Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Cognitive Maps -- Foreword: The Jews of France in Comparative Perspective -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter One Introduction to the Jewish Community of France -- 1. A Brief History of the Jews in France -- 2. The Current Social, Political and Cultural Climate -- 3. Relationship with Israel -- 4. French Jewish Philosophy on Jewish Identity and "The Jewish Fact" -- 5. Juif and Israélite: Shifting Representations of Identity -- 6. Previous Surveys of French Jewry -- 6.1. A Political Approach to Jewish Identity: Anatomy of French Judaism (1962) -- 6.2. The Sofres Studies (1976 & 1980) -- 6.3. The Jewish Population of France: Social Demography and Identity (1984) -- 6.3.1. Jews and Frenchmen (1979) -- 6.3.2. Jews and Israélites (1980) -- 6.4. Reflection on the Jewish Questions (1984) -- 6.5. Jewish Studies and Education in France (1991) -- Chapter Two Empirical Study of the Jews of France at the Turn of the Millennium -- 1. Methodology -- 1.1. The Surveys -- 1.2. Additional Studies -- 1.3. Data Analysis Methods -- 1.3.1. Smallest Space Analysis (SSA) -- 1.3.2. Comparing Sub-Populations: External Variables in the SSA Map -- 1.3.3. Partial Order Scalogram Analysis with Base Coordinates (POSAC) -- 2. Demography of the French Jewish Community Today -- 2.1. Size of the Population -- 2.2. Country of Birth -- 2.3. Geographical Distribution -- 2.4. Age -- 2.5. Marital Status -- 2.6. Size of Family -- 2.7. Level of Education -- 2.8. Employment -- 2.9. Ethnicity -- 2.10. Political Tendencies -- 2.11. Political Attitudes Regarding Israel -- 3. Jewish Identity -- 3.1. What it Means to be Jewish -- 3.2. Jewish/Israélite -- 3.3. 'Born Again As…' -- 3.4. Jewish Education -- 4. Forms of Solidarity -- 4.1. Community and Solidarity -- 4.2. Participation in the Local Jewish Community -- 4.3. Philanthropy.

4.4. Connections to Israel: Tourism, Family and Aliyah -- 4.4.1. Socio-Cultural and Economic Impacts on Attitudes towards Aliyah -- 4.4.2. Religious Practice -- 4.4.3. Jewish Social Relationships and Aliyah -- 4.4.4. Jewish Education and the Potential for Aliyah -- 4.4.5. Social Concerns and Aliyah -- 4.4.6. Diaspora or Israel: A Topic of Discussion among French Jewish Youth -- 4.5. Marriage and Endogamy -- 5. Social Issues -- 5.1. Happiness, Satisfaction and Worry -- 5.2. Issues of Concern -- 6. Values: An Axiological Typology -- 6.1. Values of French Jews -- 6.2. Structure of the Value System of the Jews of France -- 6.3. Axiological Typology: Profiles of the Jews of France -- 6.3.1. Individualists -- 6.3.2. Universalists -- 6.3.3. Revivalists -- 6.3.4. Traditionalists -- 6.4. Profiles of French Jews in the Structure of Values -- 6.5. Profiles of French Jews and Socio-Economic Factors -- 6.6. French Jews Born in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia: A Comparative Analysis of Values -- 6.6.1. Jewish Communities of North Africa: A Brief History -- 6.6.2. North African Jews in France -- 6.6.3. Demographic Comparison -- 6.6.4. Political Tendencies -- 6.7. Issues of Concern among Profiles of the Axiological Typology -- 7. Summary of the Empirical Survey -- Chapter Three French Jewish Philosophical Writings on Jewish Identity -- 1. Réflexions sur la question juive [Anti-Semite and Jew] (1946) -- 2. L'existence juive: Solitude et affrontements [ Jewish Existence] (1962) -- 3. Portrait d'un Juif: l'Impasse [Portrait of a Jew] (1962) and La libération du Juif [Liberation of the Jew] (1966) -- 4. Difficile liberté: Essais sur le Judaïsme [Difficult Freedom: Essays on Judaism] (1963) -- 5. La condition réflexive de l'homme juif [The Reflexive Condition of the Jewish Man] (1963) -- 6. Peut-on être Juif aujourd'hui? [Can you be Jewish today?] (1968).

7. Etre un peuple en Diaspora [To Be a People in Diaspora] (1975) -- 8. Le Juif imaginaire [The Imaginary Jew] (1980) -- 9. La nouvelle question juive [The New Jewish Question] (1979) and La demeure oubliée: Genèse religieuse du politique [The Forgotten Home] (1984) -- 10. Etre Juif: Etude Lévinassienne [Being Jewish] (2003) -- 11. The Oral Tradition -- 12. Robert Gamzon (Castor) -- 13. Léon Askénazi (Manitou) -- Chapter Four Reflections and Conclusions on the Jews of France at the Turn of the Third Millenium -- 1. Jews and Israélites -- 2. A Behavioral Approach: From Core to Periphery -- 3. Values and the Axiological Typology -- 4. Youth and Education -- 5. Symbolic Departure -- 6. Possible Implications of the Research and Analysis -- 6.1. Frequency of Visits to Israel -- 6.2. Caring for the Elderly and Socially Isolated Individuals in the Community -- 6.3. Jewish Students in Catholic Schools -- 6.4. The Decline of Informal Education -- 6.5. Endogamy/Exogamy -- 7. Directions for Future Research -- Statistical Appendix -- Bibliography -- Publications by Erik H. Cohen Referring to French Jews -- Research Teams, Experts & Interviewed Persons -- Index.