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A lack of longstanding communal histories and established behaviors has also made it easier for Western Jewry to develop special creative aspects.Ĭlearly, not all Jewish communities in the West are the same.

Participation and identity in these communities show different features from the rest of American Jewry, in part reflecting the social mores of the West. Twenty-five percent of all American Jews live in the Western United States, representing a distinctive and growing voice within Jewish life. Distance from the “capital” of American Jewry, New York, has led to institutional conflicts that have further separated Western Jewry from the rest of the community.