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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Arnold Dashefsky , Ira M. SheskinPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG Edition: 1st ed. 2017 Volume: 116 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 4.40cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 1.424kg ISBN: 9783319461212ISBN 10: 3319461214 Pages: 824 Publication Date: 02 March 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Forum on the Pew Survey, A Portrait of American Orthodox Jews.- Chapter 2. The Jewish Family (Harriet Hartman).- Chapter 3. The Domestic Arena: April 1, 2015 – March 31, 2016 (Miriam Sanua Dalin).- Chapter 4. The International Arena: April 1, 2015 – March 31, 2016 (Mitchell Bard).- Chapter 5. Jewish Population in the United States, 2016 (Ira M. Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky).- Chapter 6. Jewish Population of Canada, 2016 (Charles Shahar).- Chapter 7. World Jewish Population, 2016 (Sergio DellaPergola).- Chapter 8. Jewish Institutions.- Chapter 9. Jewish Press.- Chapter 10. Academic Resources.- Chapter 11. Transitions.ReviewsThe book editors should be commended for their outstanding diligence in tracking down such diverse information, and it surely merits its description as the comprehensive 'annual record of American Jewish Civilization'. Summing Up: Essential. All readership levels. (D. Altschiller, Choice, Vol. 55 (1), September, 2017) The book editors should be commended for their outstanding diligence in tracking down such diverse information, and it surely merits its description as the comprehensive `annual record of American Jewish Civilization'. Summing Up: Essential. All readership levels. (D. Altschiller, Choice, Vol. 55 (1), September, 2017) Author InformationArnold 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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