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Martin Laskin

Apr 18, 2019, 11:57 PM

Jewish Social Class: Who will be my neighbor in the World to Come?

There is a literary motif that appears from time to time in Jewish folklore. This is the story of the wealthy or scholarly Jew who ponders to the point of distraction, "who will be my neighbor in the world...

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Born in NYC. First generation college educated. PH.D. from City University Graduate Center in Sociology of Religion. Lived worked and studied in Israel for six years. Taught public school in New Haven as a first profession before entering the academic world . Has been contingent faculty at Southern Connecticut State University since 1997. I have a keen interest as to how social scientists study the American Jewish Community and believe that their focus must be broadened and made relevant to include previously ignored groups, such as the so called non-elites.