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Leonard Saxe

American social psychologist (born 1947) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Leonard Saxe (born June 12, 1947) is an American social psychologist whose work focuses on sociology of religion, American Jews and the American Jewish community. He is currently the director of the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University.[1][2]

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Sociological research

Saxe has conducted a number of studies on the American Jewish community.[3] Saxe's research points to a more positive outlook on concerns of the American Jewish community. His figures show larger than previously reported estimates of the population size of American Jewry.[4][5]

2010 Census of American Jews

In 2010, Saxe, along with sociologists Elizabeth Tighe and Charles Kadushin published their secondary data findings from local Jewish community studies. Their findings were intended to act as a census of American Jews, as the National Jewish Population Survey had been cancelled due to budget constraints.[6]

Birthright-Taglit studies

Saxe has conducted a number of studies on the effect of the Birthright-Taglit program on young American Jews.[2]

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Awards

In 2012, Saxe was the recipient of the ASSJ's Marshall Sklare Award for his contributions to the social scientific study of contemporary Jewry.

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