Egon Mayer, a leading sociologist of American Jewry, died last Friday of cancer in New York at age 59. A professor at Brooklyn College, Mayer was known for his studies of intermarriage, and was considered a pioneer in urging that non-Jewish spouses be welcomed into the Jewish community.
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