in 1955, sociologist seymour lipset noted that the discipline was underdeveloped, stating that there were far more "jewish sociologists" than "sociologists of jews". however, the subfield began to grow in the late 1960s and 1970s. a professional organization was formed, namely the association for the social scientific study of jewry (assj). in 1975, a new academic journal was founded as well, "contemporary jewry".