American Jewish Year Book 2015: The Annual Record of the North American Jewish Communities

Author:   Arnold Dashefsky ,  Ira M. Sheskin
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Volume:   115
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9783319796376


Pages:   897
Publication Date:   30 March 2018
Format:   Paperback
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American Jewish Year Book 2015: The Annual Record of the North American Jewish Communities


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This Year Book, now in its 115th year, provides insight into major trends in the North American Jewish communities and is the Annual Record of the North American Jewish Communities. The first two chapters of Part I examine Jewish immigrant groups to the US and Jewish life on campus. Chapters on “National Affairs” and “Jewish Communal Affairs” analyze the year’s events. Three chapters analyze the demography and geography of the US, Canada, and world Jewish populations. Part II provides Jewish Federations, Jewish Community Centers, social service agencies, national organizations, overnight camps, museums, and Israeli consulates. The final chapters present national and local Jewish periodicals and broadcast media; academic resources, including Jewish Studies Programs, books, articles websites, and research libraries; and lists of major events in the past year, Jewish honorees, and obituaries. For those interested in the North American Jewish community—scholars, service providers, volunteers—this volume undoubtedly provides the single best source of information on the structure, dynamics, and ongoing religious, political, and social challenges confronting the community. It should be on the bookshelf of everyone interested in monitoring the dynamics of change in the Jewish communities of North America. Sidney Goldstein, Founder and Director, Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University, and Alice Goldstein, Population Studies and Traini ng Center, Brown University The American Jewish Year Book is a unique and valuable resource for Jewish community professionals. It is part almanac, directory, encyclopedia and all together a volume to have within easy reach. It is the best, concise diary of trends, events, and personalities of interest for the past year. We should all welcome the Year Book’s publication as a sign of vitality for the Jewish community. Brenda Gevertz, Executive Director, JPRO Network, the Jewish Professional Resource Organization

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Author:   Arnold Dashefsky ,  Ira M. Sheskin
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Volume:   115
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 4.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.377kg
ISBN:  

9783319796376


ISBN 10:   3319796372
Pages:   897
Publication Date:   30 March 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Patterns of Adaptation Among Contemporary Jewish Immigrants to the US, Steven J. Gold  Chapter 2. Jewish Life on Campus: From Backwater to Battleground; Annette Koren; Leonard Saxe; Eric Fleisch Chapter 3. National Affairs: April 1, 2014–March 31, 2015; Ethan Felson and Mark Silk Chapter 4. Jewish Communal Affairs: April 1, 2014–March 31, 2015; Lawrence Grossman Chapter 5. Jewish Population in the United States, 2015; Ira Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky Chapter 6. A Demographic Profile of the Jewish Population of Canada, 2015; Charles Shahar Chapter 7. World Jewish Population, 2015; Sergio DellaPergola Chapter 8. Jewish Institutions; Ira Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky Chapter 9. Jewish Press; Ira Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky Chapter 10. Academic Resources; Arnold Dashefsky; Ira Sheskin; Pamela Weathers Chapter 11. Transitions, Ira Sheskin; Arnold Dashefsky; Pamela Weathers.

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Arnold Dashefsky, Ph.D. served as the inaugural holder of the Doris and Simon Konover Chair of Judaic Studies and professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut in Storrs where he is now emeritus. He is the co-author or editor of ten books, including Americans Abroad, Charitable Choices, Ethnic Identification Among American Jews, among others, as well as numerous scholarly articles. A former associate head of the sociology department, he was the founding director of the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life, located in the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut, and is the director emeritus and current senior academic consultant of the Berman Jewish DataBank. Ira M. Sheskin, Ph.D. is the director of the Jewish Demography Project of the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies at the University of Miami and professor and chair of geography at the same institution. He has completed 43 major Jewish community studies for Jewish Federations throughout the country and was a member of the National Technical Advisory Committee of the Jewish Federations of North America from 1988 to 2003, which completed both the 1990 and 2000-01 National Jewish Population Surveys. His publications include books entitled Survey Research for Geographers, How Jewish Communities Differ, and Comparisons of Jewish Communities: A Compendium of Tables and Bar Charts.

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