness in Religious Belief and Practice

Social Networks and Religion: The Role of Congregational Social Embeddedness in Religious Belief and Practice

Poor Jews: An Analysis of Low Income in the American Jewish Population

Does Jewish Philanthropy Differ by Sex and Type of Giving?

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