Authenticity: How Jewish American Families Sustain Philanthropic Values and Behaviors Across Generations
/ By Debra Rahmin Silberstein
The Faculty of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Massachusetts, USA
, 2009.
430p.
: ills, tab, chart.
UMI Microform 3369936
Code E.Dissertation: 22
Ph.D
The primary aims of this descriptive study are to identify and explore generational differences in philanthropic values and behavior, and to understand how philanthropic values and behavior are sustained between generations within wealthy Jewish American families. To address these research questions, semi-structured interviews were conducted with multiple generations of 24 Boston-area Jewish American families whose net worth ranged from $8 million to over $100 million. Sampling was purposeful.