In Jewish Population Studies 19 (Papers in Jewish Demography, 1985), 23-42. This paper raises the major problems and needs of Jewish demographic studies in the United States. In particular by calling attention to some of the inconsistencies that characterize recent research and sometimes the conclusions of the same researcher at different times. The paper hopes to stimulate the efforts to achieve higher quality and greater standardization in community studies.

In Jewish Population Studies 19 (Papers in Jewish Demography, 1985), 11-22. In this paper the 1980 census query on ancestry is examined in order to determine whether it can provide proxy data useful to the study of the American Jewish population. It is found that despite the purposeful lack of established statistics some data may be derived, but these are of limited potential utility to researchers and must be viewed with proper caution.

In Jewish Population Studies 19 (Papers in Jewish Demography, 1985), 43-65. The quantitative picture presented here is intended to provide a background against which various critical aspects of Jewish life may be examined. These include family, religious practice, economic well-being, and others.